South Melbourne will travel to Tasmania for the Australia Cup round of 32. They will face South Hobart who are currently top of the table of the NPL Tasmania.

South Hobart are a giant of Tasmanian football and have recorded an impressive list of recent results. The team was runners up in the League for the past three seasons and won the finals series in 2023.

South Melbourne last faced South Hobart in 2014 as part of the old NPL National Finals series. South Melbourne then got over the line in a 1-0 in Tasmania.