Brisbane Roar 0-4 Sydney FC
By Ella McShane 13/2/2026
Above: Sydney FC players celebrate after scoring one of their four goals tonight against Brisbane. Photo: Josh Springfield Photography
Sydney FC are back on the winners list for the first time in over 80 days after a huge 4-0 win over the Brisbane Roar tonight. Willa Pearson made history while being one of four Sky Blues to get on the score sheet – alongside Mackenzie Hawkesby, Riley Tanner and Skye Halmarick.
The tempo was set by Sydney FC at Spencer Park with the away side maintaining possession in their favoured half of the pitch from the get go, which was a welcome change for anyone in sky blue.
Brisbane’s first chance came at the feet of Bente Jansen making a well anticipated central run into the box. Jansen however lost momentum at the thundering defensive presence of player of the month nominee Heather Hinz.
Sydney’s Bianca Galić and Abbey Lemon did not take long to retaliate making a central run into the box of their own, however Brisbane’s defence was quick to neutralise the sky blue threat.
Brisbane began to sway numbers to their favoured end of the pitch at around the quarter of an hour mark, which created quite the possession tug of war. The number of set pieces reflected each respective sides efforts, but the shots on target did not follow suit.
Brisbane’s newest signing Angela Beard’s screaming run down the left wing kicked off a series of chances for the Roar in the latter part of the first half.
Beard’s initial cross overpassed a sea of sky blue and fell to the feet of a charging Aimee Medwin, whose clearing shot was ultimately off target. And Beard’s diving header nearly raised the scoreline again in the home-sides favour.
However the half ultimately ended on a reflective 0-0.
Sydney FC’s calls for a goal were swiftly answered by skipper Mackenzie Hawksby early in the second half. Sifting her way through a crowded box, the tight angled cross convincingly surpassed the Roar’s defence to secure the sky blue’s first away goal for the season.
Sydney FC’s hunger for a second goal grew exponentially. Both Tanner and Hawksby made defence splitting runs, in rapid succession.
Young gun Pearson was the one to convert the blues firing second half chances, launching the ball between the posts right in front of the last line of Brisbane’s defence to double Sydney’s advantage.
This goal saw Pearson make history and overtake Matildas legend Sam Kerr as the league’s youngest goal scorer.
Tanner then continued Sydney’s assertion of one way traffic, splitting Brisbane’s defence and securing a comfortable 3-0 scoreline.
The Sky Blues’ season high of an evening was sealed by Halamarick getting passed Brisbane’s defence and writing her name on the score sheet at an open goal.
Teams: BRISBANE ROAR (3-4-3): Lincoln, Seidl, Beard, Piazza, Studer, Hayashi, Woods, Medwin, Jansen, Stephenson, Brown. Substitutes: Franco, Cuthbert, Meyers, Kinsella, Miller, Hanson.
SYDNEY FC (5-3-2): Hinz, Lemon, Sullivan, Ayson, Tumeth, Tallon-Henniker, Hawkesby, Galić, Corbett, Tenner, Ulkekul. Substitutes: Robertson, Fante, Cassar, Pearson, Luchtmeijer, Halmarick.
Scorers: Hawkesby 47’, Pearson 60’, Tanner 68’, Halmarick 90’.
Referee: Izzy Cooper.
Attendance: TBC.
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