Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams presents team mate Mackenzie Arnold with the number one jersey.
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00:00 Ellie, please, these are for you, for leading the next songs when I'm not there.
00:08 [laughter and applause]
00:17 And one more special one.
00:19 When you walk into a change room, the first thing you see is where your number is.
00:28 It's how you identify yourself, it's something that is a part of you,
00:34 and it's something that, it's your identity, it's just as important as a signature.
00:41 And the beauty about sport and what this team is, is that numbers are meant to be passed on.
00:47 So...
00:49 [laughter]
00:54 For your first jersey, in Aussie colours...
01:00 [applause]
01:13 Jesus.
01:15 [laughter]
01:20 You don't have to say it. I do want to say something.
01:25 Oh, give me a second.
01:30 So, obviously, when I first came into camp, it wasn't my most ideal camp.
01:37 As we all know, there was a bit of up and down, but I remember coming in and watching your mugs
01:43 and battling it out for this jersey. And I remember just watching you sort of take it and become your own.
01:51 And I knew from that moment that this is what I eventually wanted to wear.
01:56 I think we've gone through a lot, and I know that I probably couldn't have kept going
02:01 and got to this place without you, so to take this from you means more than you know,
02:07 and congratulations on such an amazing career, and I'm so glad that I could be a part of it.
02:12 [applause]