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Fashion goals: Socceroos trade kit bags for it-bags as they level up off-field style

The Guardian World Monday 15 June 2026, 04:20 UTC By Alyx Gorman 1 min read
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Australia stepped off the team bus in suits and holding designer pouches, showing they’ve come ‘a long way from a Country Road bag on the side of the field’Video: Is this Australia’s greatest World Cup win in 20 years?As suited and booted Socceroos stepped off the bus in Vancouver and towards a 2-0 victory against Turkey, many dangled designer pouches. Tete Yengi and Mo Touré carried what appeared to be Goyard, the it-bag of choice for athletes world wide. Burberry checks and monograms from...

Australia stepped off the team bus in suits and holding designer pouches, showing they’ve come ‘a long way from a Country Road bag on the side of the field’

As suited and booted Socceroos stepped off the bus in Vancouver and towards a 2-0 victory against Turkey, many dangled designer pouches. Tete Yengi and Mo Touré carried what appeared to be Goyard, the it-bag of choice for athletes world wide. Burberry checks and monograms from Louis Vuitton and Dior were also spotted.

“They’ve come a long way from a Country Road bag on the side of the field,” said Benjamen Judd, Esquire Australia’s head of content.

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Socceroos (PERSON) Australia (LOCATION) a Country Road (LOCATION) World Cup (EVENT) Vancouver (LOCATION) Turkey (LOCATION) Tete Yengi (ORG) Mo Touré (PERSON) Burberry (ORG) Louis Vuitton (ORG) Dior (ORG) Benjamen Judd (PERSON) Esquire (PERSON)
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