Welcome to The Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports news.
My name is Chloe Dalton.
I'm joined every week on the show by my co-host, Bez.
She's back from Samoa.
Shout out to Dom Stinger the toy.
She did a great, great job.
She almost took your job.
Are you quitting?
No, I'm not quitting.
But, you know, variety is good for the people.
So Stinger wants to tag in.
Stinger's more than welcome.
She did an amazing job.
What have we got around the grounds this week?
The ICC has doubled the prize money for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The English Roses have made it one all in the series against our Diamonds.
And Oceana McKenzie has won Australia's first ever medal at the Boulder World Cup event.
For the key story, a new study that examines the generational impact of sports on women's leadership.
The Play to Lead study looks at the skills, traits and experiences
that develop through youth sports across seven generations.
That's a long time.
We love research like that.
Before we take a look around the grounds, you might have seen or heard on Arthur's Day podcast
with sailor Lisa Blair.
If you haven't listened to that episode, it is a gripping.
You'd be gripping onto the side of the boat when it's flipping, wouldn't you?
Go check that out.
But we announced last week the TFAP Awards.
We're going to be recognising.
And celebrating the contributions of incredible athletes and a whole range of women across the sporting sector.
It's not just open for athletes, these awards.
Get online, thefemaleathleteproject.com forward slash awards.
Yeah, there's some great nominations already in and a lot.
So, please, keep them coming.
We love all the variety.
I love reading the stories.
It's the best part.
Let's take a look around the gown.
Let's take a look.
Around the gowns.
Around the gowns.
In some AFLW news.
I don't really want to talk about this story.
Well, you have to.
Because it's still a bit raw.
The Swans have walked away with bragging rights over the Giants after winning the first Sydney
Derby of the year 43 to 40.
The Swannies established.
Well, I guess it's the only Derby of the year, isn't it?
We only get to play them once.
Unless you play finals.
Unless you play finals.
The Swannies established a convincing lead early in the game.
And with no goals to either side in the second quarter, looked to be on the front foot.
Halftime chat was like, we didn't have a very good first half, but we're still very much
So I got home from watching some kids rugby on Sunday and turned it on.
And I felt like I was the catalyst because I turned it on at halftime.
They actually said that.
Third quarter was a dream.
But they were talking about how Cam, your coach, Coach Cam, rinsed the girls at halftime.
And that's not a normal approach.
Were you in the sheds?
Was there a bit of a...
I was in the sheds.
I wouldn't call it a rinsing.
It wasn't a rinsing?
Was there a journo sneaking on in?
Yeah, just the commentator said that he was quite animated.
Nah, I don't reckon it was a rinsing.
It was pretty calm.
It was like, that was bad.
He said very clearly that was bad.
But it wasn't like a yelling, that was bad.
There's no hairdryers.
On to the second half.
They pushed to just one point behind the Swans at three quarter time.
The third quarter was dominant.
Because I was watching.
Sydney kicked two goals early in the fourth quarter to extend their lead,
but two late goals from the Giants.
I thought we were going to get it done.
And then we just ran out of time.
There seemed to be a quite distinct scoring end.
The wind, I think, definitely played a part.
I don't know what the final crowd number was.
I heard half the number over the microphone, but it was packed.
Henson Park, it was amazing atmosphere.
Footy is alive and well in Sydney.
We love to see it.
How good is Henson Park on a Sunday?
We are there again next weekend.
Get down there Sunday, Arvo.
It's the Weagles.
Yeah, come support the Giants.
Daisy Pierce's Weagles.
In some NRLW news, the Roosters will head into the finals,
riding a four-game winning streak after a 32-18 win
over the struggling Parramatta Eels.
The Tricolours, who ran in three tries in the final 20 minutes
to record a comfortable victory, fell just short of winning
by the 21 or more points required for them to climb past the Broncos
and claim the minor premiership.
There was some for and against mathing involved in that game
Yes, there was a lot of mathing.
But the victory has come at a cost for the Roosters
with Captain Isabel Kelly being forced from the field
with a suspected dislocated elbow.
Have you seen this?
I've got too much PTSD from Cheech Barker's dislocated elbow, I think.
They're a yuck injury.
They're pretty gnarly.
They're not good.
I hope she had the green whistle on her nice and quick.
So the Roosters will now face the Knights next week
for a spot in the grand final, and I'm sure we'll get to the LSE
final in what to watch.
England has sprung an upset to defeat world champions Australia 61-59
in a thrilling second test in Sydney.
It comes after the Aussie Diamonds powered past the Roosters
in their first test 70-57.
Leaving the series one apiece and setting up a decider
on Wednesday night.
The Diamonds dominated in game one, leading for the entire match.
England whittled the lead down to five goals midway
through the fourth term, but a strong second win
from the Aussies returned them the lead to sail home
with an impressive 13-goal victory.
It was a different story in game two, however,
with nothing able to separate the two sides at quarter time.
The Roosters brought plenty even of heat into the second quarter,
fighting hard to earn a two-goal lead early,
but the Diamonds regained control to lead by just a goal
at the main break.
The Diamonds led 45-43 at three-quarter time,
but England, missing injured star shooter Eleanor Cardwell,
overpowered the home side in the final term to keep its hopes
of a series win alive.
It is only England's third-to-fifth time that the Roosters have won.
Third victory over the Diamonds in 31 tests on Australian soil.
The two sides will meet for a decider on Wednesday night
That's going to be a cracker.
Summer sports are here.
The Aussies have made their presence felt as they close in
on the T20 World Cup next month, defeating New Zealand twice
within four days to claim the three-game series over the Kiwis.
In game one, Phoebe Litchfield steered her team to a five-wicket win
over NZ, with Australia holding their rivals to seven
for 143 in the first innings.
Litchfield arrived at the crease in the second innings
with Australia wobbly, having lost two wickets in three balls,
but took control and produced a career-high unbeaten 64
from 43 deliveries to guide the host to victory
with eight balls to spare.
Similar to the netball, it was a much closer contest
in the second game, with the Aussies scrapping together
a 29-run victory.
Alyssa Healy scored 38 runs and got Australia off to a flying start,
but a career-best four-wicket haul from Kiwi leg spinner
Amelia Litchfield.
Amelia Kerr triggered a record collapse that saw the host
bowled out for 142.
Ash Gardner took three for 16 and Annabelle Sutherland won for 18
and Megan Shute none for 17.
Very miserly they were.
They turned the screws in that second innings and defended
that below-par total, Gardner told media after the match.
I think certainly going into conditions like the UAE
where we haven't played before, we're going into the unknown
a little bit, but we know that if we have a total like 140,
our bowling unit is good enough to restrict the other
team to staying under that.
She's going to be pretty warm in the UAE next month.
The WXV3 starts there this weekend.
They're playing rugby in September in Dubai.
Oh, WXV3 is there?
It's going to be hot.
It was pretty hot in Samoa, but the Samoan girls literally,
we left to come home to Australia and they left to go to Dubai
It's going to be warm.
Still on cricket, the ICC have announced the prize money
for the women's T20.
World Cup set to take place, as we said, next month in the UAE.
How much money, Chloe?
It's pretty great.
The total prize pool has been lifted to an impressive
$7.9 million US dollars.
Quick conversion for me to AED.
What are we like?
Is it like one and a half these days?
Yeah, you'd fall at 11, maybe 12.
Yeah, maybe 11 mil.
And it's more than double that of the 2023 edition.
That's the best part.
This significant boost ensures that the winners
of the women's T20 World Cup in 2024 will walk away
with a staggering $2.34 million, a 134% increase
from the $1 million awarded to the champions of Australia in 2023.
Now, I don't know how cricket works, but talk to me
in regards to prize money divvying up.
But as a manager of a women's rugby team,
I know that if the girls saw $2.34 million for the win,
they'd be doing the math straight away and they're like,
right, so that's like $200,000 each.
How does it work?
I'd like to know that actually.
We should find that out.
The runners-up are also going to have a 134% increase.
They secure $1.17 million.
The semi-finalists will get $675,000 each,
more than three times the 2023 payout.
The prize money extends beyond the knockout stages
as each group stage win will now be rewarded with $31,000,
a 70% increase from last year's $17.5K.
I like when the prize money goes all the way down to the bottom
because those are potentially the teams that need the investment.
There's often been discussions around the Australian women's cricket team
that they're so good and they keep making this gap too big
for the other teams to catch up.
And if they keep getting more and more prize money
and the rest are not getting enough,
I think it's really clever the way it's built it down.
ICC understands that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Hey, get your nominations in.
In some rugby news.
The Wallarys have suffered a really heartbreaking defeat
going down 31-24 to Wales after the Welsh scored
and after the Siren tried to clinch victory.
The Aussies had the best start possible.
And I must admit, watching this at 4am on Saturday morning,
I thought, oh, we are on here, Mae Stewart.
I could be exaggerating, but she beat a few.
She's killing it, isn't she?
To score within like four minutes.
Love a hot start.
Anyway, the rest of the half became more of a battle.
Halftime at seven all.
Obviously, we had some issues with Welsh's,
Wales' driving more.
Their 10 has a big boot.
She's comfortable kicking it 50, 60 metres.
Not for us, but I love that.
So, yeah, unfortunately, she was able to pin us in our half
and when they went, our line-out wasn't on song as much
as it should have been.
And when they went to their driving mall, it really hurt us.
Their hooker, Molly Reardon, crossed for a double.
Well, the Roos did stage a count back, a fight back with tries to young Caitlin Hulse,
the kid, turned 18 during the week.
Happy 18th birthday, the kid.
And Tabua Tuinaka-Vandra levelled the scores with probably two and a half minutes to go.
But it was a costly penalty, which gave Wales a chance to launch another driving mall.
And we did shut them down, but we infringed and gave them advantage.
Williams found a gap in Australian defence and crashed over the line for the game-winning try.
Well, the Roos captain, Mack Leonard, told media,
we take that one on our chest.
We previewed coming into this game, discipline would be crucial in keeping them out of our 22
because that's where they convert their points and that's the game we saw out there tonight.
So that's some kind of self-awareness there.
That's exactly how they should have previewed that game.
The fact that we couldn't execute it, I think, was probably pretty disappointing.
Two and a half minutes on the clock, you think to yourself in the huddle,
all right, we take this kick off, we get to an exit, we punch it downfield.
Those things just didn't happen.
They have to happen.
They have to happen.
To close out games like that.
They will have a chance for some revenge.
We take on Wales in our opening round of WXV2 in South Africa on Saturday.
So don't have to wait too long to get some sweet, sweet revenge.
In basketball, after eight games in the inaugural WNBL Hoops Fest tournament,
the Townsville Fire have emerged victors,
defeating Geelong United 78-72 and Bendigo Spirit 84-63.
The Fire finished top of the table with 12 points.
Michaela Perina led the way for the Fire, scoring 18 points in both games,
while Majuela Carey, 19-10, dominated in the paint,
supported well by Jess McDowell-White with 10-10.
And the WNBA Finals have started this morning.
Beck Allen out injured, devastating with a back injury.
Do we have any back injury powers?
Is it a similar thing?
Maybe I should reach out to her.
I feel heartbroken for her after she missed out on Paris with a heavy injury.
She's had a bit of a rough trot with injuries.
I feel your pain, Beck.
It's amazing, though.
I was just watching the end of the Mercury-Phoenix-Minnesota Leagues game.
I didn't quite get the result, but geez,
there's some great basketball being played over there.
It's really, really fun.
In some paddling news, Jess Fox has completed her season in the canoe
with a gold medal and overall World Cup title at the 2024 ICF Canoe Slalom
World Cup Final in Spain, crossing the line in a time of 104.3.
It was enough for Fox to claim gold 0.11 seconds ahead of Czech Republic's
Gabriela Sapkova in second and Great Britain's Kimberley Woods in third.
0.11 seconds is tight.
After her gold medal race, Fox told media it's always a bit of a challenge
to come back after the Olympics as a recurring theme here.
As we have discussed.
Trying to find the hunger and motivation.
I think that's the biggest thing.
Hunger and motivation versus bank account is what it boils down to.
You sometimes wonder whether to go for a win or play safe,
but you just have to go for it.
I can't imagine Jess Fox ever playing it safe.
She doesn't seem like a play it safe.
When she's got that determination.
And paddle goat face on.
She is not playing anything safe.
A fifth place finish in the World Cup Final in the kayak.
Also saw Jess Fox claim overall bronze in the K1 and overall bronze
in the kayak cross world standings.
In a bit of X Game news.
In skating, Chloe Cavell has won the women's street skateboarding final
at X Games Chiba 2024.
Beating out six of her Japanese peers,
including the newly crowned Olympic champion Yoshizawa Koko.
After an impressive 87.33 on her first day,
she's still in the 14.
Cavell held onto the lead for her second career X Games gold.
Arisa True saved the best for last by unseating Sky Brown on her final run
to win the women's park skateboarding gold.
True went into her third and last attempt chasing ground by three points.
And the other 14 year old Australian came through in the clutch,
pulling out a 91.66 for her fifth X Games title.
What are we talking?
Maybe you're right.
Do you think they like have little classes together?
Is school even important to these kids?
They have set themselves up for life.
But stay in school kids.
Get an education.
Do a physio degree.
That you don't use.
True said everyone was pushing each other and just to land my third run,
knowing that I had to do that to make it to the gold.
I was just so excited and happy.
Because in climbing news, as you said,
in one of our favorite sports to come out of the Olympics,
I was transfixed.
Kirsty was transfixed.
She was like, you can't turn the climbing off.
I loved watching it.
Talk to me about the problem solving part.
You know, when they stand there for a bit and look at it.
You know what I love the most about it is when they came out all together
and they helped each other.
I talked about it.
They were like, okay, I'm probably going to go up this way and then left.
And then I'm going to use my right leg to go into that one.
I have no idea what they were saying.
But would you use that as an opportunity?
To slack your competitors out?
Oh, like a false root up the wall.
Would you give it some?
Yeah, they said it.
Your right arm's kind of short.
You probably wouldn't reach that.
You're traditionally not very good at that move.
Just plant a few seeds of doubt.
Smack talking in the group review.
Is that what we call it?
Australian Oceana McKenzie has won Australia's first ever medal
at a Boulder World Cup event.
She finished third with two tops and three zones in the women's Boulder event.
Her podium placing at a World Cup comes after placing fourth twice this year.
Got to love that.
McKenzie currently sits in third on the overall provisional rankings
with 1,950 points, just behind Natalia Grossman and Jana Garnbrett
She's within striking distance.
In cycling, Aussie cyclist Grace Brown has added the rainbow jersey
to her list of accolades by winning the women's time trial title
at the 2024 UCI Road Cycling World Championships.
Brown was in blistering form in Switzerland,
racing home on her golden bike in a winning time of 39 minutes, 16.04 seconds,
effectively ending her career on a glittering high.
You say no to the retirement?
This was actually giving me a little bit of Ash Barty vibes,
this retirement from Grace Brown.
Playing with freedom.
Yeah, just like making the decision of like,
I'm moving on to other things in my life.
So she made the announcement before the Olympics even.
So before she won Olympic gold,
she's now won the World Championships.
How many athletes get a fairy tale like that?
Ash and Grace, is that what we're saying?
In my, well, short memory.
But yes, I, it's an interesting discussion because,
is it because she has made that decision?
That she's performed better, she's got the weight off her shoulders.
I don't know, but I just love it.
There is, there's always like a bit of angel and devil
of the selfish part of being an Aussie sports supporter
that you want them to keep going.
And they're so good.
But I have so much respect for these athletes
that are still young and still fit and still absolutely killing it.
That they just make a decision, I'm choosing other things.
That season's over.
Time for a new season.
Also, like, I would not be a good cyclist.
I'm absolutely here for your self-awareness.
Like, how much time have you spent on a what bike?
That's not a nice place to be.
I don't like to call it a what the bike.
No, it's not a nice place to be.
It's funny, though.
I reckon you'd be, oh, you're probably a bit long for a bike.
My quads aren't big enough.
No, but she, like, sorry, I'm just taking over your story.
The 32-year-old clocked the fastest split time of the first intermediate,
but had some work to do with the second where Dutch star Demi Valering held the edge.
Demi was, we know, runner-up in the Tour de France earlier this year.
Brown found some speed in the latter stages of her ride to claim the Olympic and World
Championship double, as we said.
Valering finished nearly 17 seconds adrift for silver,
with defending champion Chloe Diger rounding out the podium.
Like, that's what I was going to butt in and say.
Like, that's a long time.
It's a big gap, isn't it?
Grace said, as I was riding the last couple of kilometers,
I kept on telling myself, I can be world champion,
and that gave me the strength to push all the way to the end.
I'm still finishing up at the end of the season, she has confirmed,
and she said, I just feel really lucky to end my career like this.
So when you win the World Championship road races, you get the rainbow jersey.
Is she just going to wear it all the time?
Like, Sunday morning rides, spending four hours drinking one coffee after it
in her rainbow jersey.
I'm just, like, picturing her driving, like, up Lane Cove Road in a rainbow jersey.
I reckon, have at it, Grace.
Let's take a look at the key story.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary,
the Women's Sports Foundation led by, well, founded by icon Billie Jean King,
who we've celebrated 51 years since Battle of the Sexes just the other day.
She's revealed, well, the foundation has revealed the results of a new study
that examines the generational impact of sports on women's leadership.
The play-to-lead study looks at skills, traits,
and experiences that develop through youth sports across seven generations.
With survey respondents ranging,
ranging in age from 20 to 80 years old,
the research also provides insight into the shifting barriers to sports participation
for girls and women across the generations.
There were 10 key findings from the report, Bez,
but we've picked out five of our favourites.
Number one, early access to sports and participation during one's youth
cultivate the skills that align with leadership emergence.
Respondents overwhelmingly credit the skills and lessons learned in sports
for having a positive impact on their adult life,
and many directly translate,
trace their leadership emergence to the lessons they learned in sport.
Two thirds, 67%, believe they have carried the skills and lessons from sport into adulthood.
Number two, women who played sports fulfill a variety of leadership roles in adulthood across sectors.
More than two thirds, 69% of the respondents who played sports identified themselves as public sphere leaders,
defined as having at least one formal leadership role outside of the family,
and they credited the traits associated from sports.
barriers have hampered access and the likelihood of staying in sports over decades.
Seven out of 10 respondents,
all of whom played sport at some juncture in their youth,
reported various barriers to full access,
meaning they would have liked to have played longer,
more competitively different sports,
but there was an issue there.
But most reported the barrier was family finances,
as well as the lack of parental engagement and opportunities to participate.
I think that's something that's not often spoken about in sports and by athletes.
Like, I think for me, when I reflect on my career so far,
so many of my opportunities have come from the fact that my parents had the ability
to put me into whichever sport I said I wanted to try,
to drive me into training, to drive me.
Like, mum and I used to go out on a Friday night,
drive two hours to like a state basketball training,
and then she'd sit there with me for a few hours,
and then we'd drive home again.
Like, I don't think it's spoken about enough,
the privilege that comes, like, that can open opportunities,
opportunities for sport.
There's no doubt.
And that, I think, is a key thing.
Like you said, that privilege and the ability to do those things and travel long distances
and spend the time.
And also, I think when we're talking about seven generations here,
it's a generational change in mindset and attitude as well.
So hopefully, you know, us as parents, that will be a no brainer.
Of course, I'm going to do that for my kids.
Whereas maybe, you know, a few generations earlier, no, you're a girl, you need to be studying.
And then it's it.
It's that shift of, of the norms, I guess.
Number four, there are main critical differences in the rates, quality and type of sports participation
experienced by girls of color, immigrant girls, girls with disabilities, LGBTQ plus and gender non-conforming youth
and girls from families with a lower socioeconomic status.
So probably linking into what we touched on there around opportunity.
Yeah, absolutely.
So racial and ethnic inequalities during youth were indicated
as a barrier among six to 12 percent of each age group with concerns growing among younger respondents.
Yet when young people from these groups participate in sport, they have an equal likelihood of developing leadership traits
and participating in public leadership in adulthood.
And five women and gender diverse people of every generation acknowledge the critical need to invest more in girls and women's sport.
More than 80 percent of respondents see the need for an increased opportunity funding pay media coverage,
and hiring of women coaches as important for the future.
We love to hear it.
We always want to know what the recommendations are,
so hit us with the few main recommendations.
Youth sports coaches have a profound impact on the sports experience of girls.
Training that prioritises personal development and teamwork can go a long way
towards supporting girls holistically and simultaneously uplifting skills
and experiences that prepare girls for leadership.
Expand the number of women coaches through active recruitment and training.
Increase government, non-profit and corporate-slash-private sector support
for youth sports.
Prioritise mental health and wellness support.
Increase sports opportunities in K-12 and higher education systems.
I think that's a really important one.
Get it into the schools.
Yes, and increase opportunities for leadership development
and additional research.
The authors of the report say the findings show why sports are not a nice to have
but a must have for girls, showing what can be achieved
when they truly have equitable access and opportunity to play
at the youth level.
Not a nice to have.
Let's take a look.
Get what to watch.
In cricket, the Aussie women's team have already won the series,
but we'll be looking for a clean sweep over rivals New Zealand tonight, Tuesday.
7.10pm, you can watch it live on KO and Fox Sports.
In netball, the Australian Diamonds will take on the English Roses
in the deciding game of their three-series test.
The match starts this Wednesday, the 25th, in Bendigo.
At 7pm AEST, you can catch it live on KO Freebies.
Wallaroos will kick off their WXV2 campaign this weekend
and they will be getting revenge because you either lose,
you win or you learn, and they've learnt a lot.
The match starts on 8.30pm.
I haven't even looked that far ahead.
That is beautiful.
Wait, on Saturday?
Oh, we'll be at a gig.
You can catch it on Stan Sport if you're not at the gig with us.
We'll have it on this phone, on the side.
It's the battle of the top of the table this week
with the undefeated Adelaide Crows taking on the second-place Brisbane Lions.
The action kicks off this Sunday at 3.05pm AEST
and you can catch it on KO Sports.
And it's finals time in RLW.
The minor premiers, the Brisbane Broncos,
will take on the Cornella Sharks on Sunday at 2.05pm AEST.
Second-place Roosters will take on third-place Knights
at 4.15pm on Sunday.
Obviously, the winners of both games progressing through to the big one.
You can catch both the games back-to-back and live
and free on the Nine Network.
Love a bit of back-to-back.
Wrapped it up back-to-back.
See you next week.