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THE SCENE is set for a tantilising top-of-the-table battle between St Joseph’s and the undefeated Newtown and Chilwell on Sunday (June 8) at 1.40pm in GNL A grade.<\/p>\n

Joeys have the home advantage this time after the Eagles narrowly beat them 43-41 in round 0.<\/p>\n

They also played off in last year’s grand final with the Eagles taking a 38-34 victory.<\/p>\n

St Joseph’s co-coach Tracy Howard talked down the importance of the clash, noting “you don’t win finals midway through the season”.<\/p>\n

She talked about the strength of St Joseph’s depth in 2025 after mostly rolling with the core seven players last season.<\/p>\n

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St Joseph\u2019s goal defence Tori Honner jumps high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“We’ve got 10 players and we have all our 10 players take court and actually it changes the whole line-up of everything,” she said, before noting how the new-look team settled in the second half in Round 0.<\/p>\n

Joeys finished strong against the Eagles, outscoring them 27-18 after half-time.<\/p>\n

Howard said St Joseph’s would be without goal keeper Brooke Allan and midcourter Elli Leydin who are away.<\/p>\n

St Joseph’s beat St Mary’s 48-28 last weekend after leading 17-6 at quarter-time.<\/p>\n

“The girls went in with a really strong mindset,” Howard said.<\/p>\n

“It’s something that we’ve been working on and making sure that our defensive pressure all over the court, whether they’re attackers or defenders, is gold in that first quarter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE SCENE is set for a tantilising top-of-the-table battle between St Joseph’s and the undefeated Newtown and Chilwell on Sunday (June 8) at 1.40pm in GNL A grade. Joeys have the home advantage this time after the Eagles narrowly beat them 43-41 in round 0. They also played off in last year’s grand final with […]<\/p>\n

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