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South Brisbane have become the first Queensland club to win Puma F-League silverware after surging to a maiden Women’s premiership at Eagles Sports Complex.
Convincing victories over Bayside Pirates and Boomerangs sealed top spot with two rounds still remaining in the regular season.
Leading fellow Queensland club Galaxy FC by five points ahead of the weekend, South Brisbane maintained their advantage after Saturday’s matches as Sofie Persson’s first half brace and a four-goal second half accounted for the Melbourne-based Pirates.
South Brisbane – 2016 winners of the premiership in the Australian national Futsal league! What a team, what a family ?⚽️ @FootballQLD
— Soof Persson (@Sofieperssson) July 31, 2016
With Galaxy – who also notched a double over the visiting pair – ready to pounce on any slip-up, South Brisbane still needed another three points on Sunday to sew up the title.
Last year’s beaten Grand Finalists duly obliged by wrapping up the premiership in style with a 9-0 whitewash of Canberra’s Boomerangs.
Club stalwart Sarah Amorim was again prominent as the team notched its ninth straight match without defeat and extended its unbeaten run in Queensland to 17.
With one home match still to play, South Brisbane will be full of confidence heading into the four-team Finals Series.
They will be joined by Galaxy who are on course to make it a Queensland double in the top two.
The Gold Coast side have won eight of 13 fixtures to sit nine points clear of third-placed Dural Warriors, albeit having played three extra matches.
The top four dream is unfortunately over for Galaxy’s Men after their 3-1 defeat to Boomerangs on Saturday night kept them five points adrift of fourth-placed Inner West Magic.
South Brisbane sit one place behind following a 3-3 draw against the same opposition, where Jordan Vieira’s late equaliser secured a deserved point.
Both teams do boast Golden Boot contenders with South Brisbane’s Adam Stacey (15) and Galaxy’s Samim Rohani (12) still in contention ahead of their respective final matches at home to Vic Vipers in two weeks’ time.
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WOMEN’S RESULTS (WEEK 11)
South Brisbane 6 (Sofie Persson 2, Nicola Eagle, Emma Klos 2, Sarah Amorim)
Bayside Pirates 0
South Brisbane 9 (Sarah Amorim, Melissa Weckert, Sofie Persson 2, Stephanie Latham 2, Kelsey Pifarre, Shannon Tathem, Nicola Eagle)
Boomerangs FS 0
Galaxy FC 3 (Mariel Hecher 2, Gabe Marzano)
Boomerangs FS 1 (Olivia Gurney)
Galaxy FC 2 (Gabe Marzano, Ashleigh Bucknall)
Bayside Pirates 0
MEN’S RESULTS (WEEK 11)
Galaxy FC 1 (Brett Richardson)
Boomerangs FS 3 (Bradley Sawyer, Jonathan Ciminelli, Benjamin Basser-Silk)
South Brisbane 3 (Julian Edwards, James Verdin, Jordan Vieira)
Boomerangs FS 3 (Benjamin Basser Silk, Daniel Giovinazzo, Bradley Sawyer)
