Internationals | Grant nets late winner for Australia

Charlotte Grant struck a stoppage-time winner for Australia to overcome Panama in a five-goal thriller on Tuesday morning with Hayley Raso also crafting two assists.

With the game evenly balanced at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, it took just one minute into stoppage time for ‘Charli’ to bag the winning the winning goal. The full-back met Courtney Nevin’s cross at the back post to bundle the ball over the line to secure a 3-2 win in their final game of the international window.

The goal marks the 23-year-old’s second for her nation, having opened her account in a friendly against England in April, 2023.

Hayley Raso and Clare Hunt also started the match at HBF Park in Perth, Australia, with the former influential in Australia’s first two goals.

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The forward, who captained her nation in the previous outing against Panama at the weekend, played a low cross to Michelle Heyman as she tapped home from close range on 54 minutes, cancelling out Ericka Cristel Arauz Ortega’s opener in the first half.

Our number eight then linked up with Heyman once again just 11 minutes later to put her nation ahead in the contest. Hayley collected the ball on the right-hand side and delivered a pin-point cross for Heyman to head home her second of the game. Lineth Cedeno then grabbed an equaliser for Panama with seven minutes remaining of normal time.

Charli and Clare both completed the full match while Hayley was substituted in the final quarter of the game.

Hayley is now just one cap away from reaching a century of appearances for Australia, while that was 38th and 36th cap for Clare and Charli respectively.