The Matariki holiday weekend has produced a football schedule with five top games on Friday and games spread across the northern and WaiBOP regions on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Football Ferns take on Norway in an international friendly (3am NZT) in an otherwise quiet day for football.
Here’s the schedule of Northern League and Lotto NRFL men’s and women’s competitions to help you plan an entertaining weekend of football:
Friday
Northern League
Melville United (3rd) v Takapuna (9th)
Gower Park, Hamilton, 3pm
Western Springs (7th) v Auckland United (4th)
Crum Park 2, Auckland, 3.15pm
Lotto NRFL first division
Metro (10th) v Onehunga Mangere United (5th)
Phyllis Street Reserve, Auckland, 7.30pm
Lotto NRFL second division
Beachlands Maraetai (8th) v West Auckland (4th)
Te Puru Park, Auckland, 3pm
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League
Western Springs (2nd) v Auckland United (3rd)
Crum Park 2, Auckland, 1pm
Saturday
Northern League
Eastern Suburbs (10th) v Waiheke United (11th)
Madills Farm, Auckland, 3pm
Auckland City (1st) v Hamilton Wanderers (5th)
Kiwitea Street, Auckland, 3pm
Manukau United (8th) v North Shore United (12th)
Walter Massey Park 1, Auckland, 3pm
Birkenhead United (2nd) v Bay Olympic (6th)
Shepherds Park, Auckland, 3pm
Lotto NRFL first division
Fencibles (11th) v Northern Rovers (4th)
Riverhills Park, Auckland, 3pm
Manurewa (2nd) v Waitemata (12th)
Jellicoe Park 1, Auckland, 3pm
Ellerslie (8th) v Mount Albert Ponsonby (7th)
Michaels Ave Reserve, Auckland, 3pm
East Coast Bays (6th) v West Coast Rangers (1st)
Bay City Park, Auckland, 3pm
Tauranga City (3rd) v Albany United (9th)
Links Ave Reserve, Tauranga, 3pm
Lotto NRFL second division
Cambridge (7th) v Franklin United (6th)
John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Northland (9th) v Claudelands Rovers (5th)
Trigg Arena, Whangarei, 3pm
Ngaruawahia United (1st) v Hibiscus Coast (3rd)
Centennial Park 1, Ngaruawahia, 3pm
Oratia United (10th) v Bucklands Beach (2nd)
Parrs Park, Auckland, 3pm
Sunday
International friendly
Norway v New Zealand
Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway
Sunday June 26 (3am NZT)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League
West Coast Rangers (5th) v Eastern Suburbs (4th)
Fred Taylor Park, Whenuapai, 3pm
Hamilton Wanderers (7th) v Northern Rovers (1st)
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton, 1pm
Tauranga City (8th) v Ellerslie (6th)
Links Ave Reserve, Tauranga, 3pm
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