Mohamed Touré has ended his whirlwind season at Norwich City with another goal to take him into double figures for the Championship club in just a dozen matches.

The 22-year-old former Adelaide United prodigy is averaging a goal or assist every 49.5 mins in the Championship since his arrival from Danish side Randers FC on Feb. 1.

But while the red-hot striker can now start dreaming of a World Cup bow in North America, another Championship-based Socceroos star, Riley McGree, still has unfinished business as he targets a Premier League place with Middlesbrough through the playoffs.

Touré finished up on the losing side for the Canaries in their final match of the season, as they went down 2-1 to Hull City, who, like Middlesbrough, booked their place in the four-team playoffs.

But the 22-year-old concluded his remarkable three-month campaign since he signed from Randers in familiar fashion, swivelling for a sharply taken 26th-minute opener with a neat volley from Anis Ben Slimane's brilliant, lobbed assist. The fine finish added to Touré's tally of 10 goals and three assists in 12 matches across all competitions, a streak that also featured him becoming the first player in Norwich's 124-year history to score two hat tricks in his first 10 matches for the club.

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In other good news for Socceroos boss Tony Popovic, key midfielder McGree was back in action after another recent injury setback, coming on the second half of Middlesbrough's 2-2 draw at Wrexham.

McGree was part of Boro's playoff campaign in 2023 when they also missed out on their dream of returning to the top-flight. Now he'll be looking to fare better as they host Southampton in the playoff semis first leg next Saturday, with the return at St Mary's on the following Tuesday. Hull play Millwall in the other semi, with the final set for Wembley on May 23.

The Socceroos may also be casting a few wistful glances at the form of Sydney FC product Adrian Segečić, who's been in scintillating form ever since he announced he was throwing in his lot with Croatia at international level rather than Australia.

The exciting 21-year-old midfielder ended his season with a fifth goal in three games, and his 11th of the season, for Portsmouth in their 1-1 draw with Birmingham City.

Segecic also kicked off a storm after Pompey had returned the ball following a stoppage for injury to one of their opponents, deciding to chase the ball down and firing just over the bar to leave Birmingham's players rounding on him, enraged at what they saw as unsportsmanlike conduct. He also got booked for his trouble.