Written by Thomas Esamie.
| The 4th Australia Cup tournament was contested by only 2 teams, not nearly as much fun as having 3 others involved. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 13 | Venue : Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Rhian Davies (Gill Thomson 67), Taryn Rockall (Heather Garriock 63), Alison Forman, Joanne Peters, Sharon Black (Kelly Golebiowski 77), Lisa Casagrande (April Mann 63) Goal : Mann 72 |
1 | - | 0 | South Korea |
| Referee : Attendance : 3712 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (South Korea) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 16 | Venue : Lavington Sports Club Oval, Albury | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols, Sacha Wainwright, Kate McShea, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Gill Thomson (Rhian Davies 60), Taryn Rockall (Heather Garriock 63), Alison Forman, Joanne Peters, Sharon Black (Kelly Golebiowski 70), April Mann (Lisa Casagrande 59) Goal : Peters 32 |
1 | - | 0 | South Korea |
| Referee : Attendance : 2074 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (South Korea) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : January 19 | Venue : Tom Flood Sports Centre, Bendigo | |||
| Australia Claire Nichols (Cassandra Kell 75), Sacha Wainwright, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Traci Bartlett, Rhian Davies (Gill Thomson 85), Alison Forman (Kate McShea 80), Joanne Peters (Zoe Nolan 72), Heather Garriock, Sharon Black, April Mann (Kelly Golebiowski 46) Goals : Mann 29, Golebiowski 66, Black 75, Garriock 79 |
4 | - | 1 | South Korea Goal : Jung Jung Suk 41 |
| Referee : Attendance : 2479 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (South Korea) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| Who knew that there was a womens version of the Tournoi International de France. We checked to make sure the Hepperlin in this match is infact Peita and not Danielle, Peita replaced Tasmanian Zoe Nolan who broke her leg in preparation for this tour. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : April 3 | Venue : Stade de la Pepiniere, Poitiers, France | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright (Sharon Black 54), Bridgette Starr, Kate McShea, Anissa Tann, Rhian Davies, Peita-Claire Hepperlin, Joanne Peters, Kelly Golebiowski (Alison Forman 54), Heather Garriock (Amy Wilson 69), April Mann (Natalie Thomas 54) |
0 | - | 0 | Canada Erin McLeod, Breanna Boyd, Sharolta Nonen, Cindy Tye (Carmelina Mascato 71), Andrea Neil, Isabelle Morneau, Randee Hermus, Clare Rustad, Amy Walsh (Isabelle Harvey 46), Kara Lang, Charmaine Hooper |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Even Pellerud (Canada) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : April 6 | Venue : Stade Lebon, Angouleme, France | |||
| Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Bridgette Starr, Kate McShea, Anissa Tann, Rhian Davies (Gill Thomson 46), Alison Forman (Amy Taylor 74), Joanne Peters, Sharon Black, Heather Garriock (Peita-Claire Hepperlin 46), Kelly Golebiowski (Natalie Thomas 62) Goal : Golebiowski 31 |
1 | - | 1 | Japan Goal : Kasajima 89 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Ikeda Shinobu (Japan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : April 9 | Venue : Parc des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges, France | |||
| France Goal : Pichon 37 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Sacha Wainwright, Bridgette Starr, Kate McShea (Amy Wilson 88), Anissa Tann, Rhian Davies (Gill Thomson 28), Peita-Claire Hepperlin (Heather Garriock 70), Alison Forman, Joanne Peters, Sharon Black, Kelly Golebiowski (Natalie Thomas 82) |
| Referee : Attendance : 3000 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Elisabeth Loisel (France) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match Report by ASA | |||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 26 | Venue : Swangard Stadium, Burnaby | |||
| Canada Karina LeBlanc, Breanna Boyd, Sharolta Nonen, Clare Rustad, Andrea Neil (Melanie Booth 78), Isabelle Morneau, Amy Walsh (Kristina Kiss 87), Kara Lang, Brittany Timko, Charmaine Hooper, Silvana Burtini Goals : Morneau 62, 84 |
2 | - | 0 | Australia Cassandra Kell, Dianne Alagich, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Gill Thomson (Amy Wilson 81), Olivia Hohnke, Joanne Peters, Heather Garriock (Rhian Davies 41), Tal Karp (Thea Slatyer 88), Kelly Golebiowski, April Mann (Natalie Thomas 75) |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Even Pellerud (Canada) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 28 | Venue : Centennial Stadium, Victoria | |||
| Canada Karina LeBlanc, Melanie Booth (Kristina Kiss 74), Andrea Neil, Sharolta Nonen, Isabelle Morneau, Charmaine Hooper, Randee Hermus, Clare Rustad, Kara Lang, Brittany Timko, Silvana Burtini |
0 | - | 1 | Australia Melissa Barbieri, Dianne Alagich, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Rhian Davies (Thea Slatyer 69), Olivia Hohnke (Heather Garriock 59), Joanne Peters, Gill Thomson, Tal Karp, Kelly Golebiowski (April Mann 85), Natalie Thomas (Amy Wilson 73) Goal : Golebiowski 64 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), Even Pellerud (Canada) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| Australia now contested the US Womens Cup invitational tournament. Well contested could read "got smacked around by the hosts in". This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 2 | Venue : SAS Stadium, Cary, USA | |||
| United States of America Siri Mullinix, Kate Sobrero (Cat Reddick 62), Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Danielle Slaton (Tiffany Roberts 68), Kristine Lilly, Lorrie Fair, Julie Foudy (Angela Hucles 62), Aly Wagner (Heather O'Reilly 75), Mia Hamm (Shannon MacMillan 64), Cindy Parlow (Abby Wambach 64) Goals : Chastain 23, Parlow 34, 58, MacMillan 74 |
4 | - | 0 | Australia Melissa Barbieri, Dianne Alagich, Cheryl Salisbury, Anissa Tann, Rhian Davies (Sacha Wainwright 46), Olivia Hohnke (Heather Garriock 46), Joanne Peters, Gill Thomson (Thea Slatyer 85), Tal Karp (Peita-Claire Hepperlin 83), Kelly Golebiowski (Amy Wilson 74), April Mann (Natalie Thomas 74) |
| Referee : Attendance : 2661 Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (USA) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 6 | Venue : SAS Stadium, Cary, USA | |||
| Australia Melissa Barbieri, Dianne Alagich, Anissa Tann, Cheryl Salisbury, Heather Garriock, Gill Thomson (Thea Slatyer 40), Tal Karp (Peita-Claire Hepperlin 60), Olivia Hohnke (Amy Wilson 40), Kelly Golebiowski (Sacha Wainwright 90), Joanne Peters, April Mann (Natalie Thomas 40) Goals : Golebiowski 12, Peters 43 |
2 | - | 0 | Russia (starting lineup) Tatiana Pitchougova, Marina Kolomiets, Natalia Karaseva, Vera Stroukova, Svetlana Sedakova, Tatiana Skotnikova, Alexandra Svetlitskaya, Natalia Barbachina, Olga Letyushova, Elena Fomina, Anastassia Poustovoitova |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Russia) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : October 9 | Venue : SAS Stadium, Cary, USA | |||
| Australia Melissa Barbieri, Dianne Alagich, Anissa Tann, Cheryl Salisbury, Sacha Wainwright (Thomson 49), Heather Garriock, Joanne Peters, Tal Karp (Peita-Claire Hepperlin 77), Rhian Davies (Thea Slatyer 75), Kelly Golebiowski, Natalie Thomas |
0 | - | 1 | Italy Goal : Camporese 90 |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Adrian Santrac (Australia), unknown (Italy) | ||||
| Match Report by ASA | ||||