melbourne city are crowned a-league womens champions for a FIFTH time! ⚽

About this episode

This episode covers Melbourne City's fifth A-League Championship win and other significant women's sports news.

 A weekly podcast covering women’s sports news. This week: Melbourne City have lifted their 5th Ninja A-League Championship Trophy, the NSW Blues have secured back-to-back State of Origin Series victories, and Abbey Caldwell has become the second fastest Australian woman in history over 1500m. For the key story, the AFLW have announced an historic representative game between Australia and Ireland to be played later this year. We discuss what it means for the game and some interesting scheduling choices ... *** Get the wrap delivered to your inbox as a weekly newsletter! Subscribe here for the newsletter. https://bit.ly/tfapsubscribe Come join the women's sports fan club. Shop our latest TFAP merch: https://www.thefemaleathleteproject.com/shop Buy our kids book The A to Z of Who I Could Be, or book for adults GIRLS DON’T PLAY SPORT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• women's sports
• A-League
• State of Origin
• 1500m running
• AFLW
• representative games

Keywords

• Melbourne City
• A-League
• women's sports
• Abbey Caldwell
• AFLW
• State of Origin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Melbourne City, NSW Blues

Places: Australia, Ireland

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