And the crowd sang Waltzing Matilda . Or should that be Stripping Matildas? The Australia women's football team, fed up at playing third fiddle to the senior Socceroos and the teenaged Joeys, decided to attract a bit of attention by showing everybody what they've got underneath.
Judging by the international sneak preview given to the team's nude calendar, if they play half as good as they look the Matildas are a bit of all right, mate.
Which is indeed worrying. Not content with hosting the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, winning the rugby World Cup with the loss of just one try and thumping allcomers at cricket, Australians are realising that football is the beautiful game.
The senior men's side, boasting the likes of Manchester United keeper Mark Bosnich and Leeds wonder winger Harry Kewell, are proving themselves a match for the best in the business - and that includes Brazil - and the Under-17 Joeys came within a penalty of handing Australia their first World Cup trophy last weekend.
The Joeys, many of whom are already playing in Europe despite still being in their teens, showed defensive savvy and proficiency in attack against Brazil in the Under-17 final in New Zealand and lost out in the cruellest possible way, penalties.
Which brings us back, well back and front, to the Stripping Matildas.