Grand Final 181222

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Grand Final 181222

National Women's League Grand Final Mt Smart Stadium, 18 December 2022 Eastern Suburbs 4 ("oggie" (9), S. Yoshida (42), D. Jackson (53, 82)), Western Springs 0 HT 2-0	Heads you win! Kenya Brooke (ES) soars above Rina Hirano (WS) to head clear, watched by Sofia Garcia (WS)
Anatomy of a goal-line save, starring Brooke Bennett (ES) amid a cast of thousands	One good turn ... Aimee Atkins (ES) sends Lily Jervis (WS) for an Echo, as they say in Liverpool
Celia Mayo (WS)	Saki Yoshida (ES)
Brooke Bennett (ES)	Angelique Tuisamoa (WS)
Emma Pijnenburg (WS)	Nicole Cooper (ES)
Tayla O'Brien (ES)	Jess Innes (WS)
Sofia Garcia (WS)	Kenya Brooke (ES)
Olivia Page (ES)	Arisa Takeda (WS)
Rina Hirano (WS)	Deven Jackson (ES)
Rebekah Van Dort (ES)	Lily Jervis (WS)
Lily Taitimu (WS)	Erinna Wong (ES)
Nicole Mettam (ES)	Kitty Jacob (WS)
Helena O'Connor (WS)	Annie Byrne (ES)
Rachel Head (ES)	Angelique Tuisamoa (WS) punches clear as Tayla O'Brien (ES), Jaedici Uluvili (WS) and Olivia Page (ES) leap to try and head the ball
Lily Taitimu (WS) soars above Olivia Page (ES) to head clear	Aimee Atkins (ES)
Juliette Lucas (ES)	Match officials Courtney Bremner, Beth Rattray, referee Anna-Marie Keighley and Heloise Welch
A delighted Rebekah Van Dort (ES) has just received the trophy and is preparing to celebrate with her team-mates	Rebekah Van Dort (ES) follows in the footsteps of her father, John, in captaining a team to win a club-based national league title - the first time a parent and child have achieved this feat in NZ football history.
NWL Golden Boot winner Tayla O'Brien (ES) with the spoils of war, the National Women's League trophy	Tayla O'Brien (ES) receives the NWL Golden Boot award from Football Ferns coach, Jitka Klimkova
Sofia Garcia (WS) pounces on the unsuspecting Charlotte Wilford-Carroll (ES)	Jaedici Uluvili (WS) heads clear from Tayla O'Brien (ES), watched by Emma Pijnenburg (18, WS) and Lily Jervis (WS)