Round Ball Australia

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as the Socceroos prepare to take on Venezuela in Texas on Saturday afternoon. Graham Arnold readies his Iraq team for a two-legged tie against the UAE in the final phase of AFC World Cup qualification and the PFA release their annual report into the A-League Women's competition.

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In this video, Lachie is joined by Vince Rugari - author of Angeball and sports reporter with the Sydney Morning Herald.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

01:30 Ange at Forrest

12:40 What’s next for Ange

16:05 The disciples of Ange

26:50 Popovic and Socceroos

31:30 Young Socceroos at U20 World Cup

34:50 Australian Championship

38:40 Vince’s idea for a Championship/A-League competition

48:30 OFC Pro League

53:10 Serie A in Perth

55:25 Total A-Leagues

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and another pod debutant, Declan Archer as Wellington just can't quite get an equaliser over the line against 9-man Auckland in the New Zealand Derby, while Sydney and Brisbane light it up in their properly-sized venues on Sunday afternoon.

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Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and pod debutant Oscar Burke for a review of the midweek AFC action and a look ahead to two massive derbies in round 4 of the A-League!

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Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens for a look over round three in the 2025/26 A-League season!

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Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens for a deep dive into 5 possible names that may be in the running to be the next coach of Perth Glory.

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Join Lachie Avil and Matt Olsen for an emergency episode of the podcast, as Perth Glory have announced that David Zdrilic has been relieved of his duties as head coach.

Join Jacob Stevens and Poletti for a run over of round two in the A-League competition!

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City defeat Mark Jackson's Buriram United 2-1 in the third matchday of their AFC Champions League Elite campaign.

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Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens for the latest Socceroos Rolling Squad episode where we tier list all the players hoping to make their case for selection in Tony Popovic's FIFA World Cup Squad in North America 2026.