Tier Two Talk: The Australian Championship

Avondale's Jack Gibson joins the show first as Avondale celebrates their NPL VIC Championship and prepares for the Australian Championship. Then Adrian from NPL Transfer brings us the latest and biggest transfers ahead of year two of the Championship!

It is a monster episode with so much to talk about. South Melbourne's Sinisa Cohadzic joins the show after South Melbourne secured their spot in the Australia Cup and set up a dream final against Melbourne Victory. Plus, we release the fixtures for the second season of the Australian Championship and discuss the new penalty bonus point model coming to the Championship!

The 2026 Australian Championship groups have finally been revealed. We go into a full deep dive into every group and the storylines of each team. Then we review and preview the upcoming NPL Grand Finals!

SBS Live Football Broadcaster Host and co-host of the Australian Championship Super Saturday show, Claudio Fabiano, joins to discuss the upcoming season of the Championship and the stories that are being told through football. Plus, the NPL Finals continue across the country this weekend.

Our new episode features a 30-minute conversation with Adelaide City's head coach, Vas Parhas, about all things Adelaide City and their future direction. Plus, we talk about all 16 teams for the 2026 Australian Championship and our group wishilist.

Dan Barber from Lions FC joins the show to discuss all things Aus Championship and Aus Cup. Plus, Adelaide City are back on the national stage after 23 years, whilst Sydney Olympic face a real threat of relegation.

5 spots remain up for grabs in the race for the 2026 Australian Championship, and 6 clubs could fill up those remaining spots this weekend! We discuss how and when this could happen, plus we explore the magic of the cup and the rise of the NPL over A-League sides.

Nahuel Bonada opens up about his move from South Melbourne, life at his new club and the feeling of facing his former side. We also recap all the action from all the NPL competitions and the return of our segment, The Race to the Championship!

Presenting our FIFA World Cup special, where we break down the Socceroos' World Cup squad, their chances of getting out of the group and our predictions for the tournament. Plus, we discuss the crazy 4 days at South Melbourne and Sanicha Cohadzic!

Our end-of-April episode is packed with a lot of new topics. We're joined by Sydney Olympic's New Manager, Michael Melito. We discuss the unfolding story of Heidelberg United's quest to play in the Asian Champions League 2 and are we set for some news regarding the second season of the Australian Championship?

Our March episode is here, and we have not one but two special guests for this month's episode. First is Sydney United's Michael Glassock, who explains how United have been able to win 7 games in a row and how life under their new coach is going. Plus WA_Football_Interviews provides insight into NPL WA and who is leading the Aus Championship charge a month in!

It's the end of the month, so it's time to discuss all things NPL and the Australian Championship. We review February fixtures and preview ahead towards March. Plus, we look at the early success signs of the Australian Championship and discuss the new Football 360 documentary and the resurgence of talk about promotion and relegation in Australia.

Welcome back to Tier Two Talk for 2026! Our 2nd year is planning on being bigger and better than last! We outline our goals and thoughts for how Tier Two will run this year. Plus, we do our way too early Australian Championship predictions and try to predict who will join the eight foundation clubs as state premiers.

The 43rd and Final episode of the year! What a year it has been, and it's time to celebrate! South Melbourne is the inaugural winner of the Championship. We hear post-match thoughts from players and coaches, plus we summarise our first year and our plans for 2026!

Marconi Stallions and South Melbourne prepare to do battle in the first-ever Australian Championship final this weekend! A historic battle against the two biggest and most historic clubs outside the A-League. We preview both sides' path to the final with help from the Marconi Stallions head coach, Peter Tsekenis.

Four teams remain in the hunt for national glory, and none are riding a higher wave than the Marconi Stallions, whose centre back, Anton Mlinaric, joins us in this week's episode after knocking off West Apia and now hosting a huge semi-final at the Palace. We break down the quaterfinals and preview the this weekends semi finals in our third last episode of the year!

Another hour-long episode as the Australian Championship continues to heat up. Sixteen teams become eight teams, and we preview this weekend's quarter-final action, including a huge Derby D'Italia, with Wests Apia head coach Franco Parisi joining us for a huge chat.

Alex Masciovecchio from Wollongong Wolves and Daniel Colbertaldo from Canberra Croatia join us with both sides hoping to cause some final day drama! Plus, hear post-game reactions from Moreton City Excelsior, Sydney Olympic and Wests Apia's head coaches. So much inside our biggest episode ever!

Another hour-packed episode with our 9th club featured on the podcast, Moreton City Excelsior's Joe Scott joins us to talk about his stellar form in the Australian Championship, the hopes of his side progressing out of the group stages and the journey they've been on over the past 4 years. Plus power rankings, quaterfinal match ups and so much more!

Danny Graystone from Metrostars provides insight into their group C run and how years of planning are finally paying off for the South Australia Club. We also ask the question and give our thoughts on what has happened at the historic Sydney United. Plus our usual Match preview and reviews, power rankings and a new segment in a massive episode.

An action-packed new episode with Ben Collins from Heidelberg United joins us this week. We review Round 2 and preview Round 3 of the Australian Championship. We hear from West Apia head coach Franco Parisi after their win on Friday, and we talk about the future of Pro/Rel in Australia.

We were in Melbourne for the Opening Weekend of the Australian Championship, and we'll share our thoughts and opinions on all four games we attended. Plus, Jackson Stephens from WA's Bayswater City joins us to talk about his wonder goal against Sydney United 58 and the travel his side had to do to get to the east coast. Finally, we preview Round 2 of the Australian Championship as NSW is set to sh...

The Australian Championship kicks off this weekend in Melbourne, and we are so excited! We preview all 8 matches of the opening weekend with insight and predictions. Plus, can AI predict the winner of the Champions? All this and more in the new episode!

The final episode before the Australian Championship is here! We preview the Australia Cup final between Heidelberg and Newcastle, we run through our Australian Championship predictions, and our final thoughts and hopes before next Friday's opening game!

A new episode with 4 amazing segments! Joe Kay joins to discuss his latest project, Sokkah 25 and his Championship predictions. We review the season launch of the Australian Championship. We give our end-of-season grades and make our first power rankings of the Championship season!