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Since Matildas ace Mary Fowler and NRL actor Nathan Cleary revealed their new union in public, Australians are raving over sport's hottest romance. As the Matildas played Olympic qualifying matches in Perth, Australia exclusively published photos of the footy champion and soccer star spending time together, including cosying up in a Perth park. One sports fan wrote: "I just want someone to look at me the way Nathan Cleary looks at Mary Fowler." Meanwhile, soccer fans in Cleary would not be able to understand the ranks of England's most exciting WAGs, while Fowler plays for Manchester City.

Cleary and Fowler were an item in August, the same month that the NRL actor made some rather revealing remarks about his future. On Wednesday, the couple opened publically with their romance in exclusive Daily Mail Australia photographs, and although the fact that she lives in the United Kingdom while playing for Manchester City (inset) puts a significant strain on their marriage, there is a straightforward answer.

CHRIS FOY: This is it, the moment of truth. With a game that will define this campaign and several careers, the business end of the World Cup for England begins. Steve Borthwick's crew must win to protect names and avoid tumultuous inquests. The quarter-final showdown with Fiji at Stade Velodrome tomorrow demonstrated the sharp divide between a pass mark and a failure. Victory would send the national team into the last four, which was widely believed to be the upper limit of what could be expected of them in those difficult circumstances at this tournament. No doubt that the defeat would be seen as a failure. Whatever happens, Borthwick's England team is secure because he has the complete support of his manageresses at the RFU, but a game that might come as a verdict on the rushed first phase of the recovery effort that he accepted late last year is a huge factor. This year's chaos, upheaval, instability, critique, and turmoil has all contributed to this make-or-break occasion.