Latest news from New Zealand's Women's National League
Brad Bicknell is leaving his role as director of football at national league club Auckland United to join the Wellington Phoenix. Bicknell (25) has been with Auckland United and its foundation club Three Kings United for 20 years as a … Read More
Auckland United will face teams from Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia at the OFC Women’s Champions League tournament in March. The New Zealand national champions will play group games against Labasa (Fiji), Veitonga (Tonga) and a yet-to-be-decided club to represent … Read More
New Zealand U-17 international defender Suya Haering has signed with German club FFC Turbine Potsdam who play in the women’s Bundesliga 2 competition. Haering (18) was a member of the Auckland United side that won last season’s Women’s National League … Read More
Dunedin City Royals have appointed title-winning Graeme Smaill as their women’s first team coach for 2024. Smaill (61) has had considerable success with Dunedin teams in the past and will lead the Royals into their Football South Women’s Premier League … Read More
Auckland United have named their Players of the Year after the club completed seasons in the men’s and women’s National Leagues. At the club’s annual prizegiving in December, Hideto Takahashi was awarded United’s Men’s Player of the Year, while Danielle … Read More
Kris Ridley — who helped lead Southern United to the grand final of the Women’s National League — has joined Dunedin club Roslyn Wakari as men’s head coach. Ridley (42) will lead Roslyn Wakari in next season’s Southern Premier League, … Read More
NZ Football have named their women’s and men’s ‘teams of the season’, selected from players who featured in this year’s National Leagues. Most Valuable Players NZ Football named Garbhan Coughlan (Cashmere Technical) as the Men’s National League’s MVP. Kaley Ward … Read More
Waterside Karori have confirmed Tory Schilgen will return as the head coach of their women’s first team next season. Schilgen (34) joined the club in 2023 after spells with Western Suburbs and Upper Hutt City, leading Waterside Karori to the … Read More
Auckland United will represent New Zealand at the OFC Women’s Champions League tournament in the Solomon Islands next March. By winning the Grand Final of the Women’s National League, the Ben Bate-coached United side earned automatic qualification to the tournament, … Read More
By Joan Grey Close marking of Southern United’s star striker Amy Hislop was one of the keys to Auckland United’s national women’s title victory, says winning coach Ben Bate. After his side’s 2-0 win in the Grand Final at Go … Read More
A goal in each half secured the national women’s title for Auckland United in their Grand Final against Southern United. The Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier League title holders beat Southern United 2-0 at Auckland’s Go Media Stadium Mt Smart. Here … Read More
Four big games focused fans’ interest over the weekend with national titles decided and two more wins for the Wellington Phoenix. Here are the top results, with links to watch and read more about them … Results Women’s National League … Read More
Auckland United are the new champions of New Zealand’s women’s football after beating Southern United 2-0 in the Grand Final of the Women’s National League. For most of the game, the sides were evenly matched but Auckland United took their … Read More
Auckland United forward Rene Wasi has been named the Player of the Match for her display in her side’s 2-0 Grand Final win against Southern United. Wasi (21) used her speed to great effect in the match at Auckland’s Go … Read More
Auckland United will meet Southern United in the Grand Final of the women’s National League on Sunday November 26, 2023, to decide which club claims the national title. The winner will also become New Zealand’s representative at next year’s OFC … Read More
By Max Fletcher Four clubs go into Sunday’s men’s and women’s Grand Finals eager to claim the honour of becoming national champions. But as the teams walk on to Go Media Stadium Mt Smart, a fifth team will be working … Read More
When the two teams step out on the Mt Smart pitch, the Grand Finalists for the Women’s National League will have taken very different routes to get there. For Auckland United, it’s a 7km trip from their Keith Hay Park … Read More
By Logan Smith Considered by many to be the competition’s outsiders, Southern United have defied expectations to be one game away from being crowned national women’s champions. After an outstanding season, Southern United are bound for Auckland this weekend to … Read More