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Mike Meehall Wood is a rugby league writer, Celtic supporter and cricket tragic. He has written extensively about rugby league for publications in the UK and Australia, and about sports more widely for Forbes, VICE, LADbible and more.
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That’s me for the night, keep an eye on the site for an incoming match report.
We’ll be back next week – Friday night, I reckon – and you can get all the best A-League content in the week from Mike Tuckerman, Stuart Thomas and myself.
Thanks for reading along, congrat Brisbane, goodnight Suncorp!
AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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That’s it! Embarassing stuff for Sydney FC, who remain pointless and goalless, but let’s not talk about them: the Roar were exceptional and deserved every inch of their win.
Hore started it early, Redmayne gifted them a second and then denied many more before Hore made it three.
3-0 it finishes at Suncorp.
AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
90+3′
Nope.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
92+2′
Kucharski shows good enthusiasm to win a late corner…
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
90+1′
Freke saves again, this time from Fabio…who I had forgot was on the field.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
89′
Sydney look so beat now. 180 minutes plus in the books and yet to score, too.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
87′
Locerda smashes MacNicol. Boo!
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
83′
Berenguer off, Quinn MacNicol on – he’s 15! That’s the third youngest player ever, he was born the week Low by Flo-Rida was number one and Juno was in cinemas.
Feel old?
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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So close for Markovski! His first touch is a shot that ripples the sidenetting.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Mak, SFC’s best I’d say, gets a shot away but Freke is confident it’s going wide and the dive is strictly for the cameras.
Mileusnic is departing, Markovski on.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Not much more convincing from the corner as Brownlie, hardly Jan Koller or Peter Crouch, wins the header. It goes wide.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Flicked on by Berenguer, Redmayne down to save, Grant smuggles behind. Not convincing stuff from SFC defence.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
76′
Gurd fouls Brownlie and Brisbane will get to sling this one in.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Courtney-Perkins off, Zac de Jesus on. Some resurrection is needed, so I guess he’s hte guy you need.
JCP walks off in front of the Roar fans and gets a hilarious goodbye
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Redmayne nearly gifts another to the Roar with a poor pass, but redeems himself with a good save at the feet of Mileusnic.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Gomulka and Brownlie on, Waddingham and Caletti off.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Mileusnic breaks on the right (again) and gets the ball to Hore, who has a hat trick in front of him but dallies, allowing time for SFC to get back and smother his shot.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Subs o’clock: Aaron Gurd and Jaiyden Cucharski on, Lolley and Caceres off.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Huge miss! SFC corner, hung up to Fabio at the back post and he nods wide. Should have scored.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Courtney-Perkins gets another crossing opportunity, Lolley up this time and sent behind for a goal kick.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Lolley shoots from range, Freke saves again.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Corner to Brisbane, headed over by either Hore or O’Shea, who got in each other’s way.
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
I’d like to distance ourselves from the Roar (one capital), even when they’re 3-0 up. Impartiality is our watch word 😂
AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
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Courtney-Perkins crosses well above Fabio, put behind for a corner. Lolley flicks on, Wood shoots and Freke saves again!
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AS IT HAPPENED: Sydney FC's nightmare start continues as Hore and Roar secure win
Seibold and Demetriou were regulars of my childhood watching 2nd tier UK footy.
Seibs was a battling backrower at Hull KR, regular visitors to Rochdale Hornets in our golden era during the Northern Ford Premiership (what passes for a golden era at least…). He scored twice the day we beat them in early 2003, a huge upset at the time, with former Magpie Harvey Howard and ex-England international Nick Pinkney in their team.
JD actually played for Hornets, as I tell him regularly, and was at the club when I was a ballboy in 2000. He was more than a solid SL player at Wakey, I’d say he’d be considered one of their greatest imports ever.
He also has won a title, winning the NFP GF with Widnes in 2001 alongside current Warriors assistant Richard Agar and against Oldham halfback turned RU coaching guru Mike Ford.
A playing team of coaches: How would the current 17 NRL mentors actually go playing alongside each other?