Here’s our round-up from a busy footballing weekend in which finalists were found for the country’s biggest cup competitions, and vital games were played in the top men’s and women’s regional leagues.
The Futsal Ferns played their first game at the inaugural OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands.
A-League sides Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix played pre-season friendlies.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of August 16-18, 2024:
Results
OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
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New Zealand 10 (Tessa Leong 4′, 10′, Hannah Kraakman 6′, Jamie Evans 15′, Maxine Cooper 18′, Alosi Bloomfield 32′, Shivy Anthony 35′, Jordana Bremner 37′, Jemma Catherwood 40′, Libby Boobyer 40′)
Tonga 0
Tahiti 1 (Marina Rahema 15′)
Fiji 2 (Koleta Likuculacula 19′, 37′)
Chatham Cup
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Games played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Semi-finals
Coastal Spirit 1 (Alejandro Steinwascher 13′)
Wellington Olympic 5 (Hamish Watson 18′, 80′, Jack-Henry Sinclair 53′, Isa Prins 72′ 83′)
Auckland City 4 (Angus Kilkolly 44′ pen, 98′, 120+3′, Ryan De Vries 56′)
Birkenhead United 2 (Monty Patterson 37′, Sam Philip 69′)
*After extra time
Kate Sheppard Cup
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Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Semi-finals
Dunedin City Royals 0
Western Springs 3 (Rina Hirano 3′, Liz Savage 5′, Rebecca Burrows 24′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Georgie Furnell 60′)
Auckland United 2 (Saskia Vosper 88′, Estelle Harrison 90+9′)
Northern League
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Bay Olympic 0
Melville United 5 (Sean Leadley 23′, 34′, Jama Boss 45′, 56′, Carlos Ranui 75′)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Josh Galletley 39′)
Western Springs 2 (Caspar McGavin 8′, own goal 52′)
East Coast Bays 1 (Malcolm Young 82′)
West Coast Rangers 2 (Josh Turner 73′, Connor O’Malley 90+5′)
Manurewa 1 (Eber Ramirez 78′)
Auckland United 3 (Oliver Fay 51′, Dan Atkinson 65′, Oliver Colloty 85′)
Hamilton Wanderers 2 (Aston Hurd 8′)
Tauranga City 0
Southern League
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Ferrymead Bays 2 (Joaquin Julve 10′, Cameron Rean 11′)
Nelson Suburbs 3 (Sebastian Hickman 21′, Trevin Myers 72′ pen, 83′)
UC Football P
FC Twenty 11 P
Christchurch United 9 (Matt Brazier 11′, 32′, 90’+1′, David Yoo 32′, Riley Grover 47′, Joel Stevens 54′ pen, 78′, 79′, Daniel Meyn 87′)
Selwyn United 0
Nomads United 0
Cashmere Technical 6 (Garbhan Coughlan 24′, pen 39′, 45’+3′, 51′, 66′ pen, Gabriel Gallaway 90′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Game played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Hamilton Wanderers P
Hibiscus Coast P
Eastern Suburbs 3 (Sofia Garcia 54′, Millie Boyle 65′, Hannah Saxon 89′)
Ellerslie 1 (Laney Strachan 86′)
Women’s Central League
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Victoria University 1 (Tessa Brownlie 10′)
Petone 5 (Phoebe Gray 7′, Olivia Gibbs 24′, Danielle Ohlsson 55′, Kate Marra 71′, Sydnie Madison Williams 84′)
Moturoa 1 (Fernanda Toscani 5′)
Waterside Karori 2 (Kendall Pollock 46′, 70′)
Women’s South Island League
Game played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Coastal Spirit 3 (Mel Cameron 38′, 42′, Britney-Lee Nicholson 60′ pen)
Nelson Suburbs 0
Game played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Roslyn Wakari 0
Cashmere Technical 11 (Lara Wall 6′, 53′, 89′, Annalie Longo 24′, 26′, 62′, 84′, Anna Mcphie 41′, Grace Johns 46′, Claudia Wilson 69′, own goal 70′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Game played on Friday August 16, 2024
Birkenhead United 3 (Morgan Herbst 25′, 39′ pen, Abby Chad 67′)
Manukau United 0
Games played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Tauranga Moana 8 (Ella Golding 8′, 45′, Briana Osborne 17′, 86′, Abi Witney-Collins 36′, 46′, Ruby Holland 47′, Miah Smith 90’+1′ pen)
Central United 1 (Anita Gross 66′)
Melville United 1 (Laura Bennett 51′)
Franklin United 4 (Britney Cunningham-Lee 5′, 36′, Chloe Marthe 17′, Renin Yousif 80′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Ivy Calonne 59′)
Onehunga Sports 2 (Tessa Blakeborough 16′ pen, 89′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Ngaruawahia United 8 (Jordan Emery 15′, Jack Marden 45′, Legion Rogerson 54′, Caeden Rogers 64′, Darius Palma 76′, 80′, 84′, Reuben Henderson 87′)
Franklin United 0
North Shore United A
Takapuna A
*Match abandoned at half-time
Northern Rovers 2 (own goal 49′, Jack Beguely 53′)
Onehunga Mangere United 3 (Marco Stevens 39′, Max Sutton 58′, Jamie Shipman 75′)
Mt Albert Ponsonby 1 (Antonio Bonkovich 18′)
Hibiscus Coast 2 (Dan Cyra 38′, Ethan Usher 43′)
Fencibles United 1 (Jamie Mason 23′)
Metro 1 (Ryosuke Sudo 90’+2′)
Manukau United 3 (Boon Ozawa 40′, 44′, Meysum Shafahi 52′)
Ellerslie 2 (Tom Durkin 45+2′, Leon Van Der Heijden 72′)
Lotto Central Men’s Federation League
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Palmerston North United 0
Taradale 1 (Zac Marsden 77′)
New Plymouth Rangers 3 (Taku Warren 45′, Niall Leggett 48′, Tre Dejohn 81′)
Gisborne Thistle 2 (Ruben Garcia 50′, Jimmy Somerton 61′)
Whanganui Athletic 2 (Jordan Joblin-Hall 50′, Ryan Meredith 90+1′)
Havelock North Wanderers 3 (Charles Hooper 18′, Vince Mackirdy 29′, 89′)
Palmerston North Marist 6 (Campbell Wallace 2′, 47′, 81′, Jaeden Shaw 14′, Nicholas Carrick 38′, Zachary Farmer 45’+3′)
Western 1 (Matthew Sanger 88′)
Peringa United — bye
NRF Women’s Conference
Game played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Papakura City 11 (Hannah Reddy 8′, 28′, 42′, 44′, Nicole Kraakman 25′, Tayla Yakas 26′, 48′, 57′, Joyce Barroso 35′, Danielle Swales 50′, own goal 90’+1′)
Bucklands Beach 1 (Anna Keenan 38′)
Games played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Bay Olympic 1 (Keely Mulrooney 22′)
Northland 1 (Anna Barradell 56′)
Beachlands Maraetai 3 (Hailey Douglas 32′, Danielle Grimmer 43′, Jade Faulkner 87′)
Te Atatu 0
Greenhithe Mozamba 1 (Lauren Smyth 19′)
Onehunga Mangere United 2 (Ellen Jose 37′, Hazel Thrush 40′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Oratia United 2 (Max Whitehead 25′, 80′)
Waiheke United 5 (Nicolas Federico Vanina 15′, Diego Sepúlveda Carvajal 27′, Federico Parentella 48′, Ramon Lindner 88′, Federico Cabanal 90’+7′)
Te Atatu 1 (Rhys Caples 6′)
Northland 1 (Fumiya Ito 55′)
Beachlands Maraetai 3 (Mark Giles 59′, 79′, Archie Hutchinson 83′)
Bucklands Beach 1 (Sander Waterland 41′)
Waitemata 3 (Stuart Davies 33′, Samuel Carr 39′, Shane Tanner 66′)
Albany United 1 (James Chamberlain-Barlow 70′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Papamoa 1 (Vince Callister 17′)
Claudelands Rovers 2 (Charlie Young 16′, Krishaant Singh 59′, 80′ pen)
Te Awamutu 1 (Joel Roil 5′)
Cambridge 10 (Jack Connor 9′, 21′ pen, 33′, 40′, 51′, Josh Clarkin 28′, 84′, Harvey Dempster 57′, 87′, Sam Leyland 71′)
Otumoetai 1 (Moses Caldwell 30′)
Taupo 4 (Ty Christensen 14′, Finlay Smith 36′, Ahmad Zammit 48′, Joe O’Donoghue 76′)
*Taupo win WaiBOP Federation Challenge Shield
Waikato Unicol 4 (Abdul Wahid Sulieman 13′, Duale Mire 17′, 52′, David Standing 58′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 3 (Steffano Riley 2′, 45′ pen, own goal 69′)
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Waiuku 3 (Jake McCoy 24′, 86′, Jeshal Kumar 89′)
Central United 4 (Sam Lloyd 11′, Agustin Germano 61′, Ben Ruffell 73′, 90+5′ pen)
Mangere United 0
West Auckland 5 (Juan Kim 36′, Richard Wilcox 45′, Dylan McDonald 58′, Minjoo Kim 76′, Tadhg Farac 79′)
South Auckland Rangers 3 (Emosi Navaba 24′, 84′, Luke Bulay 35′ pen)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 0
WaiBOP W-League
Games played on Sunday August 18, 2024
Top four competition
Cambridge 4 (Emma Sherburn 8′, Sienna Frethey 30′, Rachel Hill 31′, Olivia Milne 48′)
Taupo 1 (Helen Arjomandi 60′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers 3 (Lani Fraser 20′, Holly Fausett 41′, own goal 80′)
Waikato Unicol 3 (Jessica Sizer 10′, Emma Sizer 18′, Lané Alberts 27′)
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Tokoroa 2 (Cullum Newell 10′, Sonny Burnett 30′)
Claudelands Rovers 1 (Oliver Bell 78′ pen)
Matamata Swifts P
West Hamilton P
*Match postponed at away team’s request
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Northern United 7 (Chris Abbott 6′, 53′, 56′, Will Gordon Best 12′, Dominick Edwards 53′, Graham Kay 62′, 90+2′)
Cambridge 1 (Sean Bresnahan 11′)
Te Puke United 1 (Benjamin Day 84′)
Otorohanga 5 (Waikato Ball 45+2′, 61′, 63′, Logan Allen 62′, Jamie Walker 90′)
Tauranga City 0
Pre-season friendlies
Games played on Saturday August 17, 2024
Men’s A-League
Wellington Phoenix 4 (Kosta Barbarouses, Nathan Walker, Mo Al-Taay, Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues)
Miramar Rangers 1 (scorer to come)
Western Sydney Wanderers 4 (Nicolas Milanovic, Brandon Borello, Zac Sapsford 2)
Auckland FC 2 (Liam Gillion, Max Mata)
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