Some huge scores marked the opening round of the Southern League on Friday, with 22 goals scored in three games.
Second round fixtures took place for the Northern League and the Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship, while the NRFL’s Northern and Southern Conferences got underway.
In the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership, Western Springs beat crosstown rivals Eastern Suburbs 1-0.
Here’s our round-up for Friday March 29, 2024:
Results
Games played on Friday March 29, 2024
Northern League
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Bay Olympic 2 (Michal Doudera 25′, Hamed Basiri 58′)
East Coast Bays 1 (Hayat Ali Tobita 59′)
Tauranga City 1 (Liam Molloy 66′)
Auckland United 4 (Dan Atkinson 23′, Joshua Tollervey 31′ pen, Oliver Fay 60′, Semi Nabenu 80′)
Birkenhead United 3 (Curtis Hughes 9′, 62′, Monty Patterson 23′ pen)
West Coast Rangers 1 (Joshua Armitt 54′)
Manurewa 1 (Mitsuru Sakashita 90’+5′)
Western Springs 2 (Emiliano Tade 51′, Reid Drake 74′ pen)
Auckland City 1 (Liam Gillion 45+1′)
Eastern Suburbs 0
Central League
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North Wellington 0
Waterside Karori 2 (Seth Ward 29′ Sergio Diego Concessio 82′)
Southern League
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Dunedin City Royals 1 (Will Turner 11′)
Cashmere Technical 5 (Lyle Matthysen 25′, 71′, Tom Schwartz 31′, Gabriel Gallaway 67′, 88′)
FC Twenty 11 0
Nelson Suburbs 9 (Spencer Barber 7′, 11′, 56′, Lennon Whewell 13′, 47′, 83′. Noah Platt 29′, Logan Klaas Van De Geest 68′, Alex Ward 75′)
Coastal Spirit 7 (Alejandro Steinwascher 27′, 38′, 39′, 43′, Weston Bell 29′, 45′, Daniel Boys 57′)
Selwyn United 0
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
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Western Springs 1 (Anya Stephan 62′)
Eastern Suburbs 0
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Lauren Henry 5′)
West Coast Rangers 3 (Catherine Smith 32′, Shannon Henson 45+3′, Maisy Dewell 48′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
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Hibiscus Coast 0
Takapuna 0
Metro 3 (Matt Hearn 41′, 63′, Sam Freeman 44′)
Franklin United 0
Ellerslie 2 (Rowan Corbett 44′, Shukrullah Rezaie 87′)
North Shore United 0
Ngaruawahia United 1 (Darius Palma 43′ pen)
Onehunga Mangere United 2 (Aidan Price 53′, Abraham Khalil 69′)
Manukau United 1 (Mohammed Shah 51′)
Northern Rovers 1 (Tinotenda Mupemhena 47′)
Fencibles United 3 (Frank Clarke 29′, Kodie Nicol 34′, Moh Reynolds 75′)
Mt Albert Ponsonby 1 (Sam Tutton 43′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
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Oratia United 2 (Andy Kapteyn 45+1′, 49′)
Waitemata 5 (Adam Hargood 8′, Shane Tanner 21′, Sam Sedon 62′ pen, Harry Murphy 81′, Stuart Davies 86′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
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Cambridge 5 (Bailey Webster 26′, 69′, 75′, Rahim Nabizada 85′, Josh Clarkin 89′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 0
Te Awamutu 2 (Joel Roil 62′, 86′)
Otumoetai 7 (Jack Boland 3′, 53′, Own Goals 24′, 60′, James Clark 26′, Dylan Monteiro 32′, Moses Caldwell 55′ pen)
Previous results
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