Parra News August 17 2021
August 17 2021 edition of Parra News.
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SPORT<br />
Tuesday, <strong>August</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Star re-signs as club<br />
eyes Finals finish<br />
NATHAN TAYLOR<br />
Bryleeh Henry enjoyed her first<br />
season in the W-League so<br />
much that she’s coming back<br />
for more.<br />
The Penrith resident, who recently<br />
signed a new one-year deal with the<br />
Western Sydney Wanderers, joined<br />
the club last season after making<br />
waves in the NSW National Premier<br />
League Women’s competition with<br />
Football NSW Institute where she<br />
scored seven goals in 10 games.<br />
The 18-year-old former Xavier<br />
College student shone in her first<br />
W-League season and scored her first<br />
goals, a double against Melbourne<br />
City, towards the end of the season.<br />
Wanderers W-League coach Catherine<br />
Cannuli said she’s excited to<br />
work with Henry again.<br />
“Bryleeh is a dynamite on the field<br />
and her hard work over in the domestic<br />
competitions over the last few<br />
years has seen her reap the benefits in<br />
the W-League,” she said.<br />
“She is a passionate western Sydney<br />
girl and has a wealth of talent that we<br />
are looking forward to continuing to<br />
develop.”<br />
Henry, who was a member of the<br />
Junior Matildas back in 2019, said she<br />
was grateful for the chance to return<br />
to Wanderland for another season.<br />
“I was beyond grateful for the<br />
opportunity to make my debut in the<br />
W-League last season and even more<br />
grateful to make it at my hometown<br />
club,” she said.<br />
“I love the Wanderers. They are a<br />
family-based club and really take care<br />
of their players. The culture at the<br />
club is one I have never experienced<br />
before and having such an amazing<br />
culture really makes training every<br />
day so much more enjoyable.”<br />
The Wanderers missed out on a spot<br />
in the W-League Finals last season,<br />
finishing in sixth position with just<br />
four wins to their name. In June, they<br />
promoted club legend Catherine<br />
Cannuli as the team’s head coach.<br />
Henry said she’s ready to help to<br />
take the Wanderers to a Finals berth<br />
this upcoming season.<br />
“I learnt so much and I felt I grew<br />
massively as a player and a person<br />
[last year],” she said.<br />
“I know I still have a lot of work to<br />
do as a player to get where I want to<br />
be but I’m extremely excited to start<br />
working under Catherine and keep<br />
building from last season.<br />
“We were so unlucky to just miss the<br />
Finals stage last season, which was<br />
disappointing, but we will build off<br />
that and pick up where we left off and<br />
keep improving to hopefully bring<br />
the trophy home.”<br />
The <strong>2021</strong>/22 W-League season is<br />
scheduled to kick-off on November<br />
12, hopefully uninterrupted by the<br />
COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Bryleeh Henry has signed a new deal with the Western Sydney Wanderers.<br />
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