The opening weekend of Men’s National League delivered results close enough to suggest the competition will keep fans entertained till December.
Meanwhile, the Women’s National League completed its third round of games with Auckland’s clubs again showing their dominance.
At Papakura’s McLennan Park, the curtain came down on the senior winter season as Northern Region Football hosted their men’s and women’s cup finals.
Here’s our round-up of results for the weekend of October 1-2:
Men’s National League
Games played on Saturday October 1, 2022
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Cashmere Technical 4 (Andrew Storer 27′, Garbhan Coughlan 30′ pen, Lyle Matthysen 55′, Kian Donkers 79′)
Miramar Rangers 0
Napier City Rovers 1 (Sam Lack 72′)
Wellington Phoenix 0
Wellington Olympic 1 (Gianni Bouzoukis 74′)
Auckland City 2 (Ryan de Vries 48′, own goal 84′)
Games played on Sunday October 2, 2022
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Birkenhead United 3 (Dino Botica 57′, Chase Taylor 80′, Miles Palmer 85′ pen)
Christchurch United 1 (Eddie Wilkinson 65′)
Auckland United 1 (own goal 90+3′)
Melville United 0
Women’s National League
Game played on Saturday October 1, 2022
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Auckland United 0
Western Springs 3 (Rina Hirano 9′, Sophia Dyer 77′, Jess Innes 90+3′)
Games played on Sunday October 2, 2022
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Central Football 0
Northern Rovers 9 (Kelli Brown 1′, 24′, 38′, 48′, 51′, Rene Wasi 39′, Leanna Ryan 43′, 50′, Maisy Dewell 72′)
Canterbury United Pride 1 (Lisa Evans 75′)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Juliette Lucas 2′ pen, Deven Jackson 39′, 72′, Nicole Mettam 90′)
Capital Football 0
Southern United 2 (Jasmine Prince 7′, 37′)
NRF Men’s knockout finals
Games played on Saturday October 1, 2022
NRF Men’s Federation Cup
Uni-Mount Bohemian Alto Vuelo 2 (Vitor Santos Fernandes 71′, Guilherme Barbosa Piconi 90’+5′)
Hibiscus Coast 0
NRF Men’s Federation Knockout Plate
Ellerslie Iguanas 1 (Warren Nicholson 88′)
Fencibles United Morgan 3 (Tim Allen, 45+1′, Matthew Danielson 47′, Mitch Coubrough 85′)
NRF Men’s Knockout Cup
Onehunga Mangere United Prestige 4 (Brandon Heremaia-Dale 9′, Andy Glover 24′, 31′, Afi Jenkinson 32′)
Papatoetoe 5 (Ikuvalu Rogers 14′, Bastien Da Ros 17′, Jason Lobo 55′, 80′, Axel Navarrete Munoz 90’+3′)
NRF Men’s Knockout Plate
Papatoetoe United Mad Lads 2 (Viraj Kumar 12′, 36′)
Ranui Swanson Reserves 4 (Wilston Talava 2′, 13′, Safwan Mohammed 34′, Sam Kayumba 85′)
Carol Waller Cup final
Game played on Sunday October 2, 2022
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Hibiscus Coast 1 (Danica Urlich-Beech 27′)
Metro 0
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