Day Two at the Qantas National Talent Identification Championships was somewhat of a contrast to Day One, with goals raining galore at Valentine Sports Park.
Day Two at the Qantas National Talent Identification Championships was somewhat of a contrast to Day One, with goals raining galore at Valentine Sports Park.
While Day One produced a total of just 13 goals, a massive 33 goals were scored in the eight games in day two with NSW Metro 15-s and NSW Country 17-s both recording 6-0 wins.
Two players recorded hat-tricks on the day with Elisha O-Mara for NSW Country 17-s and Kylie Chatto for the Western Australian 17-s in its surprisingly comfortable 4-1 win over NSW Metro.
That is the second consecutive defeat for the NSW Metro team in Group B and the group favourites must win its remaining two matches and hope results go its way if they are to figure in the finals.
Metro got the perfect start with a goal to Natalie Spirovski after just four minutes. However Chatto-s first on 28 minutes levelled it up and they went into the break at 1-1.
However a three-goal burst in just four minutes around the hour mark simply blew NSW Metro away with Chatto getting two and Ciara Conway the other.
ACT continued on its winning way to head Group B, with a resounding 5-0 win over the Northern Territory.
Sabrina Spinapolice gave ACT a 2-0 lead at half time with goals in the 20th and 41st minutes with Nicole Somi, Ellie Brush and Georgie Chapman grabbing second half goals.
In Under 17 Group A, NSW Country started its campaign with a 6-0 win O-Mara impressive with her hat-trick of goals. Renae McCanna got a double, while Lucy McClymont was the other goalscorer.
Northern NSW leads the group after upsetting favourites Queensland 2-1.
Elizabeth Kermode put Northern in front after 16 minutes, although Melissa Feuerriegel levelled it up on the half hour. However Renae McIntosh grabbed her second goal of the tournament just four minutes later and that proved the winning goal.
In Under 15 action, NSW Metro and Victoria already look to have wrapped up the group, with both recording comfortable wins and moving to six points, with South Australia, NSW Country and Northern Territory all on zero points.
NSW Metro got the jump on NT from the 3rd minute with Lauren Bruce opening the scoring and Jo-Anne Saliba made it 2-0 on 22 minutes.
The second half saw Tiana Leckey and Ashley Gibb each grab two goals to complete the 6-0 win.
Karissa Tanti scored the fastest goal (1 minute) of the tournament to date, to give Victoria a great start in its match against NSW Country. Genie Avram added a second on 14 minutes and then another in the 40th minute to round off the 3-0 win.
In Group B, Queensland made it two from two with a easy 4-0 win over Tasmania, while Northern NSW won by a single goal over Western Australia.
Elise Neumann set Queensland on its way with a goal after 7 minutes and Leah Curtis made it 2-0 in the 17th minute.
Neumann added her second and Queensland-s third in the 42nd minute and that was quickly followed by Tennielle Boaler shortly after.
