Mary Fowler and Nathan Cleary like you've never seen them before! Candid photos of sport's most notoriously private couple confirm the news we've all been waiting for

There's ever been a large question hanging implicit Mary Fowler and Nathan Cleary's romance.

Will they beryllium capable to support it going beardown contempt being separated by 17,000km and their incredibly engaged schedules?

Judging by our exclusive photos of the powerfulness mates reuniting successful Sydney recently, the reply is an unequivocal yes.

With Fowler surviving successful the UK arsenic she plays for Manchester City and Cleary based successful Sydney's westbound arsenic helium tries to usher Penrith to a 5th consecutive premiership, opportunities for them to link successful idiosyncratic are precise rare.

They squeezed successful arsenic overmuch clip unneurotic arsenic they could connected an Aussie roadworthy trip over the summertime arsenic they enjoyed their off-seasons, past spent weeks isolated earlier a quirk successful their schedules allowed them to get unneurotic successful San Diego, California, successful February.

Fowler was successful Sydney for the Matildas' lucifer against South Korea past Friday night, which saw her play astatine astir the aforesaid clip arsenic Nathan - and the time after, they wasted nary clip getting immoderate much-needed clip together.

Australia's sporting aureate mates couldn't support their hands disconnected each different arsenic they were photographed kissing and cuddling astatine Redleaf Pool successful Sydney's eastbound suburbs, conscionable a abbreviated locomotion from the Matildas' basal successful Double Bay.

Our photos amusement Fowler dressed casually successful a singlet and shorts lying connected apical of a shirtless Cleary successful scenes reminiscent of Daily Mail Australia's celebrated photos of them successful a Perth park, which blew the lid disconnected their romance successful November 2023. 

The stars looked wholly besotted with each different arsenic they kissed adjacent the pier astatine the fashionable spot connected Sydney Harbour, astatine 1 constituent holding each other's hands and staring consecutive into each other's eyes successful a infinitesimal that could easy person been mistaken for a proposal.

Mary and Nathan were besides playful with each other, with the Matildas prima appearing to tackle him portion helium stood successful the water.

They besides appeared to person a light-hearted wrestle connected the sand, grabbing each other's hands and trying to propulsion each different off-balance portion they smiled, arsenic good arsenic sharing a heavy clasp portion they stood successful the shallows.

At 1 point, some of them could beryllium seen laughing retired large arsenic they walked backmost up to the beach, wherever Nathan appeared to enactment thing successful the pouch of Mary's shorts.

They could person different accidental to cuddle up connected Monday nighttime arsenic the Matildas instrumentality connected South Korea successful the 2nd of their 2 friendlies successful Newcastle, a abbreviated thrust northbound of Sydney, with Nathan astatine a escaped extremity aft grooming with the Panthers.

Fowler volition person to instrumentality to the UK successful abbreviated bid truthful she's acceptable for Manchester City's FA Cup semifinal against Manchester United connected April 14, followed by their Women's Super League lucifer against Everton connected April 20. 

After this beachside get-together, different agelong interruption looms arsenic the Penrith prima is improbable to marque the agelong travel to the UK erstwhile his squad get a bye week successful mid-May.

Barring injury, Fowler should beryllium backmost down nether with the Matildas precise soon aft that arsenic the nationalist squad instrumentality connected Argentina successful Melbourne connected May 30, followed by different lucifer against the South Americans successful Canberra connected June 2.

That volition travel the time aft Penrith play successful the cardinal occidental NSW municipality of Bathurst, astir a three-hour thrust from the capital.

When they're not capable to conscionable successful person, the mates marque definite to support their narration beardown by sharing their lives with each different via messages, Facetime chats and quirky in-jokes, similar Fowler precocious revealing that she likes to eat donuts and nonstop her reviews to Cleary.

Fowler besides gave a motion to her enactment of Cleary with the caption, 'In my life: we cheer connected the mans,' with a photograph showing him successful enactment against the Cronulla Sharks during the Panthers' season-opening crippled successful Las Vegas.

She besides revealed Nathan had been picking outfits for her to wear, posting a photograph showing her dressed successful a achromatic and achromatic leather overgarment and midriff apical successful a stylistic departure for the 22-year-old, with different station featuring her wearing a brace of crimson Adidas sneakers.

She captioned them 'Today's acceptable styled by @_nathancleary' with a love-heart emoji.

Cleary's huffy dash to spot Fowler successful San Diego lone happened aft helium convinced his manager and begetter Ivan to fto him retired of the team's camp in Las Vegas portion his spouse was successful California to play Colombia.

The superstar halfback told his dada the speedy travel would 'make him play better' against Cronulla successful Sin City - and helium was existent to his word, turning successful a typically large show arsenic the Panthers bushed the Sharks.

Fowler surely enjoyed the romanticist gesture, aboriginal posting a photograph of the mates enjoying immoderate chilled drinks beside the formation successful acold conditions, beaming from receptor to ear.

She besides shared an representation of a motion connected the formation that work 'love you more'.

At the time, Cleary besides stuck up for Fowler and her Matildas teammates aft vigor prima Marty Sheargold made shocking comments astir the side, resulting successful him being sacked by Triple M.

'It's beauteous bittersweet that radical are inactive saying that benignant of stuff,' the four-time premiership victor said.

Ever since the romance went public, determination has been speculation astir Cleary switching to play rugby league - oregon perchance national - successful the UK to beryllium person to Fowler.

That went up a fewer notches erstwhile they were seen successful the assemblage astatine England's Super League expansive final in October past twelvemonth arsenic helium jetted implicit to beryllium with her conscionable aft guiding Penrith to a stunning 4th consecutive premiership.

However, portion Cleary has admitted that a imaginable power to national - which sees stars successful Europe rake successful large salaries - has been connected his mind, he's not prepared to crook the footy satellite upside down astatine the moment. 

'It's thing I've thought astir but I don't know, I'm truly blessed successful league and it's ever been my passion,' helium said successful aboriginal March. 

The 27-year-old has besides been reasoning astir starting a household with Fowler.

He followed her to Switzerland arsenic she played for the Matildas during his European travel precocious past twelvemonth and was photographed holding her teammate Katrina Gorry's girl Harper, successful the archetypal clip he'd been pictured spending clip with his partner's closest friends.

Afterwards, helium opened up astir the difficulties of their long-distance relationship.

'It's been tough, it's decidedly not thing that I ever thought I'd do,' helium told the Keegan and Company podcast.

'I deliberation it benignant of helped for america that arsenic soon arsenic we met each other, and we benignant of got talking, we knew it was going to pb down to that way and if we wanted to bash it, it was going to beryllium agelong distance.

'Sometimes you conscionable get location and you privation a small cuddle, but I deliberation it's helped america successful a mode to link connected much than conscionable [on] a carnal level and really person genuine conversations.

'We conscionable navigate astir it and erstwhile we bash spot each other, it's the champion happening ever. You are truly grateful for those moments we get to walk together. We're perpetually talking connected Facetime oregon immoderate and we benignant of find our mode done that.'

The Panthers playmaker said that some helium and Fowler person spoken astir having children, but arrangements presently aren't perfect for a family.

'It's evidently pugnacious that we are some beauteous stuck into our sport,' helium said.

'Definitely privation to [have kids] successful the future. I'd emotion for it to beryllium with Mary, I conscionable deliberation she'll beryllium the champion mother.

'But yeah, we'll see. It's not a unreserved astatine the infinitesimal but decidedly successful the aboriginal … station footy, I would emotion to person a small household of my own.'

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