- Updates from the decider at Ikon Park
- Start time in Melbourne is 7.45pm AEDT
- Any thoughts? Email Martin or get in touch on Bluesky
The formalities are completed with A Welcome to Country by Uncle Colin Hunter Junior and the national anthem performed by Bonnie Anderson. Captains Emma Kearney and Bre Koenen are delivering their last messages and we’re seconds away from the first bounce.
A sellout crowd at Ikon Park falls silent during a touching tribute to Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, the young friends from Melbourne’s south-east who tragically died in Laos and were footballers with their local Beaumaris club.
