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How Sydney FC's historic A-League Women premiership threepeat reflects the club's future vision

Sydney FC's dominance is proof that Australian football has the emerging talent: all it needs is the vision to pull it together. (Getty Images: Matt King)

The result was already out of sight when Sydney FC midfielder Sarah Hunter looked up and saw the final, prescient pass.

Her team were 3-0 up against the Newcastle Jets with just seconds of injury time remaining. The premiership trophy was theirs; goals to Mackenzie Hawkesby and Cortnee Vine earlier on in the match all but guaranteed they'd lift it. They were simply waiting for the referee's whistle for confirmation. There was no need to do anything more than they had already done.

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