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8 years ago

Extra Time: Mauk out to ‘get one over’ ex-teammates in Saturday night clash

Brisbane Roar midfielder Stefan Mauk has no shortage of motivation ahead of Saturday evening’s Hyundai A-League meeting with Melbourne City. The clash will be just Mauk’s third Hyundai A-League fixture in Roar colours as the midfielder chases his first league...

8 years ago

The Mariners’ new Head of Performance is ‘here to win’

The Central Coast Mariners have appointed Andy Thomson as their new Head of Football Performance, and the Scotsman has already stated his intent. Thomson joins Mike Mulvey’s coaching staff fresh from a three-year campaign with San Antonio FC who compete in...

8 years ago

Everything you need to know about our AFC Champions League 2019 opponents

Familiar faces and formidable opponents make up the AFC Champions League 2019 group stage picture for our Hyundai A-League clubs. Both Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory learnt their group stage opponents on Thursday night, as the draw was conducted in Kuala Lumpur....

8 years ago

Confidence soaring for City and Fornaroli ahead of Roar blockbuster

There are few Hyundai A-League opponents capable of eluding Bruno Fornaroli’s deadly gaze, but by hook or crook, Brisbane Roar have managed it. Melbourne City’s Uruguayan talisman has found the back of the net against Brisbane just once in six Hyundai...

8 years ago

No payback on Antonis for O’Neill despite ‘cut-throat’ Big Blue clash

Brandon O’Neill was left in the dust for one of the most iconic moments in Hyundai A-League history. The sight of the Sydney FC midfielder forlornly chasing a runaway Terry Antonis in last season’s remarkable Semi-Final in Sydney is not...

8 years ago

2019 AFC Champions League group stage draw revealed for Hyundai A-League cubs

Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory have learned their opponents for next year’s AFC Champions League after the Group Stage draw was made on Thursday night (AEDT). The draw for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage was conducted in Kuala...

8 years ago

Hyundai A-League Ins and Outs: Round 5

Perth Glory captain Diego Castro will make his long-awaited return from a hamstring injury against Central Coast Mariners on Sunday. Castro – winner of the Johnny Warren Medal in the Hyundai A-League 2015/16 Season – is one of the competition’s...

8 years ago

Mariners ‘confident all the time’ despite results

History and form suggests Central Coast Mariners face an uphill battle in Perth on Sunday but that has not fazed Mike Mulvey’s side, with Andrew Hoole insisting there was “plenty of confidence” among the squad. The Mariners have not won any...

8 years ago

Stats Preview: Jets could lift off as Reds are out for a slice of history

Newcastle Jets may have struggled to score in the early rounds of the Hyundai A-League 2018/19 Season but history suggests that could all change in Round 5. The Jets travel to face Western Sydney Wanderers on Friday and will buoyed...

8 years ago

‘They were pretty intense’: Hamill says tough fortnight necessary for Hyundai A-League push

An intense period of training over the international break could be the tough love Western Sydney Wanderers need to spark their Hyundai A-League campaign, according to Brendan Hamill. Wanderers’ boss Markus Babbel put his charges through a gruelling fortnight of...

8 years ago

‘We haven’t changed anything from last year’: Kantarovski’s show of faith in misfiring Jets

It is only a matter of time before Newcastle Jets recapture the goal scoring swagger of last season, according to Ben Kantarovski. The Novocastrians’ profligate start to the campaign cuts a frustrating contrast to their free-scoring antics of the 2017/18 Season,...

8 years ago

No Big Blue goosebumps for Victory’s battle-hardened Bundesliga veteran

Georg Niedermeier remembers the day his knees were shaking from the bench as his Bayern Munich side arrived at the Westfalenstadion to play rivals Borussia Dortmund. A decade on from that Der Klassiker match in 2008, Melbourne Victory’s battle-hardened defender...