On today's show the team chat with former Matilda's goalkeeper Lydia Williams, the longest serving member of the Matildas, Australia’s women’s national football team who had a 19 year international career! We’ll be talking about the science involved in being an elite goalkeeper and Lydia’s work advocating for better pay and conditions for female footballers as a Player Relations Executive Vice President with the Professional Footballers Australia.

Dr Nirav Maniar, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Science, at the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury & New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre at Australian Catholic University joins The Performance Hour to explore why it is that women in sport are at a higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament injuries than men and take a look at the latest research into ACL injury management

Catch The Performance Hour with Emma Carney every Sunday from 9-10am (AEDT)

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