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History: Rhian Davies, Matildas Cap #113

Matildas Debut: 2002 (played for the national team until 2007)
Grassroots Club: 
Appearances: 73 (3 goals)
Position: Defender

The Welsh-born Davies represented Australia at the 2003 Women’s World Cup, 2004 Olympics and 2006 Asian Cup. She also played club football for Canberra United.

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UEFA World Cup Qualifying

Matches

Who has qualified so far?

  • Kazakhstan 0-2 Estonia
  • Latvia 1-3 Northern Ireland
  • Slovakia 0-1 Republic of Ireland
  • Finland 0-5 Sweden
  • Czech Republic 7-0 Belarus
  • Azerbaijan 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Montenegro 0-2 Malta
  • Lithuania 0-1 Croatia
  • Norway 5-0 Albania
  • Armenia 0-7 Belgium
  • Portugal 4-0 Turkey
  • Poland 7-0 Kosovo
  • Italy 2-0 Romania
  • Israel 0-2 Serbia
  • Switzerland 15-0 Moldova
  • Bulgaria 0-8 Germany
  • Faroe Islands 0-6 Scotland
  • England 10-0 Luxembourg
  • Austria 10-0 North Macedonia
  • Netherlands 1-0 Iceland
  • Wales 0-0 Slovenia
  • France 5-1 Greece
  • Spain 5-0 Ukraine

6th Oct – 1st playoff round: Scotland v Austria, Wales v Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal v Belgium

11th Oct – 2nd playoff round: Portugal/Belgium v Iceland, Scotland/Austria v Republic of Ireland, Switzerland v Wales/Bosnia and Herzegovina

Click here for an explanation of how the UEFA playoffs work (it’s very complicated!).

UK

FA WSL (1 of 22)

  • Season Dates: September 10th 2022 – May 28th 2023
  • First round postponed due to the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II

FA Championship (3 of 22)

  • Season Dates: August 20th 2022 – April 30th 2023
  • This weekend’s round postponed due to the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Scottish WPL (5 of 22)

  • Season Dates: August 7th 2022 – May 21th 2023
  • This weekend’s round postponed due to the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Europe

France – D1F (1 of 22)

Italy – Serie A (2 of 18)

  • Season Dates: August 27th 2022 – February 26th 2023
  • Juventus (Joe Montemurro) 3-3 Internazionale

Swiss Women’s Super League

  • Season Dates: Aug 21st 2022 – Apr 23rd 2023
  • Zürich 2-4 Servette (Tessa Tamplin) – Tessa not in squad

Swiss Nationalliga B

Nordic

US – NWSL (17 of 20)

Watch matches on twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial2, twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial3 & twitch.tv/NWSLOfficial4

Regular season finishes October 3rd 2022

State Football

  • ACT Round 21
    • Canberra Croatia took out the premiership last Monday night with their R20 6-0 win over West Canberra Wanderers
    • (3) Belconnen United (Talia Backhouse 2, Olivia Bomford 2, Reilly Yuen 2) 6-0 West Canberra Wanderers (4)
    • (5) Gungahlin United (Breea Waters) 1-5 (1) Canberra Croatia (Bella Barac, Jamie Berkeley, Rhiannon Fensom, Sienna Birnie, Shania Settin)
      • sees the Gunners miss out on finals
    • (2) Canberra Olympic (Olivia Fogarty 2, Olivia Gurney) 3-0 (6) Canberra United Academy
    • (7) Tuggeranong United (Lauren Hall) 1-1 (8) Wagga City Wanderers (Tamara Cochrane)
  • NSW – Semi Finals
    • APIA Leichhardt (Shea Connors 76′) 1-2 Macarthur Rams (Laura Murtagh 61′, Bethany Gordon 110′)
    • Sydney University 0-3 Northern Tigers (Shadeene Evans 24′ 43′, Beth Bernardi 49′)
    • Northern Tigers v Macarthur Rams in this weekend’s Grand Final
  • QLD
    • Sunshine Coast Wanderers (Louise Rolfe) 2-0 Capalaba
    • Gold Coast United (Anabelle Thompson, Dee Thompson) 2-0 QAS
    • Olympic 0-3 Eastern Suburbs (Aono Goda, Maya Brueckner)
    • Moreton Bay United 0-3 Lions (Mariel Hecher, Tegan Riding, Angela Versluis)
  • VIC
    • Grand Final: Calder United (Harriet Withers) 2-0 Bulleen Lions (Tiffany Eliadis, Gabriela Garton, Alana Jancevski, Lia Privitelli, Tyla-Jay Vlajnic, Paige Zois)
    • NPL Gold Medal Night
      • Perth Glory teammates Sarah Cain (FV Emerging) and Sofia Sakalis (Box Hill) joint winners of the NPLW Gold Medal
      • Players’ Player: Rebecca Burrows (Heidelberg United FC)
      • Golden Boot: Danielle Wise (Heidelberg United FC)
      • Goalkeeper of the Year: Alyssa Dall’Oste (Calder United FC/Western United)
      • Coach of the Year: Helen Winterburn (FV Emerging/Western United Assistant Coach)
      • Goal of the Year: Francesca Iermano (South Melbourne FC/Western United)
      • Referee of the Year: Caitlin Williams

Queens of the Week

Cheryl – Caitlin Cooper, Sue Bird and Stephanie Gilmore 😉

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Dale – Portland Thorns player Crystal Dunn played her first game after having a baby

Eric – Macarthur Rams midfielder Bethany Gordon scored an incredible winner in extra time to take her team to the Grand Final

Maj – Tara Andrews (who our friends at The Far Post podcast have dubbed The Tallest Woman In Newcastle) received her Matildas cap (#196) at Tuesday’s Matildas v Canada game

Steffen – Canadian central defender Jade Rose played brilliantly in their two game series against the Matildas


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