Newcastle Jets 1- 3 Melbourne Victory
By Emma Burke 19/12/25
Above: Kennedy White (centre) celebrates after scoring. Photo: via the A-Leagues
Despite a late surge, Melbourne Victory were too good for the Newcastle Jets tonight, defeating them 3-1 at No. 2 Sportsground thanks to goals from Kennedy White, Rhianna Policina and Nicki Flannery.
The home side were put to their defensive work early when Sofia Sakalis found enough room at the top of the box to try her luck, but Anna Leat was ready between the sticks for the threat, doing just enough to push the ball over the bar.
It was a header from the American import White in the first half that opened the scoring account for the Victory, delivered off a pin-point free-kick by Alana Jancevski.
The Jets had chosen to leave White completely unmarked in the box, making her job of putting the ball into the back of the net all too easy, on top of being paired with such great service.
Pollicina later continued her incredible first season with Victory scoring a volley early in the second half, an instant contender for goal of the week, aided by Holly Furphy’s assist.
The sheer brilliance of Melina Ayres almost brought Newcastle back into the game when she was able to turn around a difficult cross and get the shot off. It unfortunately clipped the crossbar in the wrong direction, bouncing out of the goal.
Victory continued to pile on the hurt, scoring their third of the night through Flannery, her first goal since her return from injury and a stint overseas in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol.
Lauren Allen was able to find her side a consolation goal late in the game, after her shot on goal spilled through Courtney Newbon’s hands, which did seem to light a spark in Jets, but it was too little too late by that point.
The Victory now have a quick turnaround as they face their cross-city rivals in the Melbourne Derby on Tuesday, while Newcastle will play hosts to Canberra United next Saturday.
Teams: NEWCASTLE JETS (4-3-3): Leat, Cicco, Prior, Bates, Breier, Copus-Brown, Davis, Dundas, J. Allan, Brown, Ayres. Substitutes: Hoban, L. Allan, Adams, Wilson, Ritchie, Page.
Scorers: L. Allan 82’
MELBOURNE VICTORY (3-4-1-2): Newbon, Morrison, Ray, Bunge, Jancevski, Pollicina, Sakalis, Pickett, Lowe, White, Furphy. Substitutes: Maher, Flannery, O’Grady, Curtis, Woodward, Techera.
Scorers: White 25’, Pollicina 57’, Flannery 77’
Referee: Mikayla Ryan
Location: No. 2 Sportsground
Crowd: 1,145
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