NPLW Coaches Notes: Victory Taken Down by Essendon

NPLW Coaches Notes: Victory taken down by Essendon

Melbourne Victory’s return to NPLW action was not to be a successful one, as Essendon Royals SC ran out 0-3 winners in Round 9. The Girls in Blue, playing for the first time since late March, were unable to build on their emphatic win against Melbourne City last month at The Home of The Matildas on Sunday afternoon. Victory conceded twice around the half-hour mark in Bundoora, conceding an own goal and then to opposition forward Bronte Peel just…

Evado Studios Women’s Match Report: Four on the Bounce as Royals Dismantle Victory at Home of the Matildas

Four wins on the bounce was the ask after three consecutive victories, and Melbourne Victory away – at one of the country’s best surfaces, against a side that has troubled teams above them this season – was a proper test of whether this run is built on something real. The Royals went to Bundoora on Sunday and answered before half time. An own goal from A. Dovaston on 30 minutes opened the scoring, and B. Peel added a second three minutes later, …