In the W-League’s 2017 opener, Thorns FC's Hayley Raso, Celeste Boureille and Brisbane Roar FC rose to defeat Emily Sonnett and Sydney FC by a final score of 3-1. Raso and Boureille each made starts for the Roar with Raso going the distance and Boureille taking a pair of shots in her 90 minutes of play, before coming off as a second-half stoppage-time substitution. Sonnett came on at half for the Sky Blues and scored her side’s lone goal on a PK conversion in the 80th minute.