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All four Burdekin Panthers teams should have been in action last weekend but because of the very wet weather, all NQ Football fixtures were called off. Hopefully, this week’s fixtures will go ahead as planned.

The Premiers and Reserves are at home to Estates on Saturday and the Division One and Ladies are both away on Friday night. The Division One team travel to JCH and the Ladies meet Ingham at Paradise Park in Townsville.

Juniors

No junior fixtures due to the rain and wet fields. Let’s hope the kids can play this weekend.

Masters

Monday Night Masters had to be called off last week as the grounds were too wet. This week’s Master’s has been postponed.

National and International

The Socceroos played Indonesia in Sydney last Thursday in the third round of qualifying games for the 2026 World Cup. They won 5-1 and now play China in Hangzhou on Tuesday night. The Socceroos stay second in the Group one point ahead of Saudi Arabia who beat China 1-0 last week.

The Matildas have two games against South Korea coming up. The first is on 4 April in Sydney and the second game is three days later in Newcastle.

The A League Men had the weekend off as it was another International Week. Normal fixtures should start again this weekend.

In the A League Women, Melbourne City is still top, two points clear of Victory after Victory beat Newcastle 4-3. Adelaide beat Brisbane 3-1 and stay in third place ten points clear of Western Utd and Brisbane drop to sixth spot. Western Sydney Wanderers continue to hold up the table.

The Nations League continues in Europe with some surprising results. Germany beat Italy 5-4 on aggregate and Spain had to. go to penalties to beat Holland. France beat Croatia on penalties. Meanwhile in World Cup Qualifiers England won 2-0 against Albania!

The Quote of the Week is from England Manager Ron Greenwood “Bryan Robson, well, he does what he does and his future is in the future.”

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