Once again our MSA Alumni had some spectacular performances here at home and around the world. The highlights were:
· Polly Doran winning the A League Women’s Grand Final for the Melbourne Victory
· Touk Miller having 38 disposals for the Gold Coast Suns against Melbourne
· Lucas Plapp winning the first mountain ride on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna
A-League Women
Polly Doran played for the Melbourne Victory team that won the A-League Women’s Grand Final on the weekend. The Victory defeated Sydney FC 2-1 in front of just over five thousand fans at Kogarah Oval in Sydney. One of the 2 goals scored by the Melbourne Victory was by Amy Jackson a former coach at MSA.
A-League Men and International Football
Connor Metcalfe was a part of the Socceroos team who lost to Japan 2-0 in Sydney on Thursday night. The Socceroos will now need to qualify for the World Cup by having to beat the 5th place South American team.
Birkan Kirdar came into the Melbourne Victory midfield at the 81st minute of their drawn game with Western Sydney. The Wanderers leveling the score at the 96th minute of the game.
Dylan Murnane came onto the park at the 67th minute for the Newcastle Jets to help them secure a 2-0 win over Sydney FC.
AFLW Finals
Aliesha Newman’s 10 touches for Collingwood were not enough to stop Brisbane taking victory in their Preliminary Final match played at the Gabba.
AFL Round 2
Peter Wright kicked 3 goals in Essendon’s loss to the Brisbane Lions by 22 points while Cam Rayner was strong for the Lions with 12 disposals, 3 marks and a goal.
Touk Miller had a massive game on Saturday night helping the Gold Coast Suns push the reigning premiers right to the end, eventually going down to the Demons by 13 Points. Miller had 38 touches to be best on ground for the Suns. Joel Smith with 12 touches and 4 tackles for Melbourne.
Kayne Turner had a solid game for the Kangaroos racking up 13 possessions and kicking 2 goals 2 in North Melbourne’s 15 point win over a depleted West Coast Eagles.
Zak Butters 29 disposals, 11 tackles and 5 clearances couldn’t help Port Adelaide stop the rampaging Hawks at Adelaide Oval. The Power losing by 64 points.
VFL
Massimo D’Ambrossio played his debut game for the Richmond VFL team and gathered 14 disposals in the Tigers 31 point round 1 victory over the Southport Sharks.
Cycling
Lucas Plapp won the first mountain stage on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna to set up a stage win for his Ineos Grenadier teammate Richard Carapaz.
We wish all our current students competing in this week’s Athletics Australian Championship in Sydney all the best in their efforts.