Two top four battles are set to play a major role in shaping the title race in a massive weekend of NPL TAS action.
South Hobart and Olympia are set to meet for the final time this season when they clash at Warrior Park tonight. The Warriors can once again temporarily move into top spot on the table with a win, as they still sit 2 points behind Devonport at present. The Strikers would then have 2 games in hand heading into Sunday's clash with Zebras. As such, a loss could spell major trouble for the Warriors title hopes, something South would undoubtedly love to inflict on a team they’…
Just the two games in the Women's Super League this weekend in a catch up weekend for the competition. It will be a battle of the Reds at Wentworth Park, as Clarence host Ulverstone and a Safari Derby down at the Den between the Lions and Zebras.
Perhaps crucially after this weekend the Zebras and Warriors will have played the same amount of games giving a clearer picture of where things stand on the table, but that still won't quite paint the full picture. Lets break down the run home for both sides before that final day clash between the pair at KGV. It shows just how important this week's…
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Football Tasmania has confirmed that Olympia F.C Warriors have been found to have breached Competition Rule 22.3 by fielding an ineligible player in their National Premier Leagues Tasmania game against South Hobart on Friday 19 July.
The rule states that “when a player accumulates five (5) cautions during the same season in the same competition they will receive a one match suspension, as determined by the Company.”
Olympia player Lucas Hill had received 5 yellow cards during the season and as such was ineligible to take part in the game.
It wasn't pretty, but the Olympia Warriors scrapped their way past South Hobart to claim a 3-1 win and move back into top spot on the NPL TAS table. In a physical game that never reached any great heights, the Warriors eventually overcame their rivals to chalk up a seventh victory in a row and throw the pressure back on Devonport ahead of Sunday's clash with the Hobart Zebras.
The early going was a dour grind, with both sides struggling to maintain possession of the ball, due to the furious closing down of the ball carrier and both sides focus on playing direct.
A brace from Englishman Christopher Wademan was enough to secure a 2-0 victory for Riverside Olympic over Clarence United at Windsor Park on Saturday afternoon.
Wademan now has 5 in 4 game since joining the club and he probably should have added to that tally as he passed up a couple of prime chances for his hat-trick in the second half as his movement and well timed runs caused the Clarence defence major headaches.
He started the scoring in just 11th minute as he was played through on goal and he made no mistake, firing the first chance of the game home into the far corner of the net.…
They took almost an hour to kick into gear, but Launceston City will take three points back up the Midlands Highway after a 2-0 win on the road over the Kingborough Lions.
A pair of assists from Noah Mies broke the game open at Lightwood Park after both sides looked unlikely to find a breakthrough for much of the game. Thomas Ottavi's opener finally sparked both sides into action for the last half an hour, before some magic from Mies set up Mackenzie Hancox late for City's second and to seal the win. While Kingborough held their own across the park for much of the day, they struggled to…
A brave Clarence have gone down 3-0 to Ulverstone at Wentworth Park on Saturday. The visitors opened the scoring through Lucy Foote, with Jazmin White striking two goals of her own to round out the 3-0 score line.
As the game kicked-off it was clear Ulverstone meant business, lining up across the half way line to attack as soon as the whistle blew. This attack was soon shut down by Zara Dixon in what would prove to be a pattern across the first half.
Three minutes into the contest and a wayward Clarence back pass gifted the home side a chance, however Amelia Vanderniet saved well. Not long…
The Hobart Zebras have pulled off the comeback of the season, coming from three goals down to defeat the Kingborough Lions 4-3 at the Den. A hat-trick from former Young Matilda Jessie Williams inspired the come back, that keeps their title hopes alive, as they closed within a point of ladder leaders Olympia.
The opening twenty minutes saw the Lions come roaring out of the block and it was Natalie Roubickova who scored the first goal of the day. She made a run into the box and fired a shot into the top corner past Zebras keeper Shelley Cook.
The Hobart Zebras held the Devonport Strikers to a 2-2 draw in a highly dramatic, and physical affair at KGV on Sunday afternoon.
Adam Mckeown seemed the likely hero off the bench again for the Zebras when he put his team ahead in the 92nd minute, but Devonport would not lie down and Daniel Syson poked away his second goal in the 95th minute to earn the Strikers a point against the 9 man Zebras, in what was one of the most frantic periods of stoppage time you’re ever likely to see.
It was a windy KGV and a vengeful Zebras that the North-Westerners found when they arrived, and after slipping…
It’s now just one week till South Hobart will return to the National stage, when they take on the Marconi Stallions in the FFA Cup at Blundstone Arena next Wednesday night. As Tasmania’s lone entrant in the Round of 32, they will fly the flag for the state and attempt to replicate the Devonport Strikers efforts from 2016 and 2018 by progressing to the Round of 16.
The NPL NSW side and former NSL powerhouse Marconi, are one of the most famous clubs in Australian Football and should pose a tough test for South, who took on a NSW based opponent in Sydney Utd 58 in their last FFA Cup venture in…
Mcdonald has been in some strong form and he was called into action to make some important saves, playing an integral part in the Warriors victory.
RCB- Ryu Yonezawa (Hobart Zebras)
Waved farewell to the NPL TAS with the type of performance that has typified his time down here, solid as a rock defensively and shutting down his opposing wingers.
CB- Lindsay Millington (Launceston City)
Millington was imperious as ever at the back for City, as he simply didn't give the Lions a sniff, helping City to a clean sheet a road victory.
The biggest NPL TAS game of the season to date is set to take place on Saturday afternoon at Valley Road when the Devonport Strikers take on the Olympia Warriors in the headline game of Round 21. Devonport and Olympia sit level on points heading into the game, but the Strikers have a game in hand and they sit on top the ladder due to a superior goal difference.
Both sides have been on long runs of form, with Olympia having won seven games in a row, and whilst the Strikers run of six wins ended last week, they still remain unbeaten in their last nine NPL games winning 7 and drawing 2.
Twenty minutes into their Super League game with Kingborough last weekend, the Women's Super League title race looked to be slipping away from the Hobart Zebras. Enter Jesse Williams, who has emerged as the ace up the sleeve of the Zebras side, with her stunning hat-trick firing them to a remarkable win over the Kingborough Lions; turning a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 win. Lured back from the Dark Side to the Round ball code, Chris Hey's recruitment of the former Australian Youth International may well have saved his sides season.
The game against the Lions was the first of a difficult four game…
An electric attacking display from the Kingborough Lions has seen them overcome some early resistance and blow away South Hobart in a dominant 6-1 win.
A midfield masterclass from Zoe Horgan and strong performances from the forward trio of Samantha Watkins, Amy Ollington and Emille Tatton helped the Lions to break the game open after a fairly even opening half an hour. South held their own in the early exchanges, but two first-half goals in two minutes gave the Lions the lead and the momentum to run away with the game after the break.
It took just 15 seconds to see the first shot of the…
The Hobart Zebras are fast becoming the Comeback Queens of the Women's Super League. For a second week in a row they were staring down the barrel of a 3-0 deficit, and for the second week in a row they launched a stunning fightback to claim a 3-3 draw.
Whilst they couldn't turn this one into a win, the point they earned may well prove a crucial one in the context of the season, as the Zebras still control their destiny in the title race if they can win their remaining games. They now trail the Warriors by 3 points, with five games remaining each. The sides will of course meet on the…
The Glenorchy Knights have snapped their six game losing skid, by narrowly accounting for Riverisde Olympic 1-0 at Windsor Park. A goal to Alex Leszczynski was enough to secure the three points for the Knights in a dour affair largely devoid of quality scoring chances.
