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Best PlayersAshleigh Grubba Remy Ally Ava Clegg Makayla Nassar Lucy Boyd Kate Quadrio |
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Q1 – Find our routine
WPD has been a season of discovery. With so many of our Division 3 girls backing up each week, we've not only been blessed with incredible commitment from across the club but have also created enormous opportunities for player development. Coming up against a top-two side, our objectives remained unchanged. Through both the numbers and the vision we've developed a clear understanding of where our strengths lie and where our next areas of growth are.
USYD started exactly as expected—fast, clean and accurate—booting nine goals straight while our girls worked tirelessly to stem the flow. Although the scoreboard wasn't kind, something far more important began to emerge. We started finding our routine.
Penno 0.0 (0) to USYD 9.2 (56)
Q2 – Be like Quads
Late in the opening quarter Kate "Quads" Quadrio reminded everyone what competitive football looks like. After laying several strong bumps around a centre bounce, the physicality clearly frustrated her opponent, eventually resulting in Quads being pushed to ground. No free kick came. No reward appeared on the scoreboard. But everyone wearing red and blue knew exactly what they had just witnessed. Competitive spirit. Determination. Refusal to be beaten.
Our quarter-time message became wonderfully simple. "Be like Quads." The response was immediate. Returning to our key themes reduced both the number and quality of USYD's scoring opportunities. Although they still finished with nine scoring shots, only four resulted in goals. That resilience continues to define this playing group.
Penno 0.0 (0) to USYD 13.7 (85)
Half Time – Check in
With many players already carrying the workload of a second game, a few positional changes were made and, more importantly, we checked in with everyone. The response was unanimous. No one was giving in.
Q3 – More Quads!
Perhaps the USYD coach expected more. After a 56-point opening quarter, our adjustments had reduced the second quarter to 29 points, and he was clearly asking his players for another level. Our message remained much simpler. More Quads. More contest. More fight.
The girls delivered. USYD generated twelve scoring shots, but our relentless pressure forced them into 3.9 for the quarter. Every player embraced the challenge, continuing to compete despite mounting fatigue.
Week after week we ask these girls to back up, dig deep and give everything they've got. Remarkably......they always do.
Penno 0.0 (0) to USYD 16.16 (112)
Q4 – Fatigue
Holding a quality opposition to another sub-30-point quarter meant one final effort was required. Fatigue was everywhere. Lucy Boyd had come straight from night shift before playing a full Division 3 match. Looking around the ground, every player was carrying heavy legs. Yet nobody stopped competing. Makayla Nassar executed her role superbly, repeatedly charging into contests to slow USYD's ball movement. Ava Clegg produced arguably her best performance of the season with a composed and courageous game across half back. Alongside them, Remy Ally and Ashleigh Grubba continued to repel attack after attack, helping ensure four of our six best players came from the defensive line.
Sometimes the statistics tell you where the football was played. Our Best tells you who refused to surrender.
Final Score
Pennant Hills 0.0 (0)
USYD 23.18 (156)
Our Best
• Ashleigh Grubba
• Remy Ally
• Ava Clegg
• Makayla Nassar
• Lucy Boyd
• Kate Quadrio
Final Words
This football club continues to ask extraordinary things of this group. Playing two games in one day. Backing up week after week. Changing roles. Supporting teammates. Putting the club ahead of themselves. There aren't many scoreboards that measure those things.
But they matter. Because they are the standards that build footballers, teammates and culture.
Continue to believe. Train together. Play together. Have fun together.
