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Pitch Perfect: Women's Football Down Under

Pitch Perfect: Women's Football Down Under

By: Joan Grey
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Join Joan Grey as she talks with players and experts involved in women’s football (soccer) in New Zealand and Australia. From FIFA World Cup experiences to career-defining moments on and off the pitch, each episode tackles stories and topics shaping the women’s game. Get a behind-the-scenes look at female football through the eyes of those who live it.


About Joan

Now studying at the University of Queensland, Joan has written more than 100 articles on women’s football for New Zealand’s leading soccer news site Friends of Football. At the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Joan was the world’s youngest FIFA-accredited international sports journalist. Joan has played for Franklin United and Papakura City and is a coach at SuperStars, and The 18 Yard Club.

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Episodes
  • Canada's new Northern Super League with Milly Clegg

    Canada's new Northern Super League with Milly Clegg
    Apr 26 2025

    At just 17, Milly Clegg made the Football Ferns squad at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. By 18, she had signed with NWSL side Racing Louisville in Kentucky. Now 19, the talented young forward is aiming to strike it big in Canada’s new Northern Super League with the Halifax Tides. Milly joins us from Nova Scotia to share her first impressions of the Canadian league and what it means to be part of a brand-new chapter in women’s football.


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    26 mins
  • Michigan to Maiden Castle with Football Fern Hannah Blake

    Michigan to Maiden Castle with Football Fern Hannah Blake
    Mar 27 2025
    Football Fern Hannah Blake takes us behind the scenes of her recent experience in the starting lineup against Costa Rica. At just 24, Hannah’s football resume is a highlight reel in itself. We trace her remarkable journey from Three Kings United in Auckland to USA College NCAA Division I soccer in Michigan, from A-League contracts with Perth and Adelaide to the Maiden Castle pitch of English Championship club Durham Women FC.

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    42 mins
  • Tackling ACL injuries with Rosie Missen

    Tackling ACL injuries with Rosie Missen
    Feb 10 2025

    Former Newcastle United midfielder and Fencibles United captain Rosie Missen shares her story of ACL injury to recovery. Stats show female footballers are 2-6 times more likely to tear their ACLs than male footballers. Why are women more prone, and what can be done about it?



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    31 mins
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