The 2024 Women’s National League is underway, with a number of squads including late transfers ahead of the opening round.
Regulations for the competition allow clubs to sign up to three players from clubs not qualified to participate in the National League’s championship phase.
Notable signings included eight-cap Football Ferns forward Aimee Phillips, who has moved from Cashmere Technical to Auckland, where she’s joined Western Springs.
Former Newcastle United midfielder Rosie Missen has joined Central Football after playing her winter football for Auckland’s Fencibles United.
Pepi Olliver-Bell has rejoined her former club, Wellington United, for the national competition after playing for Petone in the Women’s Central League.
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship Golden Boot winner Britney Cunningham-Lee has moved from Franklin United to Eastern Suburbs.
Forward Danica Urlich-Beech, from Hibiscus Coast, has signed with Southern United for the National League season, but did not feature in their season opener against Eastern Suburbs.
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Here are the squad lists from round 1:
Auckland United
Hannah Mitchell, Talisha Green, Greer MacIntosh, Chelsea Elliott, Pia Vlok, Chloe Knott, Danielle Canham, Charlotte Roche, Rene Wasi, Yume Harashima, Saskia Vosper, Kaley Ward, Penny Brill, Kate McConnell, Poppy O’Brien.
Canterbury United Pride
Amber Bennett, Lily Fisher, Meg Simpson, Margarida Dias, Kate Loye, Lisa Evans, Charlotte Mortlock, Nicola Dominikovich, Grace Johns, Denva Perrott, Britney-Lee Nicholson, Anna McPhie, Petra Buyck, Darsha Keogan/
Central Football
Leonie Heck, Zara Erol-Watt, Isabelle Dunning, Ella Third, Sasha Rasmussen, Megan Thomas, Lilly Dowsing, Maddison Hughes, Charlotte Noakes, Caitlyn Turner, Rosie Missen, Kya Solomon, Charlotte Cameron, Molly Mills, Marina Ishimoto, Ella Johns-Stewart.
CF Waterside Karori
Annie Foote, Daphne Ranta, Jessica Shilton, Renee Bacon, Sarah Morton, Kendall Pollock, Kennedy Bryant, Mei Burden, Jennifer Larrick, Nikki Furukawa, Tessa McPherson, Lizzie Ingham, Rhianna Houghton, Emma Narelle Kruszona, Emily Watt, Nicola Ross.
CF Wellington United
Molly Simons, Hope Gilchrist, Zoe Barrott, Caelin Patterson, Natalie Olson, Hannah Cooper, Nea Blackham, Jemma Catherwood, Carolyn O’Reilly, Danielle Ohlsson, Libby Boobyer, Chelsea Tippen, Sarah Alder, Pepi Olliver-Bell, Natalie Brook, Farina Anchico.
Eastern Suburbs
Nikki Whyte, Erinna Wong, Shion Hwang, Yukino Nishizono, Zoe Benson Britney Cunningham-Lee, Kenya Brooke, Sofia Garcia, Hannah Saxon, Saki Yoshida, Putri Ardana, Ashley Vincent, Isabella Atkinson, Emily Pilbrow, Zoe Brazier, Lucy Hunt.
Southern United
Lauren Paterson, Rose Morton, Hannah Mackay-Wright, Toni Power, Georgia Keen, Abby Rankin, Stacey Martin, Millie Scott, Bianca Park, Samantha Woolley, Alisa Tuatagaloa, Kelsey Kennard, Madi McLean, Raegan Potter, Aynsley Martin, Freya Partridge-Moore.
Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Brooke Neary, Rebekah Trewhitt, Mackenzie Greene, Marie Green, Olivia Ingham, Alyssha Eglinton, Ela Jerez, Ella McMillan, Daisy Brazendale, Manaia Elliott, Katie Pugh, Lara Smith, Georgie Furnell, Libby McMillan, Isla Cleall-Harding.
West Coast Rangers
Joanne Peel, Marissa Porteous, Bree Johnson, Ella Dorward, Nicole Ellen Stratford, Maisy Dewell, Mackenzie Longmuir, Shannon Henson, Emily Lyon, Kailey Short, Erin Freeman, Rorie Waldron, Luci Hollister, Kendrah Smith, Taylor Vujnovich, Olivia Curgenven.
Western Springs
Amberley Hollis, Charli Dunn, Alosi Bloomfield, Kitty Jacob, Jaedeci Uluvili, Liz Savage, Rina Hirano, Arisa Takeda, Indigo Kirk, Aimee Phillips, Ava Lewis, Angelique Tuisamoa, Maia Lythe, Anya Stephan, Amanda Everett, Dara Mulrooney.
Results from Round 1
Games played on Saturday September 28, 2024
Central Football 0
West Coast Rangers 5 (Emily Lyon 8′, Bree Johnson 17′, Shannon Henson 36′, Nicole Stratford 45+3′, 65′)
Canterbury United Pride 4 (Charlotte Mortlock 38′, Nicola Dominikovich 47′, Bo Burton 52′, Anna McPhie 77′)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Rebekah Trewhitt 24′)
Western Springs 2 (Rina Hirano 48′, Charli Dunn 55′)
CF Wellington United 3 (Nea Blackham 20′, Libby Boobyer 61′, Natalie Olson 88′)
CF Waterside Karori 1 (Kendall Pollock 62′)
Auckland United 1 (Rene Wasi 53′)
Game played on Sunday September 29, 2024
Eastern Suburbs 0
Southern United 0
This story was first published on September 30, 2024.
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