Young Roar return to NPL Queensland action with a Round 19 clash against Olympic FC at Nudgee Recreation Reserve on Sunday evening.
Karl Dodd’s side come into Sunday’s match off the back of a weekend without league action but will look to build on a 1-1 draw against defending Premiers, Gold Coast Knights in their last outing.
James Durrington put Roar ahead with a thunderous effort from outside the area in the 18th minute.
Roar were reduced to ten men in the 70th minute when goalkeeper, George Plusnin received his marching orders for a second bookable offence.
Substitute goalkeeper, Tyson Rusden immediately came up big, denying one of the league’s most prolific strikers – Marquez Walters from the resulting penalty.
The ten-man Young Roar’s resoluteness was finally broken in the 89th minute when Taisei Kaneko found the bottom corner with a striker from the top of the box to snatch a share of the spoils for the Knights.
Roar start the weekend in tenth position on the NPL Queensland ladder, three points adrift of seventh placed Olympic with just four rounds remaining in the 2025 regular season.
Olympic, who are coached by former Roar midfielder and youth team boss, Chris Grossman look to bounce back after suffering a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Brisbane City in Australia Cup Round of 32 action midweek.
The Goodwin Park outfit, who defeated Roar 1-0 in the reverse fixture are home to several former Young Roar players including Daniel Leck, Danny Driver, Lachlan Duke, Jackson Simpkin, Brandon McMorrow and Damon Gorrel.
A number of Young Roar players have been heavily involved in A-League Men’s pre-season with Noah Maieroni, Charlie Parkin and Asim Sehovic all starting for the first team in their midweek friendly against St George Willawong while plenty more played a part off the bench in the second half.
Roar’s Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s side are also in action on Sunday, facing defending Premiers Auckland at 12:30pm at Imperial Corp Stadium. Get your tickets HERE
Sunday’s NPL Queensland Round 19 action at Nudgee Recreation Reserve gets underway at 5pm and will be live streamed on FQTV or the Football Queensland YouTube channel.
MATCH DETAILS
NPL Queensland Men 2025 – Round 19: Brisbane Roar v Olympic FC
Nudgee Recreation Reserve
Sunday, 3 August (5:00pm KO)
