Here’s our post-weekend debrief for fans wanting all the top results from New Zealand’s regional men’s and women’s leagues.
Plus, the men’s and women’s A-Leagues provided finals drama as the Wellington Phoenix learned who they would meet in the semi-finals.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of May 3-5, 2024:
Results
Women’s A-League
Game played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Grand final
Melbourne City 0
Sydney 1 (Shea Connors 69′)
Men’s A-League
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Game played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Elimination final 1
Sydney 4 (Robert Mak 8′, 78′, Joe Lolley 50′, Jaiden Kucharski 67′)
Macarthur 0
Game played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Elimination final 2
Melbourne Victory 1 (Nishan Velupillay 88′)
Melbourne City 1 (Samuel Souprayen 29′)
*Victory win 3-2 on penalties after extra time
Northern League
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
East Coast Bays 0
Auckland City 3 (Ryan de Vries 22′, 83′, Liam Gillion 90+)
Bay Olympic 1 (Ibrahim Nadir 60′)
Tauranga City 5 (Colby Brennan 10′, Nathan Rostron 37′, Liam Molloy 48′, 80′, Morgan Wellsbury 90’+2′)
Manurewa 2 (Eric Ramirez 1′, Hector Echague 90+6′)
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Derek Tieku 51′ pen)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Luis Toomey 90+3′)
Birkenhead United 4 (Corban Piper 39′, 44′, Monty Patterson 55′ pen, Leon Van Den Hoven 59′)
West Coast Rangers 3 (Allan Pearce 15′ pen, 80′ pen, James Green 85′)
Melville United 1 (Lucca Lim 8′)
Western Springs 3 (Reid Drake 33′, Patrick Tobin 76′, Emiliano Tade 80′)
Auckland United 1 (Josh Tollervey 62′)
Central League
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Miramar Rangers 2 (Sam Mason-Smith 32′ pen, Nico Bobadilla 38′)
Napier City Rovers 3 (Oscar Faulds 2′, Cameron Emerson 5′, Jack Albertini 15′)
Waterside Karori 2 (Jack Parker 36′ pen, 40′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Jack Perniskie 61′)
Petone 2 (Jamaya Shearer 12′, Jack O’Connor 31′)
North Wellington 1 (Henry Sinclair 87′)
Island Bay United 1 (Jeremy Sutton 24′)
Wellington Olympic 6 (Jesse Randall 9′, 68′, Tor Davenport Petersen 21′, Hamish Watson 22′, Ben Mata 71′ pen, Isa Prins 85′)
Game played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Western Suburbs 5 (Cameron Mackenzie 45′, Connor Wilson 45’+4′, Thomas Scott 46′, Alifeleti Peini 78′, Flynn Cave 88′)
Stop Out 1 (Graham Craven 72′)
Southern League
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Dunedin City Royals 3 (Ryan Mairs 20′, other scorers to come)
FC Twenty 11 1 (scorer to come)
Nomads United 2 (Harry Bushell 8′, Flynn Holdem 65′)
Nelson Suburbs 0
Ferrymead Bays 3 (Satsuki Ito 8′, Nikolas Fairley 17′, Cameron Rean 26′)
Selwyn United 2 (Jack Alatt 50′, Daniel Ede 78′)
Christchurch United 2 (David Yoo 43′, Joel Stevens 45+3′)
Coastal Spirit 3 (Alejandro Steinwascher 20′, Apisai Rabuka 84′, Ryan Stanley 90’+10′)
UC Football 0
Cashmere Technical 7 (Garbhan Coughlan 1′, 18′ pen, 24′, 66′, Matt Tod-Smith 6′, Lyle Matthysen 21′, Tom Schwarz 43′ pen)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Games played on Friday May 3, 2024
West Coast Rangers 2 (Bree Johnson 58′, 71′)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Sofia Garcia 80′)
Western Springs 0
Auckland United 1 (Chloe Knott 86′)
Hibiscus Coast 1 (Danica Urlich-Beech 90+7′)
Fencibles United 2 (Rosie Missen 20′, Millee Loxton 31′)
Game played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Ellerslie 4 (Lyric Davidson 9′, own goal 12′, Kim Oosterbeek 50′, Abby Wright 65′)
Hamilton Wanderers 3 (Lily Brazendale 30′, 88′, Maddi Ollinton 75′)
Women’s Central League
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Palmerston North Marist 0
Moturoa 0
Victoria University 0
Taradale 3 (Maddison Hughes 18′, 80′, Kya Solomon 84′)
Seatoun 0
Petone 3 (Pepi Olliver-Bell 3′, Danielle Ohlsson 12′, Libby Boobyer 48′)
Women’s South Island Qualifying League (A)
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Queens Park 1 (Rebecca Walker 28′)
Green Island 0
Northern 0
Dunedin City Royals 10 (Charlotte Summers 1′, 70′, 81′, Nieve Collin 19′, 71′, Abby Rankin 30′, 49′, Georgia Kennedy 35′, 41′, Tahlia Roome 52′)
Roslyn Wakari 1 (Abby Neilson 67′)
Otago University 3 (Aynsley Martin 12′, Charli Marvin 29′, Elise Jackson 31′)
Women’s South Island Qualifying League (B)
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
UC Football 1 (Katie Harris 15′)
Coastal Spirit 1 (scorer not provided)
Halswell United 3 (Sarah Camplell 51′, 82′, Charlotte Grey 68′)
NW United 0
Cashmere Technical 7 (Grace Johns 10′, Aimee Phillips 13′, 21′, Anna Mcphie 30′, 35′, Lara Wall 40′, Claudia Wilson 51′)
Selwyn United 0
Nelson Suburbs — bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Fencibles United 2 (Daniel Bunch 17′, Moh Reynolds 59′)
Hibiscus Coast 4 (Julian Stevenson 13′, Dan Cyra 20′, George Debhenham 28′, Adam Windelburn 89′)
Mt Albert Ponsonby 1 (Kevin Hajderaj 21′)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (Tom Watkinson 90+3′)
Northern Rovers 1 (own goal 18′)
Takapuna 1 (Ben Allan 38′)
North Shore United 6 (Brodie Putt 38′, 45′, 49′, Oscar Garcia 53′, Declan Sweeney 80′, Nick Petherick 90+3′)
Franklin United 1 (Nathan Sumner 19′)
Manukau United 2 (Dylan Horgan 51′, Mohammed Fardeen Faheem 77′)
Metro 2 (Sam Freeman 35′, 61′)
Ngaruawahia United 3 (Darius Palma 32′ pen, Roman Yair Perez 43′, Jack Marden 72′)
Ellerslie 0
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Franklin United 4 (Sarah Carpenter 4′, own goal 43′, Britney Cunningham-Lee 86′, 87)
Birkenhead United 0
Central United 2 (Sylvia McDougall 34′, 58′)
Melville United 1 (Laura Bennett 53′)
Onehunga Sports 5 (own goals 13′, 44′, Pip Meo 25′, Kate Inwood 27′, Robyn Fisher 58′)
Tauranga Moana 3 (Ella Golding 36′, Grace Duncan 54′, 82′)
Manukau United 0
Northern Rovers 3 (Gigi Cliffe 9′, 54′, Ivy Calonne 52′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Northland 3 (Qaiden Norman 1′, Kyle Levell 28′, Max Diamond 57′)
Waitemata 0
Waiheke United 4 (Nico Vanina 32′, Alejo Villasana 45′, Sergio Lindner 45’+1′, Juan Andrés Pascucci 87′)
Te Atatu 1 (Jared Colligan 90+5′)
Bucklands Beach 4 (own goal 8′, Sander Waterland 11′, Lyle Jones 17′, Sam Lonergan 67′)
Oratia United 1 (Max Whitehead 30′)
Albany United 4 (Maximiliano Campodonico 52′, James Chamberlain-Barlow 76′, 89′, Matthew Harland 90’+2′)
Beachlands Maraetai 5 (Oliver Peters 19′, 66′, Mark Giles 22′ pen, 80 pen’, Alex Thurbon 45′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Taupo 2 (Joe O’Donoghue 88′, Dylan Foster 89′)
Waikato Unicol 0
Cambridge 6 (Bailey Webster 27′, 42′, 68′, 79′, Jack Connor 35′, Blake Taylor 53′)
Otumoetai 1 (Jack Boland 57′)
Claudelands Rovers 7 (Aidan Coffey 8′, Krishaant Singh 16′, 45′, Charlie Young 30′, Henry Stephen 50′, Thomas O’Leary 68′, Ernest Pidoke 81′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 1 (Ryan Nicholson 35′)
Papamoa 5 (Vincent Callister 5′, Trent Silcock 10′, Matthew Kilpatrick 15′, Conor Hinz 57′, Liam Fort 85′)
Te Awamutu 0
Central Federation Men’s League
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Peringa United 2 (Domenico Squatriti 34′, 83′)
Havelock North Wanderers 3 (Ryan Miller 5′, Tom Speers 32′, Carter Lachmund 71′)
Gisborne Thistle 4 (Jimmy Somerton 14′, 25′, 86′, own goal 34′)
Western 2 (Jack Flood 64′, Matt Sanger 82′)
New Plymouth Rangers 3 (Devan Leggett 22′, Jaron Yoshimura 33′, Leo Taylor 83′)
Whanganui Athletic 3 (Ryan Holden 2′, Jordan Joblin-Hall 32′, 44′)
Taradale 0
Palmerston North Marist 4 (Campbell Wallace 13′, 90+2′, Nicholas Carrick 50′, Paul Awa 77′)
Palmerston North United — bye
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Waiuku 1 (Paora Porter 39′)
Central United 3 (Martin Dow 19′, Trevor Everett 75′, Sam Lloyd 83′)
West Auckland 2 (Alessandro Galli 2′, Minjoo Kim 39′)
Mangere United 3 (Sharad Kumar 16′ pen, Kaliova Nadumu 54′, Andrew Nacker 80′)
South Auckland Rangers 5 (Calvin Opperman 10′, 14′, Pablo Yackson Carabajal 69′, Josh Harford 85′, Emosi Navaba 89′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 0
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday May 4, 2024
Claudelands Rovers 1 (Nathan Ditford 85′)
Te Puke United 0
West Hamilton 2 (Lee Massey 14′, 71′)
Northern United 3 (Sean Sullivan 39′, Owen Sole 83′, Benjamin Sole 90+6′)
Tokoroa 2 (Chris Teague 3′, Narinder Singh 51′)
Hamilton Wanderers 9 (Duale Mire 7′, 48′, Trent Lynch 8′, 11′, 32′ 44′, George Dixon 38′, Cullen Broshahan 45′, 75′)
Otorohanga 8 (Tawhirimatea Ball 13′, 29′, 31′, 35′, 43′, Mason Apperley 22′, 48′, Regan Hesketh 71′)
Cambridge 0
Tauranga City 0
Matamata Swifts 5 (Hardeep Singh 15′, Peter Shannon 23′, 47′, 62′, 89′)
NRF Women’s Conference
Games played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Bucklands Beach 1 (Bridget Milne 11′ pen)
Greenhithe Mozamba 8 (Lauren Smyth 10′, 55′, 83′, Kathryn Mcmonagle 17′, 65′, 87′, Sarah Kucera 36′, Alyssa Thomson 49′)
Bay Olympic 0
Papakura City 3 (Joyce Barroso 7′, Kristina Ah Ching 48′, 83′)
Te Atatu 2 (Keira Schriefer 23′, Angela Byrne 84′ pen)
Northland 1 (Ruby-June Taylor 82′)
Onehunga Mangere United 2 (Rebekah Withers 5′, 48′)
Beachlands Maraetai 2 (Erica Paterson 43′, Rebecca Ripley 60′)
WaiBOP Women’s W-League
Games played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Tauranga Moana Gold 3 (Bella McKeown 20′, own goal 38′, Mila Craven 44′)
Lakes 0
Tauranga Moana Black 3 (Sinead Doherty 48′, 70′, 81′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers 2 (Mikaela Cornwell 86′, Paige Rickard 90′)
Waikato Unicol 2 (Caitlin James 6′, Stacey Palmer 10′)
Cambridge 4 (Charlotte Harries 1′, Karin Ingram 26′, 42′, Caitlyn Varcoe 66′ pen)
Melville United 3 (Amy Sexton 18′, Miché Cloete 35′, Hayley Williams 57′)
Taupo 7 (Helen Arjomandi 23′, 27′, 59′, 70′, 87′, Nicola Drake 34′, Phoebe Smith 80′)
Women’s Capital Premier League
Games played on Sunday May 5, 2024
Miramar Rangers 3 (Ella Wilson 53′, Jacqueline Broughton 75′, Abigail Kilkolly 90′)
Wellington United Sapphires 3 (Olivia Catherwood 13′, Ashleigh McCutcheon 21′, Ashleigh Mason 39′)
Te Kotahitanga 4 (Vanessa Addy 8′, 11′, 37′, Madison Beetham 73′)
North Wellington 2 (Maria Riediger 13′, 32′)
Brooklyn Northern United 2 (Jenny Melaugh 34′, Natasha Hind 69′)
Upper Hutt City 3 (Ruby Reid 9′, Rebecca Stewart 85′, Harriet Williams 90′)
Petone 1 (Phoebe Gray 36, Jessica Owens Blackmore 61′)
Island Bay United 0
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