Here are all the weekend’s top results from the Northern, Central and Southern Leagues, the Women’s South Island league and the top men’s and women’s competitions in the Northern and WaiBOP regions.
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Here’s our round-up of the weekend of July 22-24, 2023:
Results
FIFA Women’s World Cup
Games played on Friday July 21, 2023
Group A
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 13,711
Philippines 0
Switzerland 2 (Ramona Bachmann 45′ pen, Seraina Piubel (64′)
Group C
Sky Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 22,966
Spain 3 (own goal 21′, Aitana Bonmati 23′, Esther Gonzalez 27′)
Costa Rica 0
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Group E
Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 41,107
United States 3 (Sophia Smith 14′, 45+7′, Lindsey Horan 77′)
Vietnam 0
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FMG Stadium Waikato
Attendance: 16,111
Group C
Zambia 0
Japan 5 (Hinata Miyazawa 43′, 62′, Mina Tanaka 55′, Jun Endo 71′, Riki Ueki 90+11′ pen)
Games played on Sunday July 23, 2023
Group G
Sky Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 18,317
Sweden 2 (Fridolina Rolfö 65′, Amanda Ilestedt 90′)
South Africa 1 (Hildah Magaia 48′)
Group E
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 11,991
Netherlands 1 (Stefanie van der Gragt 13′)
Portugal 0
Northern League
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Melville United 0
Auckland City 1 (Joe Lee 52′)
Auckland United 4 (own goal 22′, Yousif Al-Kalisy 60′, Hideto Takahashi 80′, Dré Vollenhoven 90+8′)
Bay Olympic 1 (Sam Leadley 21′)
West Coast Rangers 2 (Addison Stewart 48′, Joshua Armitt 69′)
Birkenhead United 1 (Rayhan Carlson Du-Toit 36′)
Takapuna 0
Manurewa 4 (Nic Bobadilla 32′ pen, Boon Ozawa 62′, Ronaldo Muniz 80′, 90+3′)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Ryan Verney 54′)
Manukau United 0
Hamilton Wanderers 3 (Tesco Grunwald 10′, Alex Rose 13′, Aston Hurd 23′)
Western Springs 2 (Reid Drake 35′, Matt Ellis 90+1′)
Central League
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Waterside Karori 0
Napier City Rovers 3 (Christian Leopard 40′, Jack Albertini 67′, Jonathan McNamara 90+3′)
Miramar Rangers 1 (Harry Chote 34′)
Western Suburbs 0
Whanganui Athletic 1 (Ryan Holden 90+5′ pen)
Stop Out 3 (Jared Cunniff 20′, Sam Cosgrave 60′, 90+2′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2 (Ryan Watson 31′, Daniel Makowem 37′)
North Wellington 3 (Ryan Lee 21′, Cameron Wardlaw 23′, Cory Vickers 70′)
Petone 4 (Jack O’Connor 21′, 49′, 63′, Luke Grindlay 33′)
Wellington Olympic 0
Southern League
Game played on Friday July 21, 2023
Selwyn United 3 (Darius van Wyk 4′, Jack Allatt 43′, Ollie Sims 74′)
FC Twenty 11 2 (Daniel Oakman 40′, Matthew Bergin 67′)
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Dunedin City Royals 1 (Benjamin Stanley 55′)
Christchurch United 3 (Matt Todd-Smith 12′, Sam Philip 74′, Eoghan Stokes 84′)
Nomads United 1 (Daniel Ede 54′)
Cashmere Technical 1 (Garbhan Coughlan 10′)
Games played on Sunday July 23, 2023
Nelson Suburbs 2 (Scott Wallace 12′, Alex Ridsdale 90+5′ pen)
Ferrymead Bays 1 (Alex Meaclem 22′)
Coastal Spirit 3 (Omar Cameron 34′, 51′, Dominic McGarr 63′)
Green Island 2 (Trevin Myers 44′, 59′)
Women’s South Island League
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Universities of Canterbury 1 (Tessa Burns 51′)
Nelson Suburbs 0
Cashmere Technical 3 (scorers to come)
Dunedin City Royals 1 (Tabitha Seaton)
Game played on Sunday July 23, 2023
Otago University 0
Coastal Spirit 10 (Britney-lee Nicholson 5′, 47′, 52′, 79′, Jayda Stewart 19′, 42′, 62′, 73′, Alyssa Whinham 22′, Laura Newman 69′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Waiheke United 2 (Kiwa Burke-Munns 29′, Juan Cruz Canay 70′)
East Coast Bays 3 (Oscar Garcia 31′, Orlando Thorpe 62′, Moses Akimana 90+1′)
Metro 0
Tauranga 8 (Campbell Higgins 21′, Liam Molloy 27′, 71′, Colby Brennan 39′, Adam Davidson 49′, Jonty Bidois 52′, Joel McMullan 80′, Tristan Kawana 82′)
Ellerslie 1 (Luke Robb 50′)
North Shore United 4 (Bronson Kelly 7′, Thomas Page 12′, 60′ pen, 75′)
Ngaruawahia United 3 (Roussin Nkoy 14′, Reuben Henderson 40′, 59′)
Onehunga Mangere United 3 (Maksim Manko 12′, 29′, Marcos Dias 85′)
Mount Albert Ponsonby 4 (Marshall Gurney 25′, Jayden Rollinson 75′, Kris Carpenter 83′, Sam Tutton 88′)
Hibiscus Coast 0
Fencibles United 3 (Peter Garofalakis 15′, 87′ pen, Hazem Alfayad 73′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Harry Bartlett 24′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Game scheduled for Friday July 21, 2023
Fencibles United 3
Te Atatu 0
*Game defaulted by Te Atatu
Games played on Sunday July 23, 2023
Tauranga City 5 (Abi Witney-Collins 2′, 28′, 33′, 72′, Briana Osborne 15′)
Central United 1 (Narise Hansen 51′)
Otumoetai 0
Onehunga Sports 5 (Holly Patterson 8′, 26′, Kate Inwood 30′, 34′, Robyn Fisher 47′)
Manukau United 0
Franklin United 3 (Georgia Irvine 55′, 77′, Chloe Marthe 88′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Beachlands Maraetai 0
Franklin United 4 (Mohammed Shah 21′, own goal 37′, Tim Richardson 52′, Kavi Kumar 87′)
West Auckland 2 (Mohammed Haj 4′, Joshua Peden 35′)
Bucklands Beach 3 (Joshua Smith 27′, Sander Waterland 29′, Carl Burgoyne 88′)
Albany United 2 (own goal 50′, Kiah Williams 68′)
Northland 1 (Kyle Levell 78′ pen)
Central United 1 (own goal 89′)
Waitemata 2 (Samuel Sedon 45′ pen, 48′)
Oratia United — Bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Taupo 1 (Dylan Foster 85′)
Papamoa 0
Te Awamutu 2 (Jack Connor 32′, Joshua Fitzpatrick 54′)
Otumoetai 0
Cambridge 6 (Krishaant Singh 14′, Josh Clarkin 53′, 61′, 68′, 72′, 74′)
Claudelands Rovers 3 (Charlie Young 17′, Henry Stephen 45+1′ pen, Alexander Whitehead 76′)
Waikato Unicol 5 (Jarrod Briggs 23′, Harry Christensen-Rose 43′, Bailey Webster 53′, 71′, Ethan Martin 65′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 1 (Hyden Chapman 90+3′)
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
South Auckland Rangers 4 (Conan Reddy 25′, Hussaini Khan 42′, Pablo Carabajal 63′, Joe Minto 90+1′)
Papakura City 1 (Aakash Kumar 38′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 3 (Abdul Saraj 22′, Adam Foley 71′, Ahmad Zara 82′)
Ranui Swanson 0
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday July 22, 2023
Tauranga City 0
Matamata Swifts 2 (Chris Lee 3′, Peter Shannon 46′)
West Hamilton 3 (Duale Mire 10′, Khalid Omar 26′, Jibril Mire 45′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Otorohanga 4 (Bailey Croad 27′, Trent Maguire 41′, 44′, 66′)
Tokoroa 1 (Joshua Drysdale 37′)
Cambridge 2 (Dylan Blair 35′, Wade Ellis 68′)
Claudelands Rovers 4 (Angus MacDonald 8′, 62′, Luke Kennedy 24′, 78′)
WaiBOP Women’s W-League
Games played on Sunday July 23, 2023
Tauranga City 4 (Ella Golding 30′, 35′, 41′, Lane Ririnui 44′)
Otumoetai 2 (Makenzie Kamo 6′, 14′)
Waikato Unicol 7 (Stacey Palmer 12′, 13′, 39′, Kayley Knight 47′, Sarah Stokes 52′, Jenna Lowe 56′, Mia Richmond 59′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers 0
Melville United 5 (Laura Bennett 35′, Shion Hwang 42′, 58′, Steve-Lee Tiller 62′, 75′)
Lakes 4 (Sinead Doherty 16′, 30′, Susi Peterson 21′, Morgan MacCormick 79′)
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