Above: Matilda Böhm (azure shirt) puts in a tackle against Balcatta Etna during the month. Photo: Rob Lizzi.
28/8/25
We’ve assembled a group of people who are watching the competition’s matches especially closely to identify the league’s most consistent players each month. For August, Ben Gilby, Kelechi Osunwa, and Tommy Doleman produced a shortlist of players, from which the winner was selected.
The shortlist
Cate McAuliffe (Football West Academy)
The Football West Academy has confirmed a spot in the top four after a tough month that has seen them overcome a backlog of matches due to their participation in the Young Matildas Championships in New South Wales and the weather, which necessitated the rearranging of their State Cup Semi-Final with Fremantle City.
Whilst results haven’t gone the way the teenage side would have liked during August, with the exception of an impressive win over Perth RedStar, Cate McAuliffe has been a real standout throughout the games.
The midfielder scored three times (against Fremantle City in the State Cup semi plus league strikes against Murdoch University Melville and Perth RedStar) and was a hugely influential presence in her side’s ever dangerous attack as evidenced by her superb assist for Lacey Heys’ opening goal at Perth SC in Round 21.
Whilst dropped points put a major spanner in the works of their hopes of a top two finish, it has been a strong month for McAuliffe, and her side will be confident of defeating anyone during the Top Four Cup.
Jess Flannery (Perth SC)
The June winner of the Impetus NPLW WA Player of the Month award has had another strong set of performances in August.
Flannery caught the eye with an intelligent performance at Perth RedStar, where she was not only a key part of the attack, but also got back to support her defence in the second half when RedStar began to put the pressure on in a crucial game in the championship race.
Across the month, her runs into space, support to her teammates, and devastating attacking play have marked her out as a real danger player.
The attacker has been on target twice during the month in her side’s wins over Subiaco and Balcatta Etna.
Leyna Wood (Fremantle City)
It is a second consecutive nomination for Fremantle City’s American attacker, who has been a key part of her side’s push for a place in the Top Four.
Once well-adrift of the leading clubs, Freo embarked on a superb run of results which had them breathing down Balcatta Etna’s neck for that last spot in the September action, as well as clinching a State Cup Final slot against Pete Rakic’s side this coming weekend.
Wood has become a major handful for the league’s defenders, and added five goals to her tally during the month following braces against Perth RedStar and UWA-Nedlands, with the other strike coming against Subiaco.
Impetus NPLW WA Player of the Month for August 2025:
Matilda Böhm (Perth SC)
Matilda Böhm has had an outstanding month. Part of a Perth SC defence that has only conceded 14 league goals all season, the German is not only a key part of the Azzurri‘s brick wall, but she has such cultured footwork that brings those in front of her into the game.
Bohm’s brilliance has been seen in the month’s big games against fellow top four sides Perth RedStar, the Football West Academy, and Balcatta Etna, where her side earned 10 points from a possible 12 that ensured they clinched a first-ever NPLW WA championship.
On the money perfectly weighted passes that dissected opponents’ midfield to play in her team’s attackers were crucial aspects in Perth’s unbeaten run during the month, as well as her continued strength in defending.
Impetus NPLW WA Player of the Month Roll of Honour 2025 season
April: Theodora Mouithys (Football West Academy)
May: Renee Leota (Perth RedStar)
June: Jess Flannery (Perth SC)
July: Alex Poad (Fremantle City)
August: Matilda Böhm (Perth SC)
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