Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.
Bez, what have we got around the grounds this week?
The Gillaroos have defeated PNG 84-0.
Aussie golfer Hannah Green has won her third golf major of the year
and Lauren Parker has won bronze at the World Paratry Championships.
For the key story, we'll discuss new research that shows women on Team GB,
Great Britain, dominated social media content creation and views at the Paris Games
and how we think the Aussies compared.
I'm curious about this one.
Yeah, it's a good one.
My name is Chloe Dalton.
I'm joined every week on the show by my co-host, Bez.
We are recording on Gadigal land.
And we are celebrating.
Here is a final donut because you're leaving me.
Temporarily, I'm leaving you.
You are leaving me for...
A baby, not a donut.
I would leave you for a donut, especially a pink one.
You do love a pink donut.
Yeah, a little bit of maternity leave.
Yeah, really exciting.
Sorry, I shouldn't have probably taken such a big bite of my donut.
There's no self-control.
Zero self-control.
Around a pink donut.
When it comes to a pink donut.
Do you want a bite?
Thank you, friend.
It's nine in the morning.
It's always donut, pink donut time.
You were actually related to Homer Simpson.
Yeah, a little bit of time off.
Just for a little bit of a person that's coming along.
A little tiny person.
Oh, while Bez's microphone breaks.
I cannot leave you alone doing this thing.
I apologize in advance to all our loyal listeners.
I will be taking the reins and anything could happen.
Anything could happen.
Yeah, my partner Riley is very, very pregnant.
The baby is arriving any second at the moment.
She's 10 months pregnant.
Yeah, she's ready to pop.
We're having a little boy.
Cannot wait to meet him.
It's been a pretty amazing journey this year.
We went through the process with Monash IVF.
I feel like I've wanted to be a mum my whole life.
So I'm just so...
And I'm so ecstatic to watch you become a mum
because I think, like you said,
it's something you've always wanted and it's really cool.
Yeah, I cannot wait.
I am a little bit scared about handing the reins of this baby over to you.
And I'm a little bit scared about how you're going to survive on no sleep
because I know you very well
and sleep is probably number one in your life.
Sorry about it, Riles.
Second to pink donuts, maybe.
Sorry about it, Riles.
So, yeah, we're going to have some amazing co-hosts come and join you, Bez.
And I'm going to take the rest...
We've got an athlete episode,
final athlete episode for the year this Thursday.
This one is actually with the CEO of the Central Coast Mariners,
Alyssa Arneri, and she is amazing.
It's another, I guess, episode where we want to spotlight
women in roles in sport that are not just as athletes.
So that's going to be the final ep of the year,
taking a break after that just to...
Spend some time with Riles and the baby.
Obviously, we'll keep bringing you the wrap with yours truly and some guests,
but if you've got time, go back deep.
There's some really amazing episodes in the back catalogue.
Make sure you're all caught up and, as we said,
we'll be back with some more excellent athlete interviews in the new year.
Let's take a look around the grounds.
In rugby league, Gilleroo's winger, Julia Robertson,
etched her name in the history books with a stunning six-try,
all in her team's 84-nil triumph over the PNG Orchids in Brisbane.
It sounded weird as I said it.
It's definitely Orchids.
They're not an apple tree.
I was like, are they Orchids?
I should have just trusted myself.
It's the pink donut sugar gone straight to her head.
Straight to my head.
The Gilleroo's opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Robinson broke the line
and found Tameka Upton in support for a 6-0 lead on the back of Taryn Aitken's conversion.
That was basically the beginning.
The beginning of the end.
Yeah, tough night for the Orchids.
On the stroke of halftime, Ja'Kai Whitfield completed a hat-trick
and the Gilleroo's went to the break at 36-0.
In the second half, the floodgates spilled open.
The game ended with Isabel Kelly crossing in the dying seconds to make it 84-0.
In netball, the Australian Diamonds, another ouch one,
have suffered a shock 64-50 defeat in New Zealand
in the first Constellation Cup test in Wellington.
Yeah, the Silver Ferns posted their highest score in regular time against the Diamonds
to claim a 1-0 series lead,
having taken control of the opening test during a dominant second quarter.
After leading 17-16 at the first break,
the Silver Ferns poured on the pressure in the second term
to establish a 34-25 lead by halftime.
The Diamonds outscored their opponents 15-13 in the third quarter,
but the world champs still had a mountain to climb with trailing 47-40 at three-quarter time.
Despite reducing the margin to five goals during the early stages of the fourth term,
the Silver Ferns built off their home crowd's volume to run away
with a 14-goal win.
Australian head coach Stacey Marinkovic told media,
we just weren't on song tonight.
A loss doesn't sit well.
There's lots to learn from this experience and we need to put our heads down.
We're going to have to come out hard in the next one.
New Zealand on song at the moment as a country.
They had a good weekend, didn't they?
In hockey, defending champions the Brisbane Blaze have defeated
the New South Wales Pride 3-2 in front of a sold-out crowd in Newcastle.
We might actually disagree.
Discuss that in a little sec.
I'll chat about the game first, but I love that.
Sold-out crowd in Newcastle.
It was a slower first quarter with neither side able to break the deadlock
heading into the first break,
but that was the calm before the storm of the second quarter
with the Pride striking first via Lucinda Prio.
Just over a minute later, the Blaze got one back,
courtesy of Madison Fitzpatrick.
The Blaze were then given a penalty stroke,
which Fitzpatrick successfully converted.
Less than 20 seconds later,
she was in for her third of the game,
and she was in for the third of the game.
That's wild, isn't it?
Notching up a hat-trick and giving her side a 3-1 lead
heading into halftime.
The Pride were able to peg one back in the third quarter
to come within one goal,
but ultimately weren't strong enough to get through the Blaze's defence again.
The reigning champions claiming their first win
in their first game of the 2024 season.
Newcastle, they love a bit of sport, don't they?
They do love a bit of sport, and they're double-headers every week.
Yeah, I really quite like that format,
and I think it's just this concept of having,
in games like this,
like we know the NRLW Newcastle Knights have been a really successful team.
We've seen them have some huge crowds.
I quite like this idea of giving people in regional towns
more opportunity to access high-quality sport
because we know lots of incredible athletes come from regional towns.
And it's cool to see them giving an opportunity to get around it.
In golf, Aussie golfer Hannah Green has won her third LPGA tournament of the year,
taking out the BMW Ladies' Championship in South Korea.
A one-under 71 to finish at 19-under overall
to capture the trophy by just one shot.
The Australian Olympian took a two-shot lead into the final round on Sunday
and was one-under through her opening nine holes.
The game almost came unstuck at the 11th
when her tee shot went wildly left into the rough.
While Celine Boutier was anxiously waiting in the clubhouse at 18-under
after shooting a bogey-free 66,
Green birdied the par-4 17th to grab the sole possession and the lead
and close out her sixth win of her career.
With a two-putt par on the 18th.
It's like another language, isn't it?
The golf language?
Like, if you don't know golf, it's another language.
Okay, just quickly break that down for people who don't know golf.
That sentence you just were discussing.
Okay, so Celine Boutier, she'd finished her round,
so she was waiting in the clubhouse at 18-under par.
So she'd shot 18-under over her four rounds.
She shot a bogey-free 66, so she-
So do you know what a bogey is?
Is how many over par?
Double bogey, triple bogey, et cetera, et cetera.
So she'd scored par or better on every hole in her round of 66.
And par, it's like set by the course or the people of like,
this is what you should get on this hole.
Yeah, I think it's the par parliament of people.
I absolutely made that up.
Sorry, I'm so sorry about that.
So then Hannah Green birdied the par four, the 17th.
So how many shots if she?
To go to the lead and then closed out the win with a two-putt par on the 18th.
So they've said that within the par for that hole, it should be two-putt?
That's just a coincidence.
She just had two putts on the 18th.
But she'd obviously got to the green enough with enough leeway to allow that
to still be a par.
Does that make sense?
Whereas usually should they be making it in one putt to make par?
Only if it was a very good approach shot.
What's the lingo?
I didn't know that you liked golf this much.
I really enjoy golf.
Yeah, I didn't know that.
Shout out to my parents-in-law.
They'll be really proud of me.
They're very keen listeners.
Oh, so you've had additional.
Additional reasons to like golf.
Only in the last few years.
My father's a golfer.
In fact, you know that the father-son trophy at Motivale Golf Club is named
after my grandfather and my father.
That's pretty cool.
If only it was father-daughter.
Well, dad did try to get me playing golf, but.
You can't concentrate.
Well, yeah, that's probably part of it.
It's a long time by yourself with your thoughts.
Not the game for you.
We've discussed this many times.
It's not the game for you.
Solo sports are not my thing.
Anyway, Hannah Green, it's her thing.
She said, I knew I needed to make birdies somewhere,
but I didn't think it would be on 17 because that was a pretty difficult pin position.
The pins, though.
The stick in the hole.
She became the first Australian woman since Kari Webb to win three LPGA tournaments in a year
and took home a nice $330,000 USD prize money envelope.
Don't think they give it in cash?
No, I would hope not because that's awfully inconvenient.
And you look very suspicious going to the.
Except I'd love to buy a house with like a thing of cash, like rocking out with a huge suitcase.
You take 10s and 20s?
In AFLW, you should probably be doing this story, to be honest.
No, I'll just sit here smugly.
The smugly smugly.
Geelong has put a dent in Brisbane's top two hopes with a 10 point upset victory,
defeating the Lions 47 to 37.
The Cats got their fast start on home deck, becoming the first team to kick three first
quarter goals against the Lions.
This year, they held on to that lead for the entire match, forcing Brisbane's disposal
efficiency to just 59% for the game to take out the match.
The loss snaps the Lions four game win streak and sees the reigning champions drop to fourth
Pretty tight at the top there.
It is tight at the top.
I'm not even going to give a huge amount of oxygen to your Geelong to win the grand final
theory because they are highly unlikely to even make the eight.
Which is a disappointing season, really, because they've shown.
They can beat the top teams.
They can beat the good teams.
They've obviously just been a little off on in matches where they shouldn't have been.
There's been a lot of talk about Brisbane being a really good chance to go back to back.
Do you think this loss is going to help or hinder?
Oh, help for sure.
I think a well-timed loss is pretty valuable.
Yeah, I don't know.
You like a momentum?
You know the old saying?
Winners have part.
I've forgotten it.
Yeah, I feel like I do know what you're referring to, but I don't know what it is.
Losers have meetings.
Winners have parties.
But it's a good time to reflect.
When a loss does allow you to really drill down into, hmm, what did we get wrong there?
Sometimes I win papers over the little things that might be going wrong.
Anyway, I still think the kangaroos are going to be very difficult to beat if the cats don't
That's who I'm on.
Some cricket news tournament favorites and reigning champions, Australian women's cricket
team, have suffered a shock defeat to South Africa, going down by eight wickets with 16
balls to spare in their semifinal.
The Proteas opted to bowl first, forcing the Aussies to take their time in a rebuild from
But Beth Mooney, Talia McGrath, Phoebe Litchfield, and Elise Perry helped the side bounce back
later in the innings, gave Australia's bowlers something sizable to defend.
But the five for 134 proved not enough for the Aussies.
And South Africa managed to reach a total with more than two overs to spare.
South Africa's top order put on display with skipper Laura Wolffart notching up 42 alongside
15 from Tasman Brits.
But it was Annika Bosch who delivered the deadliest blow, scoring fast in her 74 not
out from just 48 deliveries to help her team through to the final.
That was a replay of the final final from last World Cup.
So a little bit of revenge for the Proteas.
Well deserved, I think.
I think they caught the Aussies off guard a little bit.
Yeah, we'll go with that.
I wish they had won because all sorts of records would have been broken.
Well, I know, but you've got to win your semifinal to win the tournament.
Oh, that's insightful.
And overnight, we're recording this on Monday morning, New Zealand got the Choggies.
Winners, we said.
Big weekend in sport for them.
Big weekend in sport.
They've claimed their first D20 World Cup title, leaving South African hearts broken
for a second consecutive tournament.
Oh, that's rough.
Two finals in a row.
That's a heartbreaker.
Captain Amelia Kerr struck a 38 ball 43 as the White Ferns posted five for 158 to ensure
the Proteas would need to pull off the largest chase in a women's T20 World Cup final to claim
And unfortunately, they couldn't.
Unfortunately for them, I was definitely on the White Ferns bandwagon.
They couldn't coming up.
Well, you know, I don't have that whole New Zealand thing that a lot of New Zealanders
have about Australia.
That's a discussion for another day, isn't it?
I like the keyword.
They're like our little brothers.
Far East, New South Wales.
Need to pull off the largest chase.
And they couldn't coming up just 32 runs short of New Zealand's total to give the White Ferns
their first T20 World Cup success.
It was the first women's T20 World Cup final ever without Australia or England featured
Yeah, that's a huge stat, isn't it?
It's pretty cool.
It's pretty cool.
It's pretty cool.
And I think the first thing that we discussed with Australia getting knocked out and we
were discussing with our TFAP team is the increase in prize money could be a really
Like there's kind of been this narrative about how dominant the Australian women's cricket
And people say, oh, they get so much funding compared to some of these other nations.
That's why they're so good.
I actually think it's a great thing.
I would have loved them to win.
I think they're exceptional.
But I think it's a great thing that nations like South Africa and New Zealand are going
to get a pretty lovely injection of funds.
I just was pulling it up before just to remind myself.
3.6 something million.
Yeah, that's sounding right.
I've got it in US dollars.
Winners are getting 2.34 mil in US dollars.
3.8 or something.
Runners at 1.17 mil.
That's a nice injection into the cricket program for New Zealand for sure.
Yeah, absolutely.
And you're right.
It's a nice way to spread the wealth.
I mean, the Kiwis beat the Windies in the semi-final.
So they will get that, I guess, equal fourth prize, which will definitely help the Windies
Losing semi-finalist 675k USD.
As I said, it would have been amazing to see Australia win four in a row.
But nice to see the wealth being shared.
Wait, what time is it?
We've got an hour and 15 minutes till tip-off.
This final series has been exceptional.
If you haven't been watching it, you're a fool.
M-M-NBA is boring.
Oh, don't start me.
All it is is dunking and no defense.
Dunking and no defense.
Is that not true though?
It's absolutely true.
The WNBA on the other hand.
It has been like this, this series.
It's almost like I can't believe it.
How close it's been.
Decided in the final seconds.
So the Minnesota Lynx featuring Aussie Alana Smith.
Who is having a huge series.
A huge season really.
She's been elite all year.
They've beaten the New York Liberty 82 to 80 in game four of the WNBA finals to send
the championship series to a fifth game decider for the first time since 2019.
The scores were tied at 80 all in the final 30 seconds and it was only a shot clock violation
that ended up separating the two sides.
With the Lynx's Bridget Carlton making two free throws with two seconds left at the other
end to set up a deciding game five in New York.
Clutch making your free throws.
Yeah, we're about to watch game five though.
Oh, I cannot wait.
I want New York to win.
You didn't the other day.
I was absolutely going.
You were pushing for a game five.
Yeah, I would love to see.
And the Lynx have won four WNBA titles.
They're a pretty decent history.
Liberty have never won a WNBA final series.
It is very special.
It's very special for them to win that at home.
To win it at home.
Yeah, and Hughes have got the World Series.
Sandy Brondello is coach.
In some para triathlon world champs news.
Paralympic champion Lauren Parker has claimed bronze at the World Triathlon Para Championships
in Spain, bringing to an end a winning streak that began three years ago after the Tokyo
The reigning Paralympic champion led out of the water but lost time in the swim to bike
She had only just managed to draw even with Jessica Ferreira on the bike.
Before a determined Kendall Gretch overhauled them both in the bike to run transition, Parker
told media, I'm very proud of the effort I gave, but I regret having five weeks off.
Again, this is that whole thing.
It was a tough one without any training, but my goal was to be a Paralympic champion this
year, and this was just going to be a bonus race.
She was honest with her goals for the year.
She won two golds at the Paralympics.
Not a bad effort.
Not a bad effort.
In surfing, the 2024 Challenger Series.
has culminated in one last day of action at the final event, the Brazil Pro.
As Aussie, Macy Callaghan notched up a win, which also brought her to number 10 in the
series, and that means she will automatically rejoin the 2025 Challenger Series, so the
top 10 auto qualifiers.
So she snuck in there quite nicely.
Callaghan scored a 6.67 out of a possible 10 with consecutive backhand snaps.
She backed it up with a 5.67 to earn a 12.34 total to finish off the 2014 Challenger Series.
With a victory, she told media, I'm so happy, but I'm actually really tired after that
This is the reason why I came, and I'm just super stoked to finish off the season with
Before we get into the key story, we're going to rank a category from our awards, and we've
picked team of the year.
And just quickly, a big shout out to everyone that's already voted.
Thousands of votes.
Thousands of votes.
It's quite incredible to see them flooding in.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
It's really great.
Keep sharing all of our content, because this is, yeah, it's an amazing opportunity for
us to kind of celebrate the achievements of so many amazing women that have contributed
to sport in the last 14, 16 months.
So team of the year.
Nominees are the Australian women's cricket team, Diamonds Netball, the Matildas, New South
Wales Waratahs Rugby Union.
We've got someone who's going to be awfully biased over here, and the Stingers, the water
Can you give me top three?
It's going to shock you.
I thought you were at least going to put them at two.
We can't have a full minute justification.
The Waratahs, just because they're amazing.
Number two for me, I'm going to go the Stingers.
I love what they did at the Olympics.
I think they were an amazing team to watch.
They were really up against it, and I'm here for that.
Number three, a bit controversial.
I'm going to leave the Tillys out.
I'm going to go the Diamonds.
Yeah, that is a bit controversial.
They've won everything.
They have every single trophy.
Hopefully, they keep the Constellation Cup in the next couple of weeks, but they've still
I'm going to go Stingers at number one.
I just loved, I know they won silver at the Olympics, but it just was their story, the
way they did it, the way they celebrated.
I just was here for it.
And I love that they won silver.
They didn't lose gold.
Number two, I'm going to go the Tillys.
And number three, you're going to hate me, but I'm going to go the Diamonds.
You've already done the Tars at number one.
They've had their time in the sun.
I agree with you.
To have every trophy in your cabinet is pretty bloody impressive.
Let's take a look.
We're not friends.
At the key story.
New research from UK-based Women's Sport Trust has highlighted how Team Great Britain's female
athletes dominated social media.
The report showed that 67% of total TikTok views of Team GB athletes competing at the
Paris 2024 Olympic Games came from content by female athletes, and their videos accounted
for 69% of total output.
Four of the six most viewed TikTok videos uploaded by British athletes during the games
came from female athletes, with rugby seventh athlete Ellie Boatman achieving the highest
number of views for one video with her team, GB.
There was a lot of kit run-through videos.
Before we get too far into the data, I think we discussed this internally during the Olympics.
I kind of got a little bit confused.
I felt like I was saturated by it, and I don't know if that's just my algorithm because I
just follow so many athletes and that's all we do at TFAP.
I feel like it was too much.
I almost felt like I was watching the athletes being like, are you focused enough on what
you need to actually be there to do?
There was an element of that.
There was definitely some discussion around put the phone down and concentrate on what
you're there for, especially pre-competition.
Yeah, post, do whatever you want.
Yeah, because we, and I think my Rio experience, our coach decided that once we got back, we
did a little training camp, and then once we got back into the village, we were no social
media, no phones.
Instagram and TikTok were not even that big then.
When was TikTok started?
Definitely after that.
It is an interesting one.
It is an interesting one, but then we go back to that.
We go back to that whole thing, and I think one of the stats that you've said so far that
stands out to me, that female athletes' videos accounted for 69% of total output.
Again, it goes back to that narrative that women feel like they have to sell themselves
They have to create more content.
They have to put themselves out there to attract interest, to attract, and then partnerships
and commercial, et cetera, et cetera.
Exactly, and that's a huge window of opportunity for them.
I probably shouldn't judge the fact that they were doing it.
It just seemed like there was a lot of content.
It's an interesting juxtaposition between trying to commercialize yourself, to grow
yourself and your brand, versus competing at your very best at the pinnacle of sport.
Back to the stats.
57% of all Team GB athletes now have a TikTok account, and of this group, 58% are female.
66% of British athletes that were active on TikTok during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Again, so just more females feeling they have to do more.
Overall, the Paris Games marked a record.
A significant shift in athlete storytelling as social media guidelines were relaxed.
The main changes included allowing athletes to post on their personal social media accounts
audio and video recordings of up to two minutes per post from the opening and closing ceremonies
and or at the Champions Park, which was in the Olympic Village.
I hadn't really thought about what the restrictions were historically.
They could also post at competition venues up to one hour before the start of their competition
and after they have left the mixed zone slash doping control station and their training
They could also post at competition venues and practice areas.
The report found the trend continued in the Paralympics.
60% of total views of Paralympics GB athletes competing at Paris came from content by female
Women's Sport Trust CEO Tammy Parler says, increasing visibility for women's sport is
about providing opportunity.
Female athletes had the freedom to document the Games from their own perspective, and
this allowed the stories to flow from hall videos to behind the scenes of the Olympic
Village and capitalizing on the Muffin Man craze.
It was fun and engaging and provided space for lesser-known athletes to make a name for
I do have to agree with you there, Tammy.
I feel like I should take a step back on what I said before.
No, I like it because it just shows your mindset.
Like you got to there and you were laser focused on what you had to do.
Came home with the goods.
Even better, in the UK, the sporting organizations and bodies, which typically have presented
more male-dominated coverage, are seeming to gain a more balance.
It's a more balanced approach.
In cricket, the 100s TikTok account featured 47% of videos focused on the men's game, 46%
on the women's tournament, and 7% were mixed.
Team GB at the Olympics dedicated 36% of TikTok videos to female athletes, 35% were mixed,
and 29% to male athletes.
And of the Paralympics GB account, 52% of TikTok videos were mixed, 22% dedicated to
female athletes, and 26% to male athletes.
Needs a bit of work there.
But really interesting stats, and I think that's a great study, and as we said, it really
talks to the fact that these athletes are able to take into their own hands their visibility
Let's take a look.
The Aussie Diamonds, we're looking to get one back, they better, after going down to
Silver Ferns in the opening test of the Constellation Cup.
Game two starts on Wednesday at 5.30 PM AEDT.
Great cooking dinner time.
With a netball on.
Before heading to game three, which is at 7 PM on Sunday.
Both games live and free on KO Freebies.
In AFLW, with just two games to go in the season, undefeated ladder leaders North Melbourne
will take on third-placed Crows.
When the two sides met last year, only a point could separate them.
You can catch the match this Friday on Channel 7 and Fox Sports at 7.45 PM AEDT.
That's going to be a rip of that one.
Do you want to hear something crazy?
This weekend, you're going to be watching footy with a baby.
I still can't get my head around it.
I probably should have discussed off-air because I feel responsible for this child
What are you going to show?
What's going to be his first viewing of a female sporting event?
It's probably going to be the Giants on the weekend.
It's got to be my team.
You're not going to just bring up Rio's grand final and show him?
Because I was so tired by the end of that game.
I hate re-watching.
You were sucking some house freaks.
In hockey, the first Thundersticks were looking to make it three from three when they head
to Melbourne to take on Hockey Club Melbourne.
Is that Melbourne's team name, Hockey Club Melbourne?
The other teams have such good names.
Is that really their name?
Thundersticks versus Hockey Club Melbourne.
How disappointing, guys.
Who are coming off the bye.
They're actually like the Melbourne Marvels or something.
You can catch the game this Saturday at 8pm ADT, live and free on the Seven Network.
In Rugby League, after going down to New Zealand in last year's Pacific Championship,
you can catch the game this Saturday at 8pm ADT, live and free on the Seven Network.
In Rugby League, after going down to New Zealand in last year's Pacific Championship, you can
catch the game this Saturday at 8pm ADT, live and free on the Seven Network.
In Rugby League, after going down to New Zealand in last year's Pacific Championship,
the Gillaroos will be out for revenge when they take on the Kiwiferns on Sunday.
The match kicks off at 1.35pm AEDT, and you can catch all the action live and free on
the Nine Network.
And guess what's back?
It kicks off on Sunday when reigning back-to-back champs, the Adelaide Strikers host the Brisbane
The match begins at 1.40pm AEDT, and it will be live and free across the seven network.
Oh, I feel a bit sad.
And I won't see you next week.
I mean, I will, but I-
You'll get an invite.
The people won't hear you.
Oh, I'll miss you guys.
I'll be back at the back end of the year.
You should be back.
With him strapped to my chest, probably.
And we'll have to stop a lot for crying children.
Well, hopefully just one's coming out.
Even though Riley Wood's desperate for twins, the weirdo.