Melbourne Victory’s humiliating semi-final loss — a club record defeat — away to arch enemy Sydney FC will trigger one of the proud club’s most thorough post-mortems.

Unrepentant Wallaby Israel Folau has described his controversial fallout with Rugby Australia as “challenging” and spoken of being tempted by the “opportunity” to rekindle his career during a Sydney church address.

Sydney FC have humiliated the Melbourne Victory with a 6-1 demolition in the A-League preliminary final.

The Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory A-League semi-final was far from controversial, but the actions of security and NSW Police have come under fire on social media as one fan was escorted out of the ground.

Stephen Kearney is close to signing a three-year extension that will make him the equal-longest serving coach in the Warriors’ NRL history.