The Wrap 20 Year Old Charlotte Wilson Stuns Skiing Circuit With Her First World Cup Gold

Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.

Bez, what have we got around the grounds this week?

Aussie Charlotte Wilson has won her career-first World Cup gold in dual moguls.

Moguls.

Moguls.

Chelsea are League Cup champions.

And the Gangaroos have secured bronze at the three-on-three Champions Cup.

We've discussed this before.

Do we say 3x3?

I think they call it 3x3.

3x3 Champions Cup.

It is a bit confusing, though, because it's three-on-three.

It's three-on-three, guys.

For the key story, we'll discuss the chatter around whether the Women's Super League should

get rid of the promotion and relegation system.

That chatter just reminded me, we recently even had a competition on our broadcast channel

on Instagram.

It was called the 3am Club because of Paris.

And the 3am fun.

Waking up together, watching the games.

Are you in the 3am Club at the moment?

Oh, gosh, yeah.

I'm in the 1am, the 2am, 3am.

Fred is all the AMs at the moment.

We actually renamed it.

We put it to the people.

It's now called TFAP Yap.

So if you are a big Instagram person, get on there.

You go into our profile, click TFAP Yap and join the broadcast channel.

It's just a good little extra behind-the-scenes insight into everything that we're doing at TFAP.

Cool.

My name's Chloe, by the way.

And Bez is my friend over here.

And we had an awesome episode drop on Thursday.

Jackie Narikot.

Yes.

So good.

The skeleton.

It's so handy.

You haven't listened to it yet?

Make sure you do.

It was quite interesting, the chat around the concussion piece.

She had some pretty bad concussions, which when you're flying down an icy water slide at that speed.

Icy water slide.

I like that.

That's what she described it as.

Yeah, nice.

Did you bring in the Macca's tray analogy?

She called it, I think she said a boogie board made of steel or something.

I was like, nice.

That's gnarly.

That's so gnarly.

We are recording on Gadigal land.

Let's take a look around the ground.

In snowing, 20-year-old Charlotte Wilson has stunned the FIS World Cup circuit, claiming

her first career victory in the dual moguls event on the site of the 2026 Olympic Winter

Games in Italy.

That is some good prep.

So what are the dual moguls, you ask?

Dual?

Dual.

Wow.

Dual dual moguls.

That combo is not suiting me at the moment.

Well, the dual moguls is a free.

Maybe I just shouldn't speak about.

Winter sports, because I can't say them.

It's really not your genre, is it?

I'm a summer sport person.

You would never be getting the call-up for a winter Olympic commentator.

You also don't say shred it up.

Shred.

Shred.

Shredding the gnar.

Isn't that what they say?

Anywho, the dual moguls is a freestyle skiing competition where two athletes race side-by-side

down a mogul course competing in an elimination format with the winner of each round advancing

to the next stage.

The course includes two small jumps, which are used as a bonus.

It's also used as a take-off for aerial maneuvers.

Athletes can perform upright or inverted tricks off these jumps in the course of a competition

run.

Okay.

Can we discuss?

I know we've talked about dual moguls in the context of Jakara Anthony, aka the goat of

moguls.

The goat of mogul goat.

Mogul goat?

Mo goat?

Oh, stop, guys.

We need to stop.

But weird concept, because you're like, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, perfection.

Spin, fast, fast, fast, fast, fast.

Yeah.

Is that what they do?

I like that.

Yeah.

How many sports can you name that do that?

Where it's speed, but then you're also marked.

Because that's the thing, right, in moguls.

You're marked on speed, but also skill.

Weird thing.

Yeah, so there's a race element and a point judging element.

I can't think of one.

Give me a moment.

What my mind did go to was any sport where you have to run very fast and then stop and

be accurate with a goal on.

Yeah.

Biathlon.

Isn't that what it's called?

That winter sport?

Yeah, where they shoot.

Where you ski and then shoot?

Yeah, that's a good one.

Is that biathlon?

Anywho, just a day after she was named World Cup Mogul Skiing Rookie of the Year and placed

eighth in the single moguls competition, Charlotte started the dual moguls strongly, defeating

world number four Canadian Maya Schwinghammer, 18 to 17 in the round of 32.

Charlotte then defeated world number three, Rino Yanagimoto of Japan in the quarterfinals

before defeating world number two, Perrine Lafont in the semifinal.

This meant she was going to be the world number three, but she was going to be the world number two,

She was up against world number one, Jalyn Koff of the USA in the final, but it didn't

faze Wilson, who continued her incredible form against the American, winning 22-13 for

the first podium victory of her career.

How good?

How good?

In aerial skiing.

Oh, yeah.

Still on the snow sports.

Elsewhere on the Italian Alps.

I don't even mind being on the Italian Alps.

The power of Australian winter athletes at the moment.

I hope people are getting excited for the Italian winter games next year.

Milano Cortina, is that where it is?

Less than a year to go.

We have, yeah, I don't know.

They're just in great form.

Laura Peel, we talk about a lot on the wrap.

She's finished the World Cup season, ranked number one athlete in the world.

Heading into the final day, Peel had a near unbeatable lead in the standings and only

needed to finish 12th or better to secure the title.

That's a nice way to go in, isn't it?

Sure is.

She didn't want to leave anything to chance, qualifying for the 12 women final in second

place.

She then performed a lay full-full double twisting triple back somersault standard in

the first round of finals to advance to the top six super final in second place on 91.83

points.

In the super final, Laura upped her degree of difficulty, scoring an impressive 112.90

points for her spectacular full-full-full triple twisting triple back somersault in one

of her best jumps of the season.

Talk to me about completing a full-full-full triple.

Twisting triple back somersault when the pressure is off.

She's obviously already won the crystal globe.

I thought you were going to ask me to explain, but I think I feel more confident to explain

what that is.

But I think, yeah, I reckon when you've locked that in, because imagine the amount of time

she's practiced a full-full-full triple twisting triple back somersault.

And to do that, like literally to go out and be like, I've just secured, it's her third

crystal globe.

Oh, we've got an explanation.

It's a jump with three flips, each with one full twist.

And a total of three twists, also known as a triple twisting triple backflip.

There's just a lot of triple twisty things in there.

Makes me dizzy.

So dizzy.

But yeah, the lack of, the release of pressure, being able to just say, I've practiced this,

let's put it down in competition.

Yeah, absolutely.

I think it just would be a very nice feeling in a very high pressure sport.

High pressure in regards to results.

High pressure in regards to.

Danger.

Breaking yourself.

That's what I was talking about.

High pressure.

In some cricket news, the Mumbai Indians have won the 2025 Women's Premier League after

defeating the Delhi Capitals by eight runs in the final.

It was pretty tight there in the end.

Early in the innings, it seemed everything was going the way of Delhi as they had Mumbai

reeling at two for 20 by the end of their power play.

But the Indians would set the Capitals a target of 149 runs, courtesy of 66 from 44 balls

from skipper Ampreet Kaur.

Delhi didn't get off to a great start in their chase.

With openers, Lenning was 13 and Verma four, falling quickly to leave them at two for 17

at the end of the third over.

Nicky Broussard offered the Capitals a glimmer of hope in the final few overs, hitting 25

runs off 23 balls.

But Mumbai ultimately fell just short of the target, reaching nine for 141.

The win marks back-to-back WPL victories for the Mumbai Indians, while also marking triple

heartbreak for the Capitals, who've now lost their third straight grand final in a row.

Oh, no.

That's brutal.

Yeah, and sadly, well, sadly, the title went to the one team in the tournament that doesn't

have an Aussie.

Oh, that's even sadder.

The saddest.

Oh, the saddest.

In football, Chelsea have edged past Manchester City 2-1 in the Women's League Cup final to

win their first trophy under new coach Sonia Bompasta to keep their bid for a historic

quadruple alive.

Mayra Ramirez netted an early opener for Chelsea just eight minutes in, bundling in a rebound

that bounced off City captain Lea Alexandre.

City then dominated play after Chelsea's opener, but they were unable to find a way through

during the first half as Chelsea's defence stood firm.

Oba Fajito would find the equaliser for City in the 64th minute with a stunning strike.

But it was ultimately an own goal by Yui Hasegawa with 13 minutes to go.

That restored Chelsea's lead and ended their three-year losing streak in the League Cup

final.

They might have some advice for the Delhi Capitals.

I could pass on some advice.

But putting that joke aside, the state of the pitch was not a joke.

Very poor.

Well, it kind of was a joke.

It was shocking, wasn't it?

A bad joke.

It looked worse than like a club game.

Literally.

Literally.

There was an interesting photo of one of the players taking a corner.

And it was like dirt.

Yeah.

Not even grass.

And I think the important thing to note here, well, surfaces should be safe to play on for

a start across all sports.

But secondly, when you add in football, and we were just talking off air about the fact

that the ball's on the ground a lot, it really affects the quality of the match.

Yes.

And there's just no way a men's League Cup final will be played on a pitch like that.

No way.

And what kind of approval process steps has it got to someone to say,

yeah, Tick, that's good enough.

And here's the thing.

This is a League Cup final between a London team and a Manchester team, right?

There are a ridiculous number of good football pitches in and around both those places.

When the pitch inspection was done two or three days before, and which I'm sure it should

have been, there's time to move that.

And there'd be a number of pitches that also have decent stadium facilities around there,

right?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

So is their lifeblood.

Literally.

It wasn't good enough at all.

Vivian Medema took to Instagram saying, this is not an excuse, but another push to improve

the women's game in the future.

Pitch conditions today were unacceptable.

We're at a point now where we deserve equal conditions when it comes to playing a Cup

final.

And sadly enough, this wasn't the case today.

New Chelsea coach Bombasta echoed these sentiments.

It is a shame to have this pitch for a final.

Especially when you expect in England to have the best groundsman and pitchers in the

world.

That's a very good point, isn't it?

Absolutely.

Who was not doing their job?

Someone's in trouble.

Sorry.

I'm not sure if it was a men's final game, it would be the same.

We just need to make sure we have the best facilities and grass to play the games.

As I said, and look, there's so many reasons that that pitch was in the state it was in.

Like it might've been, whether there could have been like a burst pipe somewhere.

I don't know the intricacies that the groundsman would know.

But again, like, don't be afraid to move it.

If that pitch isn't going to produce or allow the place to produce the best football, put

it somewhere else.

Pitch has to be number one, doesn't it?

Yeah.

What else?

I don't know what else would be above that.

Nothing.

Agreed.

In some more football, this time onshore here in Australia, Western United have pulled off

a dramatic win over Canberra United, having trailed three times in the 4-3 win.

That is some exciting football.

Yeah.

Canberra led 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, thanks to goals from Bethany, Gordon, Madison and

Aysen and Mary Stannick-Floody, but time and again, the host found answers.

Kiwa Hayada, Katherine Zimmerman and Sandra Ibarguen scored the equalising goals to set

the stage for an 89 minute winner, forced by Western substitute Kiara Di D'Amosio off

the leg of Canberra defender for an own goal that handed the host all three points.

How much does an own goal suck?

It's brutal.

I hate it.

The win sees Western United cling onto their spot.

In the league's top four with just four rounds remaining.

In netball, the Adelaide Thunderbirds have defeated even the West Coast Fever 38-37 in

Super Netball's official pre-season cup, the Team Girls Cup.

Fever led by 10 goals during power time of the third quarter, until three super shots

from the home team cut the margin to just four goals at the final change.

The Thunderbirds then scored four of the first five goals in the last quarter to reduce the

margin to one, before taking the lead with three and a half minutes left in the match.

As both teams battled it out for the winning shot, it was T-Bird star Georgie Horges landing

the match winner with just two seconds left on the clock.

Clutch.

How good is that?

The TGC win means Adelaide are now aiming to become the first team, yes, I forgot about

the curse.

Yes.

If you win the pre-season, you never win the big one.

And that's a real thing, isn't it?

Oh my goodness.

Pressure.

Oh, interesting to see how that goes.

38-37 though, do they play reduced time?

I believe so.

That's a very low score.

Because they're playing a lot of games in a weekend, right?

So you probably wouldn't be playing full length netball games over and over again.

It's like a gala.

Just before you start your season.

Probably makes sense.

In rugby union, New South Wales Waratahs have beaten the Queensland Reds 36-14.

Yeah, they did.

Spoiling Aussie Sevens player Charlotte Haslick's debut for the Queensland side.

So it was an interesting week for us, I think.

There was a lot of media around the Sevens girls.

In particular, Charlotte Haslick, who, let's be honest, is probably one of the top three

women's rugby players in the world.

Yes.

Easily.

Yes.

In the Sevens game.

Oh.

She's said it.

Well, she's just not played Fifteens.

She hasn't proved herself in Fifteens.

I have apps, you know, I hope that she does prove herself in Fifteens.

I think she's, you know, her skills are outstanding.

And I think that they will transfer well to the Fifteens game once she understands it

more.

It's a completely different game.

And we saw that on the weekend.

We saw Teagan Levite play 80 minutes at 13.

And you know, in my opinion, Georgina Fredericks, our 13, who is the Wallaroos 13, dominated

her.

Like really, you know, because no disrespect to Teagan, but the reality is that that's

her second game of Fifteens.

It's a very different game.

And Charlotte had, I only was able to tune in late, thanks, Fred, for that, but Charlotte

had a couple of line breaks.

She had a couple of line breaks when she was on, but it just, the gap closes, doesn't it?

If you beat one or two players, fullback comes across, like you're working in such a small

amount of space in Fifteens.

Yeah.

We speak about time.

You speak about speed on the ball and time and space.

And in Sevens, you know, not all the time.

And I absolutely appreciate, as I said, all of their skills in the Sevens game, but you

can genuinely drift across field looking for runners for three, four seconds.

In Fifteens, that does not happen.

You need to find holes.

You need to find space.

Yes.

Instantly.

Yes.

There's 15 people on the field.

There are a lot of people on the field.

There's a lot more.

That's eight more than seven.

That is good maths right there.

While we're on this topic, I think you should give us a little rundown of the game, but

while we're on this topic, I'm kind of curious to chat you as an insider at the New South

Waratahs.

There has been, as you said, a lot of hype around these Aussie Sevens players coming

to Super W. We know that Super W as a competition hasn't received a huge amount of media coverage.

How does it feel when it's off the back of the field?

How does it feel when it's off the back of the field?

How does it feel when it's off the back of some superstars coming to the game that

the game gets more coverage?

Yeah.

Good.

It's like, let me say good and think about this for a few seconds.

I've just really thrown it to you there.

No, no.

I think it's great.

Any coverage is great coverage.

We find that in all women's sport.

At the end of the day, media is media and you need that kind of press.

The crowd was really good at Ballymall.

We were a standalone fixture on a Sunday afternoon when Charlotte came on with about

20 odd minutes remaining, big cheers, lots of hype.

That kind of stuff is fantastic for the game and I'm here for it.

Does that mean that I think that my players don't deserve equal amount of media coverage?

Of course, I think they deserve equal amount of media coverage, but the reality is that

these players are household names, so they are going to help raise the level of interest

in the sport.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Especially if they're playing on a training set or a running game.

Yeah.

I mean, you know what I'm saying?

If the 7s girls are part of the tide, I'm going to give them the credit.

If the 7s girls are part of the tide, we're going to lift all boats.

So, if the 7s girls are part of the tide, I'm here for it.

Yeah.

I think that's a really good point.

And what I'd really like to see off the back of it is it's like the attention is on the

Aussie 7 superstars and, as you said, deservedly so they're very good at what they do.

Elite athletes.

Elite professional athletes who have been for a very long time, but what I'd really

like to see is the flow and effect from that.

So, it's like there's the attention on these players, but it's like, hey, look at their

You know what I mean?

That kind of thing.

And I think, I know we draw on the Alona Maher example a lot, but I think what she's done

with the Bristol Bears, people are coming to watch those games who may not have gone

to watch before, and then they start to see the different players out on the field, but

they might see Alona collab with another athlete on socials and then start following that athlete.

You know, I think the flow and effect of that hopefully is a really positive thing for Super

W and the Wallaroos as well here.

Yeah, I completely agree.

And, you know, it is, obviously Madison Levi was there.

She's not playing, but she was meant to be playing for the Reds.

She's got a thumb issue from sevens, but, you know, she was involved in the pre-match

part of it.

Her sister was playing, Carly Henwood was playing, Isabel Nasser was playing, and then

Charlotte obviously came on as well.

So yeah, those girls definitely bring a level of professionalism and, as I said, amazing

skills to the game and media and that coverage.

You know, we have seen more coverage this week.

That last week than we had all year.

So yeah, it's wonderful.

And it was really good.

A little side note on the flight on the way home last night, Tegan and Maddie were both

on our flight with our whole squad and someone who shall remain nameless may have got the

host here to give a big shout out for the New South Wales Waratahs women who won 36-14.

And we all had a little sly laugh with Tegan and Maddie.

That's funny.

Were you the someone?

No, it was Illy Sever.

Well done, Illy.

You'll remain nameless for them.

You can throw her under the bus.

Can you give me a quick 30-second rundown of the match?

Yeah, back to the game.

It was a good game of rugby.

They scored early.

We were, you know, sticking to our shape.

The girls did really well.

We, a little set-piece move from a line-out, saw Adi Antalakai score.

And then, yeah, Mae Stewart and Desi Miller got to work.

Ultimately, 19-14 at halftime.

It was still tight, anyone's game.

But I think the girls...

I just felt that they were going to finish stronger.

It was hot up there.

Not as hot as Sydney, but it was still pretty warm.

Still hot.

And, yeah, I can't say enough for our bench that came on

and really just finished the game off.

So 36-14 was a really nice result.

Yeah, I love that.

In 3x3, the Gangaroos secured third place in the inaugural Red Bull 3x3 Champions Cup

with the bronze medal games decided by the final shot on the women's side.

The Paris Olympian, Ali Maile, led the Gangaroos to the finals after a half-opening loss,

to Spain 13-21.

They would bounce back on day two, defeating Thailand 22-19

and France 21-18 to finish second in their group.

In a heartbreaking affair, they would come one game short

of their gold medal aspirations, losing to Canada in the semifinals

after a buzzer-beating two-pointer 16-18.

However, they rallied in the bronze medal game,

edging out Germany 18-17 thanks to a late hook shot from Hannah Hank

to close the game.

Hook shot from Hannah Hank.

Right there.

That's good.

Hannah Hank is a great name.

Let's take a look at the key story.

There's been a bit of talk in the last few weeks about the Women's Super League

and whether it should get rid of the promotion and relegation system

in an attempt to grow the game.

So for those of you not quite sure about that,

the promotion and relegation system is a system where teams move

between divisions based on their performance,

with the best teams from lower leagues promoted

and the worst teams from high league relegated.

So for instance, if you finish top two in Division 1,

you end up in Premier League,

and you can win the Premier League.

Conversely, if you finish bottom two in the Premier League,

you go back down to Division 1.

So reports emerged from The Guardian at the end of February

that a proposal to be discussed by clubs was to stop promotion

and relegation for a period of time.

Right.

Reportedly, the 23 WSL and Championship clubs were asked

to explore a range of options to increase the profile,

sustainability and profitability of women's football

in the hopes that both the Championship and WSL

will eventually have 16 teams each.

Allegedly,

the rationale behind the proposal is that removing the threat

of relegation would encourage owners to invest

and help develop a more competitive league,

which is currently dominated by Chelsea,

who have won the past five WSL titles.

Don't see a problem with that.

Oh, yeah.

I was waiting for you to come in with that.

But that's a really interesting discussion in itself

because there is this top tier that seemed to be funded

very, very nicely.

And I think we see, and probably us coming from Australia,

you're obviously supporting Chelsea,

but I know for me,

I see so much hype around these big name teams.

But I don't think people perhaps over here

and maybe not in the UK understand the lack of funding

in some of those teams that are lower down.

And it comes to that point of success breeds success.

And that doesn't just happen on the field,

but that also happens in the boardroom

where there are decisions being made about budgets

and financial forecasts and things like that.

So the reality is that if you're a team,

a women's team playing well,

attracting sponsors,

sponsorship,

crowds,

all that kind of stuff,

money attracts money.

And so those teams continue to get better players,

better facilities,

all those things.

And the players that,

and the teams that aren't necessarily performing as well,

don't necessarily have the same kind of commercial propositions

put to them or crowd figures,

obviously attending their games every week

because they're not winning.

It's hard to invest that money into those teams.

And whilst I do like relegation

relegation and promotion in regards to

obviously motivating the teams in the lower division.

I see,

I see the point of the fact that to give people,

to give these teams time to base themselves,

maybe keep it the way it is for a little while.

Yeah.

I just wonder,

like,

I think we see a lot of time,

this whole concept of like copying and pasting from men's league competition.

Has the women's league been ready for that for those teams that are probably

consistently finding themselves in that promotion?

Promotion relegation cycle at the bottom,

because it is,

it's that financial insecurity for a lot of people at that club.

Yeah,

I totally agree.

So another idea apparently to be discussed was maintaining promotion from the championship,

but without relegation from the top flight.

So the WSO would gradually expand by one club every season.

What do you think about that?

I don't mind it.

I think if they have the capacity to do it,

but then where do you cap it?

I was going to say it couldn't last for long.

We're talking probably two or three years,

surely.

And if you're in,

you're in,

then it's a bit of a rogue idea.

Yeah.

So women's professional leagues,

limited chief executive,

Nikki Dowsett insisted the company values,

the relegation format.

She said,

we believe promotion and relegation is a great thing.

It makes European football distinctive from other leagues.

It adds jeopardy and excitement.

Great word.

It's something that we all love about the game of football.

And that has never been in question.

So yeah,

as we said,

this is something that she's even touched on.

It's what makes European football distinctive from other leagues.

So this is a copy and paste from the men's game.

And perhaps this is an opportunity for the women's game to look at something with a different lens and say,

we can do this differently and make it better.

Let's take a look at what to watch in surfing.

The Rip Curl Portugal Pro is well underway and it's set to be an all Aussie quarterfinal with Molly Picklam up against Tyler Wright when the action next resumes.

So it may have happened by the time the episode comes out,

but we love an Aussie going through regardless.

That's right.

There'll be an Aussie in the semi-finals.

Pickles and Tyler are starting to have set up a little rivalry as well.

Yeah,

I like that.

Catch the rest of the competition live on the WSL app or WSL.com.

In some athletics,

some of the best athletes in the world will converge on China this week.

The 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

The action begins this Friday,

21st of March,

and you can watch every session live on SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand.

In cricket,

the Australian women's cricket team head to New Zealand this Friday for the first of three,

ODIs against the Kiwis.

The match begins at 1245 PM and you can watch it live and free on Network 7.

In some A-League,

Melbourne Victory will be looking to edge closer towards ladder leaders,

Melbourne City with a must-win game against the Newcastle Jets.

The match kicks off Friday at seven o'clock and you can watch it live on Paramount Plus.

Bit of rugby.

The women's Six Nations kick off this weekend and the first up is Ireland versus France on Sunday morning at 12 AM.

You can watch the entire Six Nations live on Sunday.

Stands for live on Stan Sport or on replay cause 12 AM.

It's a it's a rough time.

It's a Fred time.

It's a Fred time in more rugby.

The Fiji injury will be looking to move to the top of the Super W table and replace us,

but it's okay because they've got the buy in the last round so we can still finish first.

Nice when they head to Perth to take on the Western Force.

That is a long trip from Fiji to Perth.

The long way it sure is.

The match kicks off on Sunday at 7 50 PM and you can watch on Stan Sport in football.

Manchester City will be out to avenge.

Their League Cup lost to Chelsea when the two sides meet again this Monday in the WSL.

Kickoff is Monday morning at 4 30 AM AEDT and you can watch all the action live on Optus Sport.

Media personality Marlee Silver is hosting the powerful sports documentary Skin in the Game,

which is premiering on NITV, SBS and SBS On Demand on Sunday the 23rd of March at 8 30 PM.

It's I'm actually really, really looking forward to seeing this.

I've seen some snippets and I think it's just a really.

Interesting insight from Marley's perspective.

So she reveals the truth about the nation's most loved sport.

Could we could argue what state you're in through her own family story and intimate interviews with hard to reach rugby royalty.

Marley uncovers what the sport has done and is doing for Indigenous peoples and families just like hers.

Across her journey, she interrogates the complex interplay of race, gender and class in the national sport and what this says about us as a nation.

Super interesting.

Definitely going to tune in.

That's a wrap.

See you next week, friend.

Ciao.