Matildas show their true colours with double delight Gold class: Tameka Butt celebrates defends against China. A two-goal blitz late in the first half propelled the Matildas to a victory over China in a friendly at WIN Stadium on Sunday. Gorry and midfield partner Samantha Kerr were outstanding for the home side, creating the bulk of Australia's chances. Goalkeeper Lydia Williams was also a standout in delivering a clean sheet. Matildas coach Hesterine de Reus was most happy with her side's attitude in the convincing victory. Goal scorers: Katrina Gorry (right) celebrates with Tameka Butt (left). "I was happy with the attitude ... they really came to win and they did it," de Reus said. I thought China were great in their short combination play which gave us some trouble, especially in the beginning, but we kept our areas well and we were really good in our counter-attack. They scored two great goals in the first half so I think they were really effective in the way they played. Captain Clare Polkinghorne was pleased with the Matildas' aggression in their first outing since suffering a 4-0 defeat to the United States last month. "We've had a few good sessions leading up and everyone was looking sharp and aggressive at training, and we put that on the pitch today," Polkinghorne said. I think we gained a lot of confidence from the first-half performance. Everyone was getting stuck in and we were winning a lot of ball. We scored a couple of good goals and I think, in the end, we were a bit disappointed not to score a couple more because we did create a few chances, so that's promising. We really got stuck in and it was good to see some aggression from us. Running into a strong breeze, the visitors struggled to contain the Matildas, who dominated possession and territory from the opening whistle. Michelle Heyman looked most likely to open the scoring after just four minutes but couldn't latch on to a dangerous cross from Kerr. The Matildas went close again minutes later when a Lisa De Vanna cross floated across the penalty box but again couldn't find Heyman. In what appeared to be a concerted effort to unsettle De Vanna, the Melbourne Victory star was felled by a number of dubious challenges, two of which earned yellow cards. The fouls helped the Matildas open the scoring in the 33rd minute through Gorry. The midfielder was denied by the keeper on her first attempt, but fired the rebound into the net. The Matildas extended their lead when the Chinese failed to clear the ball after a Gorry free kick drifted into the box, and Butt pounced to sneak the ball into the net at the near post. The teams will meet again in the second game of the series at Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta on Wednesday night.