Words: Aaron Cooper
Additional reporting: Laurie Passante
Image: David Lobwein

Peninsula Power have extended their lead at the top of the PS4 NPLW QLD ladder with a barnstorming 11-goal win over SWQ Thunder.

The Power piled on seven second-half goals to run away with the contest against the seventh-placed Thunder, which sees the visitors move further clear of Souths United at the summit.

Brooke Barbuto scored in both halves to complete a hat trick while Alexandra Schaefer, Vicky Lines and Jenny Chiu all bagged braces.

Barbuto opened the scoring on eight minutes with a shot that beat Thunder keeper Natasha Woodside in the air before Schaefer converted a free kick 13 minutes later.

The visitors would score twice again before the break with Barbuto turning provider for Lines before a solo effort had Lines a brace in the shadows of the break.

If the contest wasn’t buried at half-time, it was minutes later as Chiu joined in on the fun four minutes into the second stanza.

The Power then ran riot, netting five goals in the space of 14 minutes. Barbuto scored her second and third, Chiu and Schaefer polished braces and Ashley Doyle got her name on the scoreboard as the Power reached double figures.

Kelly Jenks finished off a glorious afternoon for the Power on the cusp of full-time with her first goal of the game.

Key Moments

8' – GOAL FOR POWER – A Long range shot from Brooke Barbuto beats Natasha Woodside in the air and hits the back of the net.

21' – GOAL FOR POWER – Alexandra Schaefer bends a free kick taken from just outside the 18 yard box into the top right corner.

38’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Barbuto puts the ball through to Vicki Lines who has made a run through the middle before slotting a shot past a diving Woodside.

44’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Lines takes a run down the left into the are before striking it towards goal. The shot is not taken cleanly by Woodside and falls back to Lines who chips it home.

49’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Chiu runs down the right and across the byline, before shooting and finishing well.

58’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Barbuto runs towards the Thunder defence and scores again despite Woodside’s best efforts.

65’ – GOAL FOR POWER – The ball pinballs around the six-yard box before Chiu finally gets a telling touch, converting from close range.

68’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Chiu puts in a through ball which is met by Ashley Doyle who slots it past a diving Woodside.

70’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Schaefer takes a shot from just inside the area which finds the back of the net.

72’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Barbuto strikes from the corner of the area and finds the net yet again.

90’ – GOAL FOR POWER – Doyle breaks down before landing a cross on the head of Kelly Jenks who polishes off a strong win

Match Details

PlayStation 4 NPL Women Queensland – Round 15
Saturday, 22 July
Clive Berghofer Stadium

SWQ Thunder FC 0
Peninsula Power 11 (Brooke BARBUTO 8’, 58’, 72’, Alexandra SCHAEFER 21’, 70’, Vicky LINES 38’, 44’, Jenn CHIU 49’, 65’, Ashley DOYLE 63’, Kelly JENKS 90’)