Eastern Suburbs striker Tayla O’Brien leads the Golden Boot table for the Women’s National League with 16 goals scored in 10 rounds.
She scored twice in Suburbs latest win, a 9-1 rout of bottom-placed Central Football.
The latest goals mean she’s scored in her last five outings.

Golden Boot leaders
16 — Tayla O’Brien (Eastern Suburbs)
10 — Bree Johnson (Auckland United)
9 — Kelli Brown (Northern Rovers), Deven Jackson (Eastern Suburbs)
7 — Sophia Garcia (Western Springs)
6 — Rina Hirano (Western Springs), Juliette Lucas (Eastern Suburbs)
Suburbs’ 10 wins and their goalscorers
After 10 rounds, Eastern Suburbs have a 100% winning record in the league.
Twelve players have been on the scoresheet — O’Brien accounts for 16 goals, and 11 players share the other 30 goals.
Results
Game played on Saturday November 12, 2022
Central Football 1 (Grace Smith 12′)
Eastern Suburbs 9 (Nicole Mettam 3′, Deven Jackson 15′, 32′, Olivia Page 21′, Tayla O’Brien 40′, 62′, Juliette Lucas 73′, 90’+3′, Charlotte Carroll 76′)
Game played on Sunday November 6, 2022
Eastern Suburbs 3 (Tayla O’Brien 33′, Ella Findlay 35′, Nicole Mettam 65)
Capital Football 0
Game played on Friday October 28, 2022
Western Springs 2 (Lara Colpi 74′, Arisa Takeda 86′)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Tayla O’Brien 16′, 69′, Deven Jackson 30′, Charlotte Carroll 48′)
Game played on Monday October 24, 2022
Auckland United 2 (Bree Johnson 14′, Manaia Elliott 21′)
Eastern Suburbs 3 (Tayla O’Brien 56′, Nicole Mettam 73′, Zoe Benson 87′)
Game played on Friday October 21, 2022
Eastern Suburbs 5 (Nicole Cooper 4′, 13′, Tayla O’Brien 22′, 82′, Erinna Wong 54′)
Auckland United 0
Games played on Sunday October 16, 2022
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Juliette Lucas 10′)
Southern United 0
Game played on Saturday October 8, 2022
Northern Rovers 2 (Own goal 5′, Michaela Foster 30′ pen)
Eastern Suburbs 5 (Deven Jackson 6′, 90′, 90+3′, Tayla O’Brien 40′, Saki Yoshida 67′)
Game played on Sunday October 2, 2022
Canterbury United Pride 1 (Lisa Evans 75′)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Juliette Lucas 2′ pen, Deven Jackson 39′, 72′, Nicole Mettam 90′)
Game played on Sunday September 25, 2022
Eastern Suburbs 8 (Tayla O’Brien 12′, 19′, 59′, Nicole Cooper 21′, Juliette Lucas 23′, 41′, Annie Byrne 29′, Deven Jackson 48′)
Central Football 0
Game played on Saturday September 17, 2022
Capital Football 1 (Pepi Olliver-Bell 18′)
Eastern Suburbs 4 (Tayla O’Brien 4′, 35′, 66′, 74′)