Round Ball Australia

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as both semi-final first legs in the A-League end 1-1. Meanwhile, more Aussies are off to America, a date with Graham Arnold's Iraq awaits at the Asian Cup, we try to make sense of the AFC club entry regulations and the Fed Square decision is overturned!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: A-League Men - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Federation Square announces that they will not be hosting Socceroos live sites during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia & Auckland FC - X

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan as Sydney and Auckland win their elimination finals in the first week of the 2026 A-League Finals Series.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia & Auckland FC - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as the team select their final 26 man squad for the Tony Popovic's Socceroos to take to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.Elsewhere, we steady ourselves for the beginning of the A-League Finals Series.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Socceroos - X

Join Jacob Stevens and Antonis Pagonis as they try to make sense of an insane final day of regular season A-League football.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Isuzu Ute A-Leagues - X

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as the AFC confirm a third spot for Australian in next season's Champions League competitions.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan and Newcastle's late point against Melbourne Victory is enough to secure them the 2025/26 A-League Premiership!The title and and top six are all sewn up but jostling for the right to host an elimination final and positions in Asia are all up for grabs.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia.

Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen as the AFC announce more changes to the Champions League Elite competition, moving from 24 to 32 teams with an additional play-off phase.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball Australia.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and special guest Joe Kay with just two rounds to go in the regular season of the A-League. Wanderers apathy is at an all time high after derby defeat, the Jets lock up their Champions League Elite place as Melbourne City surely secure their place in the finals, yet again.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Western Sydney Wanderers - X.

HJoin Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City beat the Mariners in midweek to take them into the finals positions for the first time in months, leaving everyone all square on games played with three rounds to go. The Sydney Derby is incoming on Saturday night, Juan Mata gets surgery on his elbow and Heidelberg United could be heading into the Champions League Two according to fresh reports.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as the A-League must deal with the ramifications of two serious head injuries in one weekend that were not properly dealt with, allowing the possibility of serious risk to players. Plenty of unexpected wins and losses do take place, but not a whole lot changes in the title race, or the sprint for finals.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Paramount +

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as the Socceroos get a 5-1 over Curacao and the rest of World Cup Qualifiers wrap up before a look ahead to the run home in the A-League.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson.

🌏 NordVPN: ⁠⁠https://nordvpn.com/roundballvpn⁠⁠ for a discount on a two year plan with 4 extra months free with a 30 day money back guarantee!Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as the Socceroos knick a 1-0 win against Cameroon and the final round of World Cup qualification grips the globe.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Socceroos - X

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen to tackle the Socceroos upcoming FIFA Series match against Cameroon in Sydney on Friday night.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

🌏 NordVPN: ⁠https://nordvpn.com/roundballvpn⁠ for a discount on a two year plan with 4 extra months free with a 30 day money back guarantee!Join Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen as the Jets move clear in the title race, the battle for the sixth finals spot spices up, and Adam Taggart becomes Perth's all-time leading goalscorer. Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Newcastle Jets - X

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as Tony Popovic names his Socceroos squad to take on Cameroon and Curacao in the March FIFA Series, the final two games on soil for Australia before the World Cup.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

🌏 NordVPN: https://nordvpn.com/roundballvpn for a discount on a two year plan with 4 extra months free with a 30 day money back guarantee!Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as rumours start flying about Ufuk Talay potentially meeting with Wanderers chairman Paul Lederer, Auckland deal a body blow to Newcastle's title hopes and Adrian Segecic elects to switch his international allegiances to Croatia.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City fail to capitalise over 100 minutes of Buriram United at 10 men and crash out on penalties from the Champions League Elite.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Melbourne City - X.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens for a lighter week in the A-League. Newcastle are the only team to earn three points and earn a further gap on the rest of the field. Mata's epic free kick made more global headlines but wasn't enough as Sydney come back to earn a Big Blue stalemate.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson.

Join Lachie Avil, Will Booth and Jacob Stevens as the Mariners get the better of the Bulls in midweek to jump them into the top six. Meanwhile, Melbourne City equalise late in the first leg of their Champions League Elite round of 16 clash against Buriram United. The boys also romanticise about what may be yet to come this year as we close in on the Men's World Cup.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Poletti, Christian Montegan and Will Booth for a loaded episode of the Round Ball Australia podcast!The Matildas get their AFC Women's Asian Cup campaign off to a winning start against the Philippines, in Perth. Meanwhile in the A-League, the Central Coast Mariners are the side to end the Newcastle Jet's winning streak in the F3 derby!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as the Matildas prepare to begin their new campaign on home soil for Asian Cup glory, while we give the latest update to our rolling Socceroos World Cup tier list after the January transfer window.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Matildas - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Declan Archer for one of the most entertaining weekends in recent A-League Memory.Two goals and an assist in the Melbourne Derby sees the A-League capture some global attention. A first-half beyond belief in the New Zealand Derby sees Giancarlo Italiano tender his resignation after the match. Mariners come from behind twice, Jets set another attendance record, Adelaide kill the Glory and Tiago Quintal steps up again for Sydney.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson

Join Lachie Avil, Poletti and Jacob Stevens for a disappointing midweek showing from our Aussie teams in Asia. The Bulls are out of the Champions League Two, leaving themselves too much work to do in the home leg, City hold firm at home to set up a rematch with an A-League Championship winning coach, Sydney give up 3 points in a hilarious manner and the Matildas drop their squad for the Women's Asian Cup.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as new CEO of the APL, Steve Rosich sits down for his first extended interview in charge of the league. Stefan Mauk gets caught up in some unfortunate ineligibility drama in Asia and both of Ange Postecoglou's Premier League replacements are sacked within the same 24 hours!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Matt Olsen as the A-League transfer window comes to a close. We grade every club's window relative to their competitiveness this season and react as Melbourne City score another late goal to clinch 3 points and qualification to the knockout stage in the Asian Champions League Elite.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Jacob Stevens, Will Booth and Christian Montegan to quite literally in one case draw the line over the last weekend of A-League football!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie and Jacob for an in depth discussion about the different possibilities to change the A-League calendar, prompted by Adam Peacock's piece on Football360 suggesting a move back to a Feb-Nov league format.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

On this episode of the podcast, Poletti is joined by Nick Stoll, the producer behind the shows on the official A-League YouTube channel that popped up at the start of the 24/25 season to talk about the A-League's strategy to serve more content to its audience and his love for Australian Football.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens after a truly thrilling weekend of A-League football. Sydney smash the Wanderers in the Sydney Derby as the Newcastle Jets make it five league wins in a row for the first time in their history to send them top of the table.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil and Poletti as the new regulations for the Australia Cup are revealed before the first preliminary rounds for 2026 kick off this weekend. Elsewhere, Steve Rosich provides an update on the status of a few in-limbo A-League clubs, the transfer window ticks over as we touch on the memory of Rado Vidisic.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Jacob Stevens and Poletti as they break down the Big Blue, featuring 4 actual goals and 3 disallowed ones, the high-flying Jets establishing their title aspirations, and a new Adelaide youngster scoring a hattrick. Plus, the FSAA continue to push for transparency in light of the latest fan drama.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Marcus Robertson

Join Jacob Stevens and Poletti as they break down the big news from the Wanderers: Stajcic has been sacked, and Gary van Egmond is named interim. Meanwhile, referees boss John Moss gives an explanation of the latest VAR controversy, and the January transfer window keeps delivering.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: A-Leagues - X

Join Jacob Stevens and Poletti as they recap round 13 in the A-League Men.Is the Original Rivalry the best fixture in the league? Both Sydney and Auckland lose key matches, the Olyroos fall out of the Asian Cup and some big name transfer updates.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Photo: Adelaide United - Instagram

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens after a big off-field news week in the A-League.The operational control of the Central Coast Mariners is handed back to the APL, the fallout from Cavallo's allegations and the transfer window opens ahead of another weekend of A-League football.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The OFC Pro League. Why is it here? How did we get here? What teams are playing and what is the format?All very important questions, and Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen are here to answer them all in the lead up to the launch of the competition this weekend.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

👕 Visit https://arrowsport.com.au and use 'ROUNDBALL' for free shipping for your custom kits!Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens for your Round 12 A-League Debrief. The guys discuss if Auckland and Sydney have broken far enough away from the chasing pack to narrow down the title race to two, Lachie goes down the rabbit hole to find out how 5th in the A-League could qualify for Asia next year and plenty of other tidbits from the world of Australian football. Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Matt Olsen as reports emerge that Western United have secured enough fund to pay their tax debt in full to the ATO and have their wind up order revoked. Meanwhile a fatigued Roar and City do battle in midweek as we look ahead and preview the upcoming U23 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Chris Macpherson and Poletti for the first Monday morning A-League round debrief of 2026!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens for the first episode of 2026 as a half time bust up steals the headlines from New Years Eve in Gosford, the Jets miraculously hold off Auckland and plenty of updates in the world of Asian football.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Poletti and Christian Montegan for a discussion of has proved over and over to be: the best league in the world.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan for a discussion on how the introduction of the AFC Nations League could lead to a much needed redesign of the Asian international football calendar.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Chris Macpherson and Jacob Stevens for your A-League Round 9 Debrief. The Jets and Phoenix both show that they're capable of when they're on song, Adelaide scrape past a late Glory surge and Grimaldi fires home late on to give Victory their Melbourne Derby win. Elsewhere, the AFC announce their plans in principle to introduce an Asian Nations league and the Serie A Milan vs Como saga continues as the match now appears to be back on!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Poletti as the APL confirm the appointment of their new CEO, former Fremantle Dockers and Victorian Racing Club executive, Steve Rosich.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

👕 Visit https://arrowsport.com.au and use 'ROUNDBALL' for free shipping for your custom kits!Join Lachlan Avil and Christian Montegan for the latest episode of the Round Ball Australia podcast. There's Nikos Vergos' brace in the Original Rivalry, the North Terrace's call out of the state of the club, Glory's streak comes to an end and Brisbane's grit.Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Western United have another hearing with the Australian Tax Office in relation to their $15.5m tax debt, the Serie A match slated for Perth between AC Milan and Como is in fresh doubt, Melbourne City earn a tough point in Asia and your A-League round 8 look.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball AustraliaMusic: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

👕 Visit https://arrowsport.com.au and use 'ROUNDBALL' for free shipping for your custom kits!Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as South Melbourne become the inaugural winners of the Australian Championship, Adam Griffiths delivers one of the most bewildering press conference moments of all time and all the rest of your A-League round 7 debrief.Photo: Marcus Robertson / Round Ball AustraliaMusic: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Christian Montegan as the Socceroos learn their opponents for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage!Music: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

In this episode of the Round Ball Australia podcast Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens discuss the PFA's annual A-League Men's report, which reads more like a call to arms than a catchup.Photo: aleaguemen - XMusic: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan, Will Booth and Jacob Stevens as they look back at Anthony Pantazopoulos' very eventful week with the Sydney Derby, discuss Alen Stajcic's fascinating post match comments about positivity around football and the rest of the round 6 A-League action.Photo: Western Sydney Wanderers - XMusic: Sunsetter © 2023 by Shane Ivers is licensed under CC BY 4.0.