Cortnee Vine was the star of the show as Sydney FC kicked off their A-League Women's season on Saturday with a 3-1 win over the Newcastle Jets at Jubilee Oval.
After the Jets withstood a first-half onslaught from the Sky Blues, Vine, 23, set up two goals after the halftime break with Remy Siemsen and Princess Ibini putting the home side two goals to the good just before the hour.
Substitute Lauren Allan hit back for the Jets with her first touch of the game, but soon after Vine had a goal of her own when she hit home from a corner to put the contest beyond doubt.
Any chance of a Newcastle fightback was killed off when Tiana Jaber was sent off for a second booking in the 77th minute.
The early signs, however, were promising for the Jets with goalkeeper Claire Coelho repelling Siemsen, Ibini and Vine in the first half.
Newcastle were dogged and even when a right knee injury to Bethany Gordon forced Jets coach Ash Wilson into a reshuffle after half an hour, they held their own.
The pressure began to tell, though, with a poorly-cleared ball falling into Vine's path in the 52nd minute.
She flicked on to Siemsen who outmuscled Hannah Brewer and saw off the defender's advances to send the ball into the back of the net.
Vine turned provider once more just six minutes later when she made a darting run deep into the Jets defence and stabbed the ball across the face of goal.
Ibini was on hand to finish but the Jets didn't let Sydney's advantage deter them from going forward.
Wilson went to her bench with substitute Sophie Harding flicking on through a disorganised Sydney defence to Allan, who fired past Jada Whyman in the 67th.
Any optimism for the Jets was short lived with Vine poking the ball over the line two minutes later.
She and Siemsen were both substituted by by Sky Blues coach Ante Juric, either side of Jabar's dismissal.
