Almost 50,000 fans witnessed the Matildas record four consecutive victories over Brazil and China with an average crowd of 12,290 spread over NSW and Victoria.

Following on from the Matildas success at the tournament of nations in the USA, record crowds of over 15,000 in Penrith and Newcastle flocked to see the likes of Sam Kerr, Kyah Simon and Lisa De Vanna in action.

Walsh, a former Matildas star, believes the W-League can benefit from the national team’s recent showing.

“Absolutely,” she said. “We’d like to see that interest translate from the Matildas into the W-League I can’t see why it wouldn’t work like that. The broadcast viewership has been excellent as well.

 “We had a huge marketing strategy in the matches in Melbourne and the end goal is to get our participants turning up to matches.

“If you think about milestones in my career the games in Penrith and Newcastle when the Matildas played Brazil was right up there with some of the moments that happened when I was playing.

"To see packed houses for a women’s team is really touching.”

Walsh has been involved in developing the women’s game in Australia since 2012 and held her current role as GM for over 18 months.

The 70-capped Matilda said she was living the dream.

“Especially as I am still able to contribute to the game in a meaningful way,” she said speaking to FourFourTwo.

“I work with Emma Highwood who is the head of community, technical coaching of women’s football and we make sure the W-League and the Matildas are actually integrated into our pathway.

“Growing female participation is a huge strategy for us and we work with government and state federations to make sure that our numbers are increasing and they have.

“We’ve got 250,000 girls and women playing football. With the W-League in its 10th season, I’ve known a lot of the players since they were 15 and it’s just really good to see that the league continue to go from strength to strength.”

Walsh also works on the Australian bidding team for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the FFA putting a number of strategies in place to take advantage of the recent strides of the women’s game.

“A FIFA Women’s World Cup would bring a major international event to our country and showcase women’s football and women’s sport in general like never before,” an FFA spokesperson said speaking to FourFourTwo.

“It will also inspire many more young girls to play football. To take advantage of this we have also increased our promotional activity leading up to 2023.

“We are also working with member federations to increase the number of female coaches and improve facilities for females, we have just announced a significant improvement in pay and conditions for our Westfield W-League players

“The Westfield W-League has been a trailblazer for women’s sport in Australia. Now in its 10th season it has been responsible for increasing the depth and breadth of Australian players and we are seeing the results of that in the current world ranking of the Matildas and the recognition of our star players.”