Tom Rogic helps Socceroos return to winning ways in crunch World Cup qualifier

27-Jan-2022 11:41:43 | Guardian

Australia ease to 4-0 win over Vietnam in Melbourne
Rogic scores alongside Maclaren, Goodwin and McGree

It had been a while since Tom Rogic has been seen as an answer to Australia’s problems. Long a talisman for his club, Celtic, the playmaker has long been associated with the word “potential” when it comes to the national team. It is a potential that diminishes with each year he ages, as if he is destined never to fulfil it before his career is out.

And yet, at the age of 29, something is stirring within Rogic. Not just in Scotland, where he is experiencing a reawakening under Ange Postecoglou. But also, it seems, with the Socceroos, for whom he was a standout at a time his team really need a standout.