Sam Kerr is caught making dangerous move as the Matildas get rocked by a trible blow just before crunch match

Matildas skipper Sam Kerr has been pictured riding a Lime Bike successful Sydney without a helmet. 

The 31-year-old donned a achromatic hoodie and fabric gilet but was not seen wearing a helmet arsenic she peddled the e-bike. 

Instead, the Chelsea striker was seen with her hoodie pulled implicit her head, portion a helmet was visibly sitting successful the handbasket of the lime bike. 

According to the NSW Wales Government's rules connected riding bicycles, cyclists 'are required by instrumentality to deterioration an approved bicycle helmet, securely fitted and fastened, connected your head.' 

Lime besides powerfully advises riders to deterioration a helmet according to the government's regulations. 

'By law, you indispensable usage a helmet, either your idiosyncratic 1 oregon an attached Lime helmet. If you find a conveyance without a helmet and don’t person your ain with you, we urge utilizing the app to find different conveyance nearby,' the e-bike sharing institution writes connected their website. 

It came arsenic Kerr was seen connected Wednesday retired buying successful Sydney with respective household members. 

She was seen wearing a T-shirt that work 'Everyone Watches Women's Sports'. The T-shirt is designed by the marque Togethxr and hits backmost astatine those individuals who person dismissed women's sport. 

It came aft erstwhile Triple M vigor presenter Marty Sheargold was dumped by the presumption for violative comment's helium made astir Australia's Women's shot team. 

Sheargold said, unrecorded connected air, that the Matildas players reminded him of 'year 10 girls'. He besides said helium 'would alternatively hammer a nail done the caput of his penis' than ticker the squad successful adjacent year's Asian Cup.

The comments were labelled misogynistic and disrespectful.

Kerr has not played for Chelsea oregon the Matildas successful implicit a year, aft she suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament wounded backmost successful January 2024. 

She has returned to enactment successful this week's grooming campy with the Matildas successful a non-playing capacity. 

It comes arsenic Football Australia stated that they would beryllium taking 'no further action' against Kerr, aft she was recovered not blameworthy of the racially aggravated harassment of a British constabulary serviceman successful February. 

Doubts had been formed that Kerr could beryllium stripped of the Matildas' captaincy but it seems she volition present proceed successful the role. 

'Knowing however Sam feels astir the events, on with the further discourse we've learned, has added captious position that the wide nationalist whitethorn not beryllium alert of,"'Football Australia president Anter Isaac said.

'Setting speech those difficulties, this 1 incidental should not offset the unthinkable contributions she has made, some publically and privately, connected and disconnected the tract for much than 15 years.'

The footballer had apologised for the incidental and said: 'I recognise that enactment means being mindful of our actions some connected and disconnected the pitch.

'I'm arrogant of the Matildas, the relation I person played arsenic a subordinate of that squad and everything we basal for, and I'm committed to learning from this experience. 

'Moving forward, I'm focused connected doing my portion to guarantee we turn adjacent stronger together, and I look guardant to having the accidental of re-joining the squad erstwhile I'm acceptable and ready.'

Matildas manager Tom Sermanni admits helium is doubtful No 1 goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold volition beryllium acceptable to play successful their archetypal affable against South Korea arsenic questions loom implicit his caller replacement.

Arnold volition acquisition scans up of Friday night's lucifer astatine Allianz Stadium aft injuring her limb during training.

The Matildas are already without Ellie Carpenter (ankle) and Hayley Raso (thigh), the prima duo ruled retired earlier connected Thursday aft picking up injuries with their respective clubs.

Sermanni says Arnold had suffered the wounded aft a regular question during grooming earlier successful the week.

'She's doubtful (for Friday). That would beryllium my champion description,' Sermanni said.

'I was really watching it astatine the clip and it was conscionable a standard, average, straightforward dive.

'And abruptly she's done immoderate harm to either a tricep oregon her shoulder.'

It is unclear yet whether Arnold volition beryllium capable to play successful Monday's lucifer astatine Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium.

Sermanni added Lyon defender Carpenter and Tottenham prima Raso some entered camps with their respective injuries hopeful they would beryllium acceptable successful clip for the 2 friendlies.

'Ellie came successful with an ankle that we knew had immoderate issues,' Sermanni said.

'We were truly assured with the accusation that we got, that her ankle would travel successful and settee down. 

'Unfortunately, erstwhile you're travelling halfway astir the satellite sometimes and you travel in, that ankle conscionable hasn't settled down, and it's conscionable not worthy the risk.

'She's got important games coming up successful the Champions League.

'And with Hayley, it was thing that she did successful the last grooming league astatine Tottenham.

'She didn't consciousness it was excessively bad, and thought, 'I'll travel successful and it volition beryllium okay', but arsenic I say, erstwhile we got the MRI we recovered it's not and we conscionable can't instrumentality the risk.'

Canberra United goalkeeper Sally James has been called up to regenerate Arnold, portion chap A-League players Alexia Apostolakis and Tegan Bertolissio capable successful for Raso and Carpenter.

The Matildas are besides without Katrina Gorry (ankle) and skipper Kerr (knee).

The injuries travel arsenic speculation swirls astir the assignment of a full-time Matildas coach.

Carpenter's nine manager Joe Montemurro has emerged arsenic the frontrunner for the job, a relation that has been vacant since Tony Gustavsson near his station aft the Paris Games successful August.

Former Arsenal and Juventus manager Montemurro had seemingly landed the cleanable audition for the Matildas spot aft being chosen to pb the A-League Women All Stars successful an accumulation lucifer against Arsenal successful April past year.

The Melbourne product, who besides coached Melbourne Victory and City, had thrown his chapeau successful the ringing to go the Matildas manager earlier moving to Juventus successful 2021.

But Montemurro alternatively signed connected with women's shot powerhouse Lyon, six weeks earlier Gustavsson walked distant from the Matildas.

Sermanni played a consecutive bat erstwhile asked astir Montemurro succeeding him.

'That's idiosyncratic else's determination to determine who's going to regenerate me,' Sermanni said. 

'Joe's an outstanding manager ... You conscionable look astatine his CV and he's an Aussie, truthful he's got large credentials for the job.'But immoderate mode the determination that the FA are going, that's a determination that I'll afloat support.'