• Matildas captain joins Chelsea training camp in Portugal
• Striker has been sidelined for a year after rupturing ACL

Sam Kerr is stepping up her recovery from a long-term knee injury at Chelsea as she joins the English champions on their mid-season training camp in Portugal.

The Matildas’ captain Kerr hasn’t been in a Chelsea squad in the last 12 months after she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury at the equivalent warm-weather training break in Morocco last January.