2024 SSN ROUND 9

Austin is on her way to having better defensive stats than some defenders.

There is just something different and fresh about the Vixens this year. They seem much less predictable and are so incredibly well-drilled. Fit too. Garbin obviously contributing a lot, but Ellis is doing better than expected, Mannix/Moloney in excellent form. Austin unstoppable when she’s on.

Oh no, Ellis goes down clutching her ankle. She was having another great game. If she’s out Vixens defence end will be tested going forward.

Gutted for Ellis. I always felt she just needed the right environment and to be backed in consistently and she would develop info a very good SSN GK. She was finally getting that chance.

Didn’t look good.

When is Walters back? Otherwise this really is Lambden’s chance, didn’t get much of an oppirtunity in her 3 minutes but she is similar to Ellis in that she just needs a chance and is SSN ready.

“The NSW Swifts have confirmed the “private matter” preventing Sam Wallace-Joseph from being included in their match-day squad was unrelated to her anti-trans social media post earlier this year.

Instead, an issue with “behaviour within the team environment” is being worked through with the Trinidad and Tobago international and her management.

Wallace-Joseph reportedly did not turn up to the airport ahead of the Swifts’ round 8 match against the Mavericks in Melbourne, a match in which the club activated nominated player Grace Whyte.”