Here are the results, scorers and tables from the Northern, Central and Southern leagues, as well as the top men’s and women’s competitions in the upper North Island.
It was also a big weekend for futsal and both the men’s and women’s Wellington Phoenix teams.
Here’s our round-up of results for the weekend of March 31-April 2, 2023:
Women’s A-League
Game played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Wellington Phoenix 2 (Ava Pritchard 75′, Grace Wisnewski 90+9′)
Melbourne Victory 2 (Alana Murphy 4′, Melina Ayres 26′)
READ MORE: Phoenix women stage late fightback to draw 2-2 with champions Melbourne Victory >>>>
Men’s A-League
Game played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Oskar Zawada 25′)
Melbourne Victory 2 (Bruno Fomaroii 58′, Damien Da Silva 76′)
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Northern League
Game played on Friday March 31, 2023
Northern League
Western Springs 0
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Martin Bueno 51′)
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Auckland City 5 (Cam Howieson 25′, 54′, Ryan de Vries 79′, Emiliano Tade 90′, Liam Gillion 90+2′)
Bay Olympic 1 (Kayne Vincent 10′)
Takapuna 0
Melville United 1 (Keegan Thompson 16′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Auckland United 1 (Yousif Al-Kalisy 46′)
Manukau United 0
Birkenhead United 7 (Curtis Hughes 1′, 2′, Luke Jorgensen 13′ pen, Adri McArthur 26′, Everton O’Leary 48′, Alex Connor-McClean 80′, Dan Morgan 84′)
Manurewa 5 (Monty Patterson 24′, 32′, Eric Ziu 27′, Mohammed Shah 45′, Nico Bobadilla 65′)
West Coast Rangers 1 (Allan Pearce 43′ pen)
Central League
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Petone 4 (Jack O’Connor 41′, Jared Eglinton 50′, Brynn Sinclair 84′, Kieran McMinn 90+1′)
Napier City Rovers 2 (Jonathan McNamara 31′, Deri Corfe 76′)
Waterside Karori 1 (Luke Agalawatta 83′)
Wellington Olympic 2 (Merlin Luke-Miny 63′, Josh Rogerson 74′)
Miramar Rangers 3 (Luke Searle 20′, Andrew Bevin 47′, Sam Mason-Smith 65′)
North Wellington 0
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Whanganui Athletic 3 (Quinn Mailman 3′, Ryan Holden 44′, Jamie Clark 45′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 4 (Josh Tollervey 19′, 25′, 39′, 49′)
Western Suburbs 3 (Ryan Feutz 68′, 71′, Jamie Wildash-Chan 73′)
Stop Out 3 (James Sutcliffe 45+2′, Jared Cunniff 50′, Sam Cosgrave 74′)
Southern League
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Green Island 2 (Harrison McLean 55′, 90+1′)
FC Twenty 11 0
Selwyn United 0
Dunedin City Royals 5 (Benjamin Stanley 29′, 82′, Ollie Petersen 82′, 90+4′, Connor Neil 90+2′)
Nomads United 1 (Declan Hickford 35′)
Ferrymead Bays 2 (Kenshin Hayashi 71′, own goal 87′)
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Coastal Spirit 0
Christchurch United 4 (Sam Philip 37′, 89′, 90′, Eoghan Stokes 45′)
Nelson Suburbs 1 (Alex Ridsdale 48′)
Cashmere Technical 4 (Garbhan Coughlan 26′, 56′ pen, Lachie McIsaac 51′, Zander Edwards 72′)
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Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Auckland United 3 (Shannon Henson 13′, Rene Wasi 37′, Ruby Nathan 47′)
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Danica Urlich-Beech 6′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Katy Gothard 88′ pen)
Western Springs 3 (Sam Tawharu 45+1′, 57′, Sofia Garcia 81′)
Hamilton Wanderers 2 (Stella Neems 31′, Ayla Koopu 36′)
Ellerslie 1 (Hannah Barclay 59′)
Eastern Suburbs 0
West Coast Rangers 1 (Anna Sluyter 55′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Tauranga City 1 (Talia Entwistle 55′)
Fencibles United 4 (Louise Turley 4′, Millee Loxton 21′, Zoe Brazier 62′, Taylor Bell 82′)
Onehunga Sports 1 (Sophie Stevenson 90′ pen)
Manukau United 0
Te Atatu 5 (Esther Bushell 27′, Shannen Hayes 39′, Michaela Bain 70′, Wyllowe Poata 79′, Natalie Farrell 87′).
Otumoetai 0
Central United 1 (Stephanie Trowill 31′)
Franklin United 1 (Eilidh Groenestein 41′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Ellerslie 3 (Tom Durkin 1′, Muhammad Mohebbie 88′, Shukrullah Rezaue 90+3′)
Metro 1 (Gilberto Souza 9′)
Northern Rovers 0
Mount Albert Ponsonby 1 (Jonathan Cantley 56′)
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Zachary Newman 18′)
North Shore United 1 (Jason Hicks 40′)
Tauranga City 1 (Adam Davidson 90+4′ pen)
Ngaruawahia United 1 (Stjepan Kovacic 85′)
Fencibles United 0
East Coast Bays 2 (Dylan Stansfield 29′, 45+2′)
Waiheke United 1 (Emiliano Candia 38′)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (Maksim Manko 69′)
Lotto NRFL Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Oratia United 0
Franklin United 1 (Christopher Brett 34′)
Waitemata 1 (Arnold Kochasira 83′)
Bucklands Beach 1 (Rory Bohea 17′)
Beachlands Maraetai 2 (Aaron Parry 18′, Jamie Birch 31′)
Albany United 2 (Matthew Harland 40′, Jack Beguely 74′)
West Auckland 2 (Jordan Hearn 44′ pen, 48′)
Northland 0
Lotto NRFL Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Taupo 3 (Ty Christensen 44′, Joe O’Donoghue 78′, 83′)
Te Awamutu 0
Waikato Unicol 2 (Bailey Webster 9′, Thomas Wright 29′)
Claudelands Rovers 1 (Charlie Young 68′)
Cambridge 3 (Jordan Shaw 47′, Krishaant Singh 85′, 90+2′)
Otumoetai 2 (Caelan Fraher 20′, Chaz Picton 22′)
Papamoa 3 (Connor Irvine 56′ pen, Calum Brash 68′, Jayden Hyland 90+2′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 3 (Mel Cropp 21′, 27′, Harlem Simiona 75′)
NRF League One
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Ranui Swanson 1 (Vang Lian Zaw 3′)
Central United 9 (Agustin Germano 5′, Luke Pank 29′, 51′, 82′, Matthew Metzger 57′, 64′, Nik Posa 69′, Luka Posa 73′, own goal 81′)
South Auckland Rangers 1 (Mohammed Atiq 11′)
Te Atatu 3 (Honggyu Han 53′, 89′, Jack Kelly 60′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 1 (Thomas Weston 32′)
Papakura City 3 (Lance Kraakman 7′, Aakash Kumar 36′, Cory Mackay 54′)
Papatoetoe — bye
WaiBOP League One
Games played on Saturday April 1, 2023
Tauranga City 0
West Hamilton 0
Tokoroa 3 (Logan Allen 4′, 32′, Hamish King 53′)
Cambridge 1 (Dylan Blair 86′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Otorohanga 0
Matamata Swifts 2 (Peter Shannon 4′, 45′)
Claudelands Rovers 4 (Riley Higgs 10′, Angus MacDonald 55′, Luke Kennedy 61′, Scott Peden 65′)
WaiBOP W-League
Game played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Tauranga City P
Melville United P
*Postponed at home team’s request
Lakes FC 1 (Sinead Doherty 3′)
Waikato Unicol 1 (Stacey Palmer 13′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers P
Otumoetai P
*Postponed at away team’s request
Women’s Ford Futsal Superleague
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Semi-finals
Capital Football 2 (Danielle Ohlsson 3′, Francesca Grange 17′)
Papakura City 3 (Jordana Bremner 21′, Amy Waters 31′, Cat Pretty 32′)
Canterbury United Pride 2 (Serena Patel 9′, Frankie Morrow 22′)
WaiBOP Power 3 (Stevie-Lee Tiller 36′, Courtney Stone 39′, Jamie Evans 39′)
Final
WaiBOP Power 0
Papakura City 1 (Maxine Cooper 48′)
*After extra time
READ MORE: Papakura City retain national women’s futsal title after win in extra time >>>>
Men’s Ford Futsal Superleague
Games played on Sunday April 2, 2023
Semi-finals
Auckland City 1 (Eduardo Espinosa 40′)
Canterbury United Dragons 3 (Jacob Grosvenor 25′, 28′)
Capital Football 1 (Thomas Petersen 3′)
Southern United 5 (Fraser Hunter 8′, Adam Hewson 15′, 18′, 36′, Oban Hawkins 19′)
Final
Canterbury United Dragons 5 (Cameron Emberton 11′, Fintan Joseph 23′, Hemi Innes 25′, Samuel Mitchell 27′, 33′)
Southern United 4 (Adam Hewson 8′, Michael Sannum 13′, En Watanabe 34′, Sean Cooper 40′)
READ MORE: Canterbury United Dragons are crowned national men’s futsal champions >>>>
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