Oct 2, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
Poletti is joined by Sydney FC defender Poppy Channing to discuss signing with Sydney FC after being a train-on in 2025/26, her season with UNSW, winning the Sapphire Cup and Player of the Match…
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This is obviously something that I've been dreaming of and hoped would happen last year.
And it's a different feel being with the girls full time because you get to be with them through everything.
Obviously, I was speaking with James earlier and asked him, being able to get the jump on all the other teams with your breakout season for UNSW and the NPL, partially because you were here as a trade-on player last season.
Knowing that you've had such a good season and the fact that Sydney have seen that and gone, we're going to reward it with a contract.
How does that feel?
And I think my season with UNSW, I credit a lot of the girls and their experience and the coaching for developing me.
I've spoken with, you know, your UNSW coach Zoran Nomovski a couple of times this season about, you know, you as a player, your breakout season in the NPL.
What's it like, you know, I guess one, you know, training under Zoran compared to training under James, but also just, you know, having to work with multiple different coaching staff who want different things from you because of the fact that players have got to play NPL, they've got to play A-League women, you know, with the way that the setup is in this country, unfortunately.
yeah well honestly i think the more the merrier i think having different coaches be able to tell you different things it's honestly some people could see as negative but i think it's a positive because it shows that you can adapt to different play styles different coaches and what they want from you so i think yeah it's been a real positive being able to have the expertise of both coaches guiding me this year
This is obviously something that I've been dreaming of and hoped would happen last year.
And it's a different feel being with the girls full time because you get to be with them through everything.
Obviously, I was speaking with James earlier and asked him, being able to get the jump on all the other teams with your breakout season for UNSW and the NPL, partially because you were here as a trade-on player last season.
Knowing that you've had such a good season and the fact that Sydney have seen that and gone, we're going to reward it with a contract.
How does that feel?
And I think my season with UNSW, I credit a lot of the girls and their experience and the coaching for developing me.
I've spoken with, you know, your UNSW coach Zoran Nomovski a couple of times this season about, you know, you as a player, your breakout season in the NPL.
What's it like, you know, I guess one, you know, training under Zoran compared to training under James, but also just, you know, having to work with multiple different coaching staff who want different things from you because of the fact that players have got to play NPL, they've got to play A-League women, you know, with the way that the setup is in this country, unfortunately.
yeah well honestly i think the more the merrier i think having different coaches be able to tell you different things it's honestly some people could see as negative but i think it's a positive because it shows that you can adapt to different play styles different coaches and what they want from you so i think yeah it's been a real positive being able to have the expertise of both coaches guiding me this year
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