Another week of great performances by our MSA Alumni in the world of sport. Here’s how they went.
Hockey
MSA Alumni Cooper Burns and Nye Roberts have represented Australia at the 2023 Sultan of Johor Cup U21 tournament in Malaysia. The Australians losing the final to Germany 3-1 in the shootout after the scores were locked at nil all at the final whistle. Cooper shot 4 goals in the tournament.
Meanwhile in the 2023 Men’s JDH Hockey One League Conner Otterbach and his HC Melbourne team went down to Brisbane Blaze 3-1.
Cricket
Bailey Toseland has captained an Australian indigenous cricket team to victory against an MCC team at the MCG. The indigenous team won by 6 runs with Bailey winning the toss and electing to bat. Bailey took a wicket with the ball.
Basketball
Johnny Furphy played his first game with the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA division 1 game against North Carolina Central Eagles. The number 1 seeded Jayhawks won the game 99-56 with Johnny getting 17 minutes on the court scoring 6 points and getting 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Cycling
Two-time Australian National Cycling champion Luke Plapp has left his professional team Ineos Grenadier and has moved to the Australian team on a four-year deal. Luke is one of the hottest young talents on the World tour and is proud to be a part of the GreenEDGE Cycling team.
A League Men
Seb Pasquali came on in the 72nd min for Western United in their loss to Macarthur 1-0.
International Football
Bundesliga 2 Top of the ladder side FC St Pauli has defeated SV Elversberg 2-0 over the weekend. Connor Metcalfe started for the victors being subbed out of the game in the 69th minute.
Polly Doran received a yellow card in Crystal Palace’s 3-0 victory over Watford in the FA WSL 2. Crystal Palace now sit 4th on the Division 2 table.
AFLW
Gold Coast Suns v Essendon – Suns by 14
Essendon – Georgia Nanscawen had 23 disposals and 12 tackles.
Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne – North Melbourne by 46 Points
Bulldogs – Jess Fitzgerald had 17 disposals, 5 tackles and 3 marks
Kangaroos – Amy Smith had 14 disposals , 5 tackles and 3 marks
Geelong v Hawthorn – Geelong by 40 points
Geelong – Georgie Prespakis had 35 disposals, 2 tackles and a mark in a dominating effort.
Hawthorn – Charlotte Baskaran had 8 disposals and 7 tackles.
Brisbane v Melbourne – Lions by 25 points
Melbourne – Libby Birch had 9 disposals and 4 marks.
Carlton v St Kilda – St Kilda by 20 points
St Kilda – Georgia Patrikios had 25 disposals, 4 tackles and 6 marks.
Collingwood v Richmond – Tigers by 52
Richmond – Monique Conti had 34 disposals, 8 tackles, 1 mark with 615m gained. She also kicked a goal for the Tigers from 45 out on the run.
Fremantle v Sydney Swans – Swans by 22
Sydney Swans - Aliesha Newman had 5 disposals and 3 tackles in the Swans win.