The Matildas have won the second match of their three-game series against New Zealand, 2-1 at Stockland Park on the Sunshine Coast earlier today.
The match was delicately poised at one apiece at half time, with Amy Chapman netting the winner just minutes into the second half.
While the scoreline suggests this was a fairly close match, Matildas coach Tom Sermanni was a little concerned after the match, with the Matildas wasting a host of good chances that should have been reflected on the scoreboard.
Australia again went into the match with a mixture of experience and youth, with QAS youngster Brooke Spence, called into camp at late notice, making her national debut late in the match.
Despite going into a stiff wind in the first half, Australia started strongly and should have had the lead in the 14th minute. Collette McCallum's wicked corner needed two headers off the line to relieve the danger.
The breakthrough came eight minutes later, when McCallum swung over a great ball in from left to the far post. The defender's clearance went straight to Kate Gill on the edge of the box and her low, solid finish beat the dive of the NZ keeper.
Australia continued to press forward and creating chances, but some poor finishing and near misses saw the score stay at 1-0.
The Matildas were then made to pay for the missed opportunities, as NZ got their way back into the match and scored an equalizer.
A NZ counter-attack saw a long ball played in behind the defence and Emma Kete raced away to be 1:1 with Melissa Barbieri and she nicely placed her shot home from the edge of the box.
Stung by the equaliser at the break, the Matildas came out fired up at the start of the second half and grabbed back the lead just a little over a minute into the half.
McCallum was again the architect and it was her great low ball in from left to far post, which found Chapman lurking and her solid finish from close range was never going to miss.
Australia continued to dominate and put enormous pressure on the NZ defence, but finding the killer third goal was proving difficult.
Sarah Walsh thought she had it in the 70th minute when her shot looked in, but the NZ keeper tipped the shot onto the post and the ball came back into her grateful arms. Two minutes later, Walsh saw her chipped shot beat the keeper, but it sailed over the bar.
The NZ keeper again pulled off several great saves in the space of few minutes. First she tipped over Cheryl Salisbury's goalbound header and then denied Walsh again.
Even though the chances went begging, Matildas keeper Melissa Barbieri was never threatened in the second half and Australia ran out comfortable winners.
Sermanni, while happy with the win, was concerned his team was not more ruthless in front of goal when it needed to be.
"I'm happy to win the game," he said. "I felt we should have scored more goals given the number of chances we had and the score didn't reflect the number of chances we had.
"Pleasing considering the number of changes to the team and the number of young players on the field.
"The games continue to be valuable. NZ are here with better preparation than us and some players have had the opportunity to show if they can play at this level. Also pleasing that Brooke (Spence, who also trains with QAS softball) had the opportunity to get her first cap."