PHOEBE Guppy keeps her eyes focused, digging her mud-splattered boots into the damp ovals of Mansfield Recreation Reserve.
At the trill of the whistle, the 13-year-old springs forward, zigzagging through a line of fluorescent cones while dodging a charging teammate, then booting her Sherrin toward the goals.
She turns to high-five her teammates, smiling.
Born in a country home where barely an h...