China 'can be Cup contender'

The Chinese women's team can light up next year's World Cup finals, according to their opponents on an ongoing training stint in Australia.

The Steel Roses made it five wins on the bounce Down Under with a comprehensive 5-0 dismantling of the Newcastle Jets, who play in the top-flight W-League, in Gold Coast on Sunday.

And Jets coach Craig Deans was effusive in his praise of the well-drilled Chinese.