A win by Newcastle Jets on Saturday means the club has secured a spot in the inaugural W-League final series. The Jets defeated Sydney 2-0 and are to finish either second or third, thus avoiding minor premiers Queensland.

Sydney FC were looking forward to this home away from home clash, where strangely Newcastle were the home team playing away in western Sydney, some 100kms or so away from their own city. Yet, Sydney’s star striker, Leena Khamis was struggling of late and had not made an impact since the Round 5 clash with the Mariners, and this was the time for her to get back in form.

Sydney did open the game the keener for action, yet for all their work in those first fifteen minutes, it was all to be undone through two strikes from Newcastle’s Katie Gill. Her first came from a shot from distance after 21 minutes and not too long after Gill outmuscled Sydney’s Lisa Gilbert and toe-poked the ball home.

Sydney did have some chances, the best probably coming to Khamis, yet when she did beat the opposing ‘keeper, Rebecca Smith came to her aid clearing the ball as it was just touching the line.