Statement from Football Australia

Football Australia has always enjoyed playing CommBank Matildas and Subway Socceroos matches in New South Wales and intends to bring additional football content.

New South Wales is known for hosting world class events and is an important partner for Football Australia to showcase the world game on the international stage. This will be on full display next year as Sydney plays host to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026™.

Football Australia proactively attempts to ensure high standards in turf and grounds are maintained for our national teams and clubs, and we work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure these standards are maintained.

Quotes attributable to Football Australia Interim CEO, Heather Garriock:

"Football Australia has a positive and constructive relationship with Venues NSW, Destination NSW and the NSW Government and our confidence in them to deliver world class conditions is demonstrated by our recent discussions with them to bring additional content to NSW before the end of the year.

"We intend to showcase more Socceroos and Matildas games and to bring major football tournaments to Sydney, and any suggestion to the contrary is not correct. We will continue to work in partnership with Venues NSW, Destination NSW and the NSW Government to grow our game."