Together with Matildas striker Caitlin Munoz, the pair will play in 7-a-side competition with substantial prizemoney for the winner – a boon for our modestly paid women footballers.

And Garriock, the 25-year-old Aussie star of last year's Women's World Cup, will also be spearheading a new concept aimed at developing Australia's elite female juniors when she returns from the middle east.

Called "Matildas Exclusive" the pilot program aims to find our best 9-14 year old girls then have them trained by present day Matildas stars.

"The Matildas, by training these elite young girls, know what we want and are looking for in terms of what we want players to be able to do," national women's coach Tom Sermanni told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Garriock, who came up with the concept, will head the pilot program and hopes it will further strengthen the women's game that has already been boosted by the W-League launch next month.

"It's a pathway for young girls. I'll invite the elite. It's football federation endorsed and aligned and I'll be coaching the first ten week pilot program," added Garriock.

In other Matildas news, Sermanni said there will be a "substantial rebuild" of the national team ahead of its next big challenge, competing in the 2010 Asian Cup. The tournament also serves as a World Cup qualifier for the 2011 World Cup.

In the meantime, an experimental Matildas line up is expected to compete in an ASEAN tournament this October in Vietnam.

And the future of Matildas skipper Cheryl Salisbury is still unclear with Sermanni saying the veteran is "unlikely to be around" for the 2010 campaign.