Football 

Congratulations to Polly Doran and her Crystal Palace women’s team on winning the FA WSL 2 championship.  Crystal Palace had a nil-all draw with Sunderland on the weekend winning the Championship by one point from Charlton who had a 2-0 win against Southampton.  The team now moves into the topflight Women’s Super League to play against teams such as Man City, Man United, Tottenham, Chelsea, and others. 

Connor Metcalfe was subbed out of FC St Pauli’s midfield in the 85th minute in his sides 1-0 victory over Hansa.  With three games to go in the Bundesliga 2 competition FC St Pauli are currently on top of the table, two points clear of second with games against the 4th placed Hamburger SV and two bottom teams to play. 

MelindaJ Barbieri and her Newcastle Jets have been knocked out of the A-League Women’s finals series losing to Naomi Chinnama’s Melbourne City 6-0 on aggregate. Meanwhile Annabel Martin and her Central Coast Mariners team have also been knocked out of the finals by Sydney FC who won the two-leg semi-final 2-1 on aggregate. Sydney FC and Melbourne City play the final this weekend.  We wish Naomi and her teammates all the best in the final. 

Seb Pasquali and Matthew Grimaldi finished off the season playing a full game for Western United in their loss to Melbourne City 1-0.  The win gives Melbourne City a spot in the A League final while Western United finished 2nd last on the table.   

Badminton 

Jacob Schuler, Shrey Dhand and Gronya Somerville are currently competing for Australia in the Total Energies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals in China.  We wish them all the best and will update their results next week. 

AFL 

Greater Western Sydney v Brisbane – The Giants won this game by 54 points in Canberra.  Cam Rayner had 9 disposals, 1 mark and 2 tackles for Brisbane. 

Port Adelaide v St Kilda – The Power won this game at Adelaide Oval by 10 points.  Zak Butters had 27 disposals, 5 marks and 5 clearances for the Power. 

North Melbourne v Adelaide – The Crows won this game by 57 points in Tassie.  Paul Curtis had 8 disposals, 3 tackles and 3 clearances for North. 

Geelong v Carlton – The Cats defeated the Blues by 13 points in a thrilling game at the MCG.  Jordan Boyd had 18 disposals, 5 marks and kicked a goal for Carlton. 

Fremantle v Western Bulldogs - The Dockers defeated the Bulldogs by 24 points in Perth.  For the Dockers, Luke Ryan had 19 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles.  For the Bulldogs, Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 2 marks and 3 tackles while Buku Khamis had 10 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles. 

Gold Coast v West Coast – The Suns defeated the Eagles by 37 points on the Gold Coast.  Gold Coast Captain Touk Miller had a big night with 27 disposals, 10 tackles and 6 clearances.