Round Ball Australia

Join Christian Montegan and Will Booth as they analyse Popovic's Socceroos squad set to face Brazil - featuring 7 uncapped players! Plus, Victory and Adelaide get their Asian campaigns underway and our Aussies Abroad continue to deliver strong performances.

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Jacob Stevens as South Melbourne beat Lions FC to advance to the 2026 Australia Cup Final against Melbourne Victory! Newcastle get their Asian Champions League Elite campaign off to the worst possible start, and Football Australia announce the Championship will have penalty shootouts for bonus points after draws in group stage matches.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens for a look at four massive games of Australian football taking place in midweek, one in the Australia Cup and the beginning of the Champions League for this year!

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as we learn that Tony Popovic rejected what was initially a four year extension to his Socceroos contract before agreeing to a shorter, six month deal. Meanwhile the Young Socceroos fail to qualify for a tournament they won last year and Volpato's secondary drug test results are in. Melbourne Victory become the first finalist of this year's Australia Cup, not without controversy in their win over Sydney FC as the visiting referees miss a stone wall penalty.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens for a new era of Round Ball Australia. Today on the show, the Australian referees union announces they're going on strike, the groups for the 2026 Australian Championship have been announced, the Big Blue in the Australia Cup semi finals is coming up and our Aussies abroad continue to make their mark.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as the European transfer windows shuts close an epic couple of months for our Australians off the back of the World Cup. Photos: Hull CIty, Benfica, Sporting.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens, Matt Olsen and Christian Montegan as Adam Taggart departs Perth for Vietnam, the latest in a string of bad news stories for the Glory. Photo: Perth Glory

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as South Melbourne defeat Preston Lions 2-1 in the Australia Cup quarterfinals to take on Lions FC who defeated the North Sunshine Eagles 4-0 on Tuesday night.Photo: Australia Cup.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Lucas Herrington makes his Premier League debut in a remarkable 2-0 victory for newly promoted Hull City against Manchester United! Patrick Beach and Nestory Irankunda make their club debuts, Sasa Ognenovski is announced as Macarthur's new A-League coach, and plenty of ongoings at state level as the Australian Championship lineup is set and some massive Australia Cup quarterfinals await.

Join Lachie Avil, Matt Olsen and Polleti as Alessandro gets the 'Here We Go' for a move to Portugal for over A$30m, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC get their wins in the quarterfinals of the Australia Cup, Mile Sterjovski leaves Macarthur by mutual consent and the Champions League fixtures are drawn.Photos: F.Romano, Sporting CP.

Join Lachie Avil, Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan as Nestory Irankunda is officially revealed as a Sporting CP player, we prep for the Asian Champions League draws on Tuesday afternoon, the quarter-finals in the Australia Cup are set and we check in on the Australian Championship. Photos: Sporting CP

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as the Australia Cup Round of 16 has determined that a member federation club will play in the Final, with just Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory remaining as the two A-League clubs on the same side of the bracket. Elsewhere, Lucas Herrington is revealed officially as a Hull City player, and the most expensive Australian of all time and Adelaide United lose their Champions League Elite playoff to Cong An Hanoi.

Join Jacob Stevens and Christian Montegan for an emergency episode of the Round Ball Australia podcast, as South Melbourne announce their intent to engage with the APL over a place in the A-League, after reports broke of Western United's licence being permanently terminated.

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens after three thoroughly entertaining Round of 16 Australia Cup ties. South Melbourne recover to win on penalties, as do Melbourne Victory after Nicholas Milanovic's extraordinary free kick, whilst Sydney FC get the job done in regular time against Brisbane.

Join Jacob Stevens, Will Booth and Christian Montegan as they discuss the upcoming Australia Cup fixtures, Herrington's record-setting transfer to Hull, and the APL's latest proposal in their ongoing negotiations with the PFA. Photos: Football360, Australia Cup - X

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan & Jacob Stevens as Lucas Herrington joins the ever growing list of Australians with the potential to break the all time Aussie transfer record in this off season as a move to Hull beckons. Meanwhile, the Round of 16 draw in the Australia Cup draw provides intrigue after South Melbourne become the 4th member federation team to knock out A-League opposition this season. Photos: Socceroos, Marcus Robertson.

Join Lachie Avil and Christian Montegan as Gianni Infantino announces FIFA's plan to sell off a stake of the World Cup to private investment... Photo: FIFA

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory get their wins into the Round of 16 of the Australia Cup as Cristian Volpato finds himself in trouble with the law. Photos: Melbourne City, Socceroos

Join Lachie Avil and Jacob Stevens as Nestory Irankunda appears set to become the most expensive player in Australian football history as he edges closer to a reported A$30m transfer from Watford to Sporting Lisbon, as the Australia Cup dishes up some sensational ties in the Round of 32. Photo: Talking Sporting.

Join Lachie Avil, Christian Montegan and Jacob Stevens as Spain win the World Cup Final 1-0 against Argentina, we give our final thoughts on the Socceroos' campaign and what might come next, there's updates on Canberra United front as a timeline for a men's A-League team is confirmed and the Australia Cup Round of 32 continues. Photo: Socceroos