Herbalife names Wanderers Women as shirt sponsor

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Western Sydney Wanderers FC have confirmed that Herbalife will elevate their partnership with the club by becoming the front-of-shirt sponsor for the Ninja A-League Women’s team in the 2025/26 season.

Herbalife, a proud partner of the Wanderers since 2014, will continue as the club’s official nutrition partner.

They will support both the men’s and women’s teams with nutrition products for pre-, during-, and post-match routines, as well as providing educational sessions on maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle.

For the 2024/25 season, Herbalife has increased its backing of the Wanderers Women’s team and will now be featured on the front of their home, away, and third jerseys.

Herbalife are a global health and wellness community that offers their science-backed products, wellness resources such as helpful articles and recipes, and even have a service which offers the opportunity to build a business. For over 40 years and in more than 90 countries, Herbalife have been committed to empowering and changing the lives of millions of people.

Western Sydney Wanderers CEO, Scott Hudson spoke about Herbalife’s incredible loyalty and support of the club.

“Herbalife have been proud partners of the club for the last 10 years and we are delighted that they are taking a whole of club approach to their partnership,” said Hudson in a club statement.

“Peter and his team have had a very positive impact on our club through their emphasis on nutrition and a healthy active lifestyle so we look forward to continuing to work with them.”

Peter Hurley, General Manager and Director of Herbalife Australia and New Zealand, discussed their commitment to the women’s team for the upcoming season.

“Our decade-long partnership with the entire Western Sydney Wanderers club has been nothing short of phenomenal,” said Hurley in a statement.

“Seeing the Herbalife logo on the front of the Wanderers Women’s jersey not only highlights our commitment to the women’s team but reinforces our strong bond with the whole club.

“We’re proud to stand beside the Wanderers family and look forward to fuelling their success for the upcoming season!”

In January earlier this year, Herbalife extended with the Wanderers for three more years but this time with a focus on increasing their support to the club’s women’s programs. This front-of-shirt sponsorship is a major step forward in the right direction for both parties’ goals.

With a strong social media presence and great young talent, the Wanderers are becoming one of the most exciting teams in the A-League Women’s competition, and this deal elevates their corporate side, securing a great shirt sponsor and funds.

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South Canberra FC Breaks the Mold: Equity-Driven Model Earns ‘Club Changer’ Honour

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South Canberra Football Club has been named Club Changer of the Month for April, in a recognition that reflects a broader shift across Australian football toward rewarding clubs that are actively dismantling the structural barriers limiting women’s access to the game.

The AFC Women’s Asian Cup has just delivered record crowds and unprecedented visibility for women’s football in Australia, and the Club Changer program is now asking what comes next. Its decision to name South Canberra Football Club as Club Changer of the Month for April signals a clear shift in how the program defines contribution: away from participation numbers alone, and toward the equity frameworks that determine whether women stay in the game once they arrive.

South Canberra FC built that framework from the ground up. Established in 2021, the club set out to give women and female-identifying players a safe, inclusive environment to play football at any level. It runs entirely on volunteers, operates as a not-for-profit, and is governed by an all-female committee with 13 of its 14 coaches identifying as female.

 

Building the infrastructure of inclusion

In 2026, the club secured grant funding and put it to work immediately. Two coaches are completing their C Licence qualification, and ten coaches, players and community members have undertaken the Foundations of Football course, which directly tackles the cost and accessibility barriers that exclude women out of coaching pathways.

The club also commissioned a female-specific strength and conditioning program with sports physiotherapists ahead of the 2026 season, targeting injury prevention and explicitly supporting players returning after childbirth.

SCFC’s leadership team draws from LGBTIQ+ individuals, First Nations people and veterans, strengthening the club’s connection to the communities it was built to represent.

The Club Changer program is backing clubs that do this work- clubs that treat equity as infrastructure rather than aspiration. At a moment when Australian football is under pressure to turn its biggest-ever surge of women’s interest into something lasting, SCFC’s model offers a clear answer to the question of how.

Football NSW announces 2026 First Nations Scholarships as pathway access program enters new phase

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Football NSW has announced the recipients of its 2026 First Nations Scholarships, with ten emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players from metropolitan and regional NSW receiving support designed to reduce the financial and structural barriers that have historically limited First Nations participation across the football pathway.

The scholarship program, developed and assessed in collaboration with the Football NSW Indigenous Advisory Group, targets players across both elite and development environments – recognising that talent identification alone is insufficient without the resources to support progression once players are identified.

Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group Bianca Dufty said the calibre of this year’s recipients reflected the depth of First Nations football talent across the state, and the importance of structured support in converting that talent into long-term participation.

“Their dedication to football and the desire to be role models for younger Aboriginal footballers in their communities is to be celebrated,” Dufty said. “I’m confident we will see some of these talented footballers in the A-League and national teams in the future.”

 

Beyond the pitch and into the pipeline

The 2026 cohort spans both metropolitan clubs and regional associations, an intentional distribution that acknowledges the particular barriers facing First Nations players outside major population centres, where access to development programs, qualified coaching and pathway competitions is more limited and the cost of participation more prohibitive.

The next phase of the program will introduce First Nations coaching scholarships, extending the initiative’s reach beyond playing pathways and into the coaching and administration pipeline – areas where Indigenous representation remains among the lowest in the game.

The structural logic is clear. Scholarships that reduce financial barriers at the entry point of elite pathways matter most when they are part of a sustained ecosystem of support rather than isolated gestures. Football NSW’s collaboration with the Indigenous Advisory Group provides that continuity, ensuring the program is shaped by the communities it is designed to serve.

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