Here’s our round-up of Thursday’s floodlit action in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch as football fans made an early start to Easter.
In the Northern League, Melville United won the Waikato derby with a last-minute goal from Erik Panzer giving them a 2-1 win at Porritt Stadium.
Referee Andres Castro was kept busy, issuing yellow cards to four Wanderers players and five from Melville, as well as giving Melville striker Jack McGovern a second yellow after he’d been subbed off.
In the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership, newly-crowned OFC Women’s Champions League winners Auckland United started their domestic season with a 4-0 win at Ellerslie.
The match also gave United the chance to unveil new season signings in former Wellington Phoenix pair Chloe Knott and Saskia Vosper. Both came on as second-half substitutes.
In the Southern League, Ferrymead Bays and Christchurch United are off to winning starts.
Bays beat newcomers Universities of Canterbury 1-0, while United had their game against Nomads United wrapped up with three goals in the opening 21 minutes.
Here’s our round-up of results for Thursday March 28, 2024:
Results
Games played on Thursday March 28, 2024
Futsal international
Futsal Whites 2 (Rahan Ali, 2)
Vietnam 2
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Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Taylor Marsh 62′)
Melville United 2 (Isaac Bates 23′, Erik Panzer 89′)
Southern League
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Ferrymead Bays 1 (Satsuki Ito 17′)
Universities of Canterbury 0
Christchurch United 3 (Joel Stevens 13′, 15′, Joel Peterson 21′)
Nomads United 0
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
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Ellerslie 0
Auckland United 4 (Alexis Cook 4′, Rene Wasi 31′, Talisha Green 47′, Charlotte Roche 73′)
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