Matildas Sam Kerr, Steph Catley and Caitlin Foord have all enjoyed wins in the latest round of England's Women's Super League, while Mackenzie Arnold's West Ham earned a last-gasp point against Liverpool.
Meanwhile Mary Fowler and Matildas teammate Alanna Kennedy played in Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Leicester City in England on Sunday.
Now they have all made a mad dash to the airport to return to Australia got three crucial World Cup qualifiers as Matildas players.
In a busy schedule for the international stars, the Matildas will face Iran on Thursday, the Philippines on Sunday and Chinese Tapei on November 1.
And they had an ideal tune-up in the WSL with a series of strong results for the Matildas stars.
Kerr provided two assists as her Chelsea side came from behind to beat Brighton 4-2 and move joint-top with Manchester City on the league table.
New signing Sjoeke Nüsken scored twice for Chelsea, the Germany midfielder's first goals since her summer move from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Brighton defender Guro Bergsvand scored an own goal in the 74th minute — turning in a Kerr cross — and Chelsea's Aggie Beever-Jones came off the bench to put the game out of reach before Elisabeth Terland's second-half stoppage-time consolation for the visitors.
Catley and Foord both played the full 90 minutes as Arsenal won 2-1 at Bristol City thanks to two goals from Ireland star Katie McCabe.
Arsenal have seven points from four games, leaving them three points off top-two Manchester City and Chelsea.
In east London, West Ham's equaliser in the fifth minute of added time stole a late point at home to Liverpool.
Marie Hobinger opened the scoring for the visitors in the 52nd minute and goalkeeper Arnold kept her side in it with a good save from a
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