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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-Up for Round 11 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania. It was a weekend where the Strikers extended their lead to 7 points and a host of new faces appeared across the starting line up’s due to the opening of the transfer window.
South Put Major Dent in Knights Title Hopes
Jackson Dent struck an 89th-minute winner to deal a major blow to the Glenorchy Knights' title hopes and secure a dramatic 4-3 win for South Hobart in arguably the game of the season to date.
Twice, South Hobart pulled back Knights' leads, before overrunning them in the second half and…
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Welcome to the Weekend-Wash Up for Round 11 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League season. It was ultimately a weekend that went largely as expected, with the competition’s top three sides all registering victories against the sides ranked 4-6. It wasn’t all one-way traffic though, with Taroona giving second-placed Launceston United a major scare at Kelvedon Park.
More Last Minute Heart-Break For Pirates as Ikeda Makes Instant Impact
The game of the weekend undoubtedly took place at Kelvedon Park, where the defending Champions Launceston United just snuck past Taroona 2-1 with a last…
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With 23 days to go, Football Australia has today proudly launched a fully integrated CommBank Matildas’marketing campaign for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™.The pursuit of greatness never ends, both on and off the pitch. Whether it is thrilling crowds with theirattacking, high octane, uncompromising style of football on the pitch, or empowering the next generationby reimagining and expanding what it means to be a footballer. The campaign spotlights the drive,commitment and unrelenting ambition of the CommBank Matildas who…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast for Round 12 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League season. It should be another interesting weekend of WSL action, as the ladder leaders South Hobart face a tough trip to Valley Road to take on an in-form Devonport, the defending Champions Launceston United face a trip to a new look Lightwood Park, and Taroona eye a breakthrough victory against the Clarence Zebras.
Valley Road Turns Pink As Strikers Face Crunch Fixture
The first match of the weekend is the game of the round and one of the most important fixtures left on the schedule. The suddenly…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast ahead of Round 12 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania. Round 5 had these same corresponding fixtures and it produced the tightest weekend of NPL action we had seen in many seasons, giving us all 4 games decided by a single goal, which augurs very nicely for this upcoming weekend.
Knights Out To Bounce Back Against Lions
This week features a pair of Friday Night games, at KGV, the Glenorchy Knights will be out to bounce back against the Kingborough Lions, having now fallen 7 points behind the Devonport Strikers.
Consecutive losses would likely be the death…
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Welcome to the Weekend-Washup from Round 12 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League season. It was a weekend where South Hobart opened up what looks like a decisive break at the top of the table, with their win over Devonport, coupled with the Lions defeat of Launceston United meaning they now sit 10 points clear with just 8 rounds remaining. Elsewhere the Clarence Zebras got back on the winner's list as they held off a fast-finishing Taroona.
South Place One Hand On the Trophy
South Hobart claimed a 3-0 victory over the Devonport Strikers at Valley Road to open up what looks a title-…
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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-up from Round 12 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania season. It was a weekend where the Strikers long-running unbeaten streak was finally brought to an end by an impressive South Hobart side, allowing the Glenorchy Knights to close back within 4 points of them as they accounted for the Lions. Elsewhere, it was a better weekend for Launceston-based sides, as Launceston City downed the Clarence Zebras and Riverside Olympic got their second win of the season.
South End Strikers Streak
I’ll start at Valley Road where the biggest story of the weekend developed, as the…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast for Round 13 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania season. With the Strikers' lead cut back to four points last weekend, the title race remains firmly on, whilst the jostling for positions in the top four remains tightly contested.
Lions Face Rebounding Strikers
We will start at Lightwood Park where the Kingborough Lions will play host to the Devonport Strikers, who enter this game in an unfamiliar position. For the first time since Round 2 of last season, the Strikers head into a match off the back of a defeat and looking to rebound. We know how they responded…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast ahead of Round 13 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League. In a packed Saturday afternoon, we have a double-header at Kelvedon Park as the Lions meet the Strikers and Taroona takes on South Hobart. In the North, Launceston United face off with the Clarence Zebras.
Lions Looking To String Big Wins
The Round will begin at Kelvedon Park, though not with Taroona, but with the Kingborough Lions taking on the Devonport Strikers. It makes for a double-header at the venue, with Taroona taking on South Hobart immediately after this one and a big day of Super…
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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-Up for Round 13 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League. With the Launceston United v Clarence Zebras game postponed, we had just the two games for the weekend, both taking place at Kelvedon Park.
Five-Star White Downs Lions
An inspired performance from Jazmin White saw the Devonport Strikers hammer the Kingborough Lions 8-3 at Kelvedon Park. The league’s leading markswoman scored five times as the Strikers turned a game that was locked at 3-3 approaching halftime, into a comfortable victory, as they slammed on 4 goals in 15 minutes either side of halftime…
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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-Up for Round 13 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania. It was a closely fought weekend with all four games in the balance for the majority of the 90 minutes, giving us one of the more tightly contested weekends of the season to date.
Fernandez Garrido Pulls Strikers Out of the Fire
Roberto Fernandez Garrido struck in sublime style in the 79th minute to rescue the Devonport Strikers and secure a 1-0 road victory over the Kingborough Lions at Lightwood Park. It appeared the Strikers may drop points in consecutive weeks before the late intervention of their brilliant…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast for Round 14 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania. After this weekend each side will have played each other twice, leaving just one more fixture against each other to be played out. Most notably it will feature a battle of the competition’s top two sides as the Strikers host the Knights in a potentially season-defining day.
Valley Road Title Fight
We will start at Valley Road as the Devonport Strikers host the Glenorchy Knights in the biggest game of the season to date. The Strikers start the day four points clear on top, so a victory would give them a seven-…
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Football Tasmania has announced the eleven recipients of the Female C-Diploma Coaching Scholarships, as part of its Legacy ’23 funding from Football Australia.
The program is designed to ensure the legacy of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023, to boost participation in and strengthen women and girls’ football.
Football Tasmania Coaching Development Manager David Smith said: “We want to continue to develop our female coaches and the C-Diploma coaching course provides this opportunity.
“The successful applicants have shown a great commitment to…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast ahead of Round 14 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League season. It's a weekend featuring a Cup Final rematch, a Safari Derby set to shape the battle for fourth place and Taroona FC returning to the scene of their best performance of the year as they meet Devonport at Valley Road.
Cup Final Rematch at Darcy Street
We will start at Darcy Street where we will have a rematch of the Women’s Statewide Cup Final, as South Hobart hosts Launceston United in the first clash between the pair since that KGV decider that South Hobart claimed 2-0.
Not too long…
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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-Up for Round 14 of the MyState Bank Women’s Super League season. Following this weekend’s action, we now hit the pause button for a fortnight for the Women’s World Cup. When we resume, South Hobart will do so with a 12-point buffer on top after they extended their lead with a win in the Statewide Cup Final rematch. Elsewhere the Strikers scored another thumping win and a pair of fine strikes delivered the Safari Derby to the Clarence Zebras.
South Shut Out United In Cup Final Rematch
South Hobart downed Launceston United 1-0 in a rematch of the Statewide Cup…
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Strikers Take Stranglehold on 2023 Title
The Devonport Strikers rallied back from an early deficit to defeat the Glenorchy Knights 3-1 and move seven points clear on top of the table. A pair of penalties converted by Roberto Fernandez Garrido and an own goal from Eli Luttmer was enough for Devonport to cancel out Daniel Sagno’s opening goal and give themselves what looks like a decisive break in the 2023 title race.
It was a cagey opening to the match, which was unsurprising given what was at stake and neither side wanted to blink first. But the Knights were gifted the lead by a rare…
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THIRTY-SIX young Tasmanian football fans will have the opportunity of a lifetime when they take to the field at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023!
Football Tasmania offered all football participants aged 12-17 the chance to act as a flag bearer at one of six matches being played at Melbourne’s AAMI Park, during one of the world’s biggest sporting events.
More than a million tickets have already been sold for the tournament, which runs from 20 July – 20 August.Six Tasmanians will carry a FIFA flag onto the pitch prior to kick off at the following matches:
Friday 21 July – Nigeria…
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TASMANIANS are getting excited about the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, which kicks off in Sydney tomorrow night when the Matildas take on Ireland at 8pm.
The event is the third-largest sporting event on the globe and just under 1.5 million tickets have already been sold for the tournament, which runs from July 20 – August 20.
The Matildas will play three group games for a chance to progress to the next round: against Ireland on Thursday 20 July at 8pm; against Nigeria on Thursday 27 July at 8pm; and on Monday 31 July at 8pm.
Football Tasmania is celebrating the occasion with gala…
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Welcome to the Friday Forecast for Round 15 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania. After a brief hiatus for the Women’s World Cup, we are back to where we began, with the opening round fixtures set to play out for the third and final time this season. The title race seems all but settled as we head into the final straight, but the jostling for the top four appears set to go down to the wire.
Strikers Hosting Tricky Zebras
Saturday begins at Valley Road where the Devonport Strikers will take on a Clarence Zebras side that whilst perhaps haven’t quite become a bogey side for the ladder leaders…
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Welcome to the Weekend Wash-up for Round 15 of the McDonald’s NPL Tasmania season. There were just the three games played this weekend, following the postponement of Riverside v Launceston City, on Friday night with Saturday producing two comfortable wins for the competition’s top two sides, before the Lions provided the surprise of the weekend by ending South Hobart’s winning streak on the Sunday.
Strikers Surge Past Zebras
The Devonport Strikers continued to close in on sealing the 2023 league title, as they produced another dominant performance to brush aside the Clarence Zebras 5-1…
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