At the conclusion of round six, the ladder reflects the clubs that have prioritised multi-season squad consistency
Nine seconds into Sydney FC’s game against Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, veteran Jets striker Tara Andrews registered the game’s first shot on target. Seventeen seconds later, young Sydney forward Remy Siemsen zipped a cross through Newcastle’s penalty area that teammate Clare Wheeler, who had made a run from deep in midfield, just missed. In less than a minute, the Jets were up the other end, on the attack again.
This chaotic start to round six’s final match was exacerbated by elements largely beyond the players’ control, particularly Cromer Park’s bouncy synthetic pitch – the only non-grass pitch being used this season – which had been made slicker still by a weekend’s worth of rain. All the players could do was adjust and adapt to things in the moment: the subtle differences in ball speed and spin, the way the wind caught or carried a pass just too close or just too far.
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