The Grand Final of the U-17 Boys’ National Championship will be live-streamed from Upper Hutt at 2.30pm on Sunday November 5.
Auckland’s Fencibles United will face the Wellington Phoenix Academy at the NZ Campus of Innovation and Sport headquarters in Upper Hutt.
Main photo: Fencibles United … have beaten Nomads United and Birkenhead United to reach the Grand Final. Photo credit: Fencibles United social media.
It will bring an end to three days of competition for eight of the country’s top U-17 teams.
Prior to the final, three games will decide the final rankings of the participating teams, from third to eighth.
Squads for the Grand Final
Fencibles United
1 Eli Jones (GK)
2 James Fuller
3 Adam Muggleston
4 Nicholas Rooney
5 Ryan Mackay
6 Harrison Lloyd
7 Khavin Kannan
8 Kodie Nicol
9 Ethan Holder
10 Josef Ugwa
11 Will Pepper
12 Luca Johns
13 Frank Lu
14 Nathan Martin
15 Finn Wessels
16 Liam Jekel
17 Moitaba Sayed
19 Krish Killa
Head coach: Michael Poulopoulos
Assistant Coach: Marty Rodwell
Team manager: James Rooney
Wellington Phoenix Academy
5 Josh Capstick (GK)
8 Luka Das (GK)
37 Luke Flowerdew
41 C Jayden Smith
42 Ryan Hamilton
43 Carlos Ranui
49 Harrison Kowalczyk
50 Fletcher Pratt
52 Kyle Koch
53 Luca Bordignon
54 Edward Thompson
55 Phillip Azevedo
56 Samuel Law
58 Louis Wickremesekera
60 Lugman Ibrahim
61 Mac Munro
62 Alfie Crookston
65 Jack Perniskie
Head coach: Luke Tongue
Assistant coach: Alexander Richardson
Goalkeeper coach: Callum Kennett
Physio: Morgan Rowan/Jonathan Pledger
Team manager: Justin Raffan
Squads for the third place play-off
Birkenhead United
1 James Lee (GK)
2 Ricco Howarth
3 Joshua Wells
4 Natinael Leykune
5 Conall McLean
6 Nikola Stoychev
7 Joseph Marshall
8 Krish Nair
9 James Taylor
10 Karter Ropata Mackenzie
11 Louie Poletti
12 Cameron Deamer
13 Levi Hill
14 Charlie Taylor
15 Tiger Watson
16 Yash Arora
17 Zain Franicevic
19 Bill Cui (GK)
Head coach: Steven Chad
Assistant Coach: Ben McQuay
Team manager: Simon Marshall
Auckland United
2 Kokoro Onodera
3 Cameron Siebert
4 Lucas Grinter
5 Victor Barbosa
6 Wade Melville
7 Bronson Brown
8 Connor Sykes
10 James Ray
11 Astor Perez Baldoni
12 Tadiwa Namba
13 Michael Wong
14 Ryan Ellis
16 Dejaun Naidoo
17 Shaan Anand
19 Kyle Mendes
21 Kazik Swain
22 Ishveer Singh-Dhillon
35 Blake Callinan (GK)
Head coach: Brad Bicknell
Assistant coach: Joseph Turagabeci
Assistant coach: Jo Dawkins
Physical trainer: Benjamin Maunsell
Fixtures
Games to be played on Sunday November 5, 2023
Onslow/North Wellington v Western Suburbs (7v8 play-off)
NZCIS 2, Upper Hutt, 11.30am
Nomads United v Selwyn United (5v6 play-off)
NZCIS 3, Upper Hutt, 11.30am
Birkenhead United v Auckland United (3v4 play-off)
NZCIS 3, Upper Hutt, 2.30pm
Fencibles United v Wellington Phoenix Academy (Grand Final)
NZCIS 2, Upper Hutt, 2.30pm
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