2025 Women’s National League – Week 3
Canterbury United Pride vs Wellington Phoenix Reserves
It’s National League season and it’s also international youth tournament season. The Wellington Phoenix are always the most affected by those things, so as great as the Nix Reserves were last week in beating Petone, they had to make a host of changes after the NZ U17s representatives departed for their World Cup. Fortunately, the NZ U19s passed them at the terminal. Only Liana Baldock, Maisy McDonald, and Dorothy Yek held their places in the eleven but the replacements were pretty tasty. In came Mackenzie Greene, Alyssha Eglinton, Poppy O’Brien, Amber De Wit, Grace Bartlett, and Isla Cleall-Harding who were all part of that U19s team which won the Oceania champs, while Eliza Vincent and Gigi Freeman also returned to the eleven. Decent, very decent.
This game was at English Park and that’s is a venue that De Wit and Yek know well having both played for Canterbury United last season (having come up through the Pride youth ranks). Canterbury United didn’t have any players picked in that U17s squad but they did lose their coach, Shane Verma, who is an assistant to Alana Gunn (herself a former Pride coach too). Great to see Kate Loye back in the midfield. Annie Foote also got the nod in goal, as Canterbury made two switches to the team that burst out to a 3-0 lead against Western Springs... then conceded three times before the half on the way to a 3-3 draw.
That previous game was played in torrential rain but Christchurch served up a beauty for this Saturday arvo event. And it began exactly how you’d expect with the WeeNix working the ball around assuredly... leading to a very early goal when Maisy McDonald got around the left edge and cut back for Cleall-Harding. Left with too much room to shoot, she whalloped the ball off the crossbar and down, narrowly crossing the line. It coulda been two in a hurry when O’Brien drew a save after De Wit’s switch. Bartlett also hustled a turnover around halfway and sent ICL running through but she couldn’t score 1v1 past Foote. Very bright start from the WeeNix.
Then, what do ya know, Margi Dias equalised for Canterbury United. It was the Pride’s first real chance. Anya Stephan laid off a smart ball in the box and Dias produced another clinical finish to match the banger she scored last week - always helps to have someone capable of converting those tough ones. That goal brought the Pride into the race as they began to do a much better job of closing down the passing lanes for the Nix and forcing them to play backwards and sideways. Stephan nearly put Canterbury ahead after a burst of speed but Liana Baldock managed to tip the shot wide.
The match went back and forth until another burst of goals at the end of the first half. First it was the Nix retaking the lead as De Wit collected the ball from a short corner and whipped a delivery onto the head of Grace Bartlett, there ya go. But once again the Pride equalised within a few minutes, this time all thanks to Petra Buyck who robbed Freeman of the ball and then spun through the challenge before finishing emphatically. 2-2 at half-time.
It’d also be 2-2 at full-time because same as last week the Pride did all their scoring and conceding in the first half. There were chances along the way, like Buyck having a shot deflected into the sidenetting or Foote denying Yek with another 1v1 save. Buyck curled over from a free kick. Yek was close to scoring a crazy one when she blocked a clearance with her face and Annie Foote had to be alert to react as it dropped on target. All the funky stuff happened in the first 45, though... the second spell was much more about the defenders.
Fair to say that was another decent, commendable effort from the Canterbury side. They’re still conceding a lot but they’re also showing that the 8-0 loss to Auckland Utd in week one may have been a fluke (even if they’re one of only two winless teams remaining after three weeks). All five of their goals have been scored by Dias and Buyck – including some very tidy finishes. Timely ones too. Equalising straight after conceding always goes down well. Kate Loye made a big difference to their midfield... although the best Cantabrian on the pitch was Amber De Wit operating a little deeper in the mids for the WeeNix but still managing to create things while looking very smart in their initial phases too. Alyssha Eglinton also put on a fine display, particularly in the second half. Lily Fisher impressed for the Pride as well doing similar centre-back things. A point for each. Keeps everything ticking over.
Canterbury United Pride 2-2 Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Goals (Assists)
5’ | 0-1 | WP | Cleall-Harding (McDonald)
8’ | 1-1 | CU | Dias (Stephan)
42’ | 1-2 | WP | Bartlett (De Wit)
45’ | 2-2 | CU | Buyck
Auckland United vs Central Football
Auckland United did something pretty cool last week... they competed in the inaugural match of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup, where the two-time defending NZ National League title-holders put in a massive shift against professional Chinese club Wuhan Jianghan (the reigning champs of Asia, having beaten Melbourne City in the AFC Champions League earlier this year). AUFC were beaten 1-0 thanks to an 88th minute winning goal and that narrow margin did not flatter them at all. Not only were they awesome at the back but their midfield was swarming all over and they created a few decent chances along the way. Weird to see them in underdog mode given how much they’ve bossed the local scene these last few years... but it turns out they can play that way too. And the funkiest thing about that performance? AUFC picked the exact same starting eleven as they’d used in the 8-0 win against Canterbury United Pride the week before.
That wee trip to China meant postponing last week’s game against Eastern Suburbs (they’ve rescheduled it for later in October). There was no delaying week three’s allotment though. Off the plane and back to business in the Nats where poor old Central had to deal with the battle-hardened champs at Keith Hay Park. Needless to say they were on a hiding to nothing. Best they could hope for was a tired and rotated United team and they got that... yet still shelled double figures. So it goes. Jorja Horn and Ruby Gilbertson each made their first starts for Central in this game, the only two changes from a very decent defensive effort against West Coast Rangers previously (relatively speaking).
Auckland United switched it up plenty with Alaina Granger, Danielle Canham, and Alexis Cook the only players to back it up after starting in Wuhan on Wednesday night (Canham captained the side). That meant backup keeper Charlotte Eagle got a start. It meant Greer Macintosh at CB. It meant Ellie La Monte and Tui Dugan at fullback (La Monte is a new signing from Australia, previously with Preston Lions). Kiara Bercelli and Zoe Benson formed a very attack-minded midfield trio with Canham sitting deeper. Ava Pritchard on the wing. Siobhan Edwards up front. Ben Bate would be generous with his subs too, getting Rene Wasi, Yume Harashima, Chloe Knott, Ava Collins, and Kate McConnell all out there by the 62nd minute (with the three recurring starters all among those subbed... spreading the minutes around).
Let’s not make this any more difficult than it needs to be. It took all of thirty seconds for Zoe Benson to flip home the first goal, converting from a loose ball after an Alexis Cook cross. Second time in three games that Central have conceded in the opening minute of a game. Five minutes later it was two when Cook got around the outside on the right wing and squared for Siobhan Edwards to score her first goal in kiwi football (you’ll be more familiar with her twin sister Bri Edwards – capped Football Ferns international and former Wellington Phoenix goalkeeper, now with Western Sydney Wanderers).
Edwards would’ve scored another soon after, bursting past Caitlyn Byrne for pace... except Byrne made an incredible last ditch challenge before Edwards volleyed wide on the second attempt. Auckland United had runners everywhere, with and without the ball, and Central could barely get out of their defensive third. They did what they could by staying compact and fighting for contested balls but they were completely outmatched. Soon enough Dani Canham had sent a killer ball through for Kiara Bercelli whose cross was touched in by Edwards... and then disallowed (possibly for a handball?). Hence the third goal had to wait until the 22nd minute when Benson fed Cook on the run with only the keeper to beat. She beat her. Cook then set up the fourth with a low cross that went in via a deflected Bercelli shot. And Bercelli got her second to make it 5-0 at the break when she smacked in an open shot from the edge of the area.
Were there many more? You bet there were. Ava Pritchard was quiet in the first half but a lot more came down her side in the second, starting with a freaky instance where she blocked a clearance into the post. Almost an accidental goal. Shortly after that, Siobhan Edwards got her brace after being left open in the box, ripping a good shot past Alex Gray. Pritchard supplied the assist for that one.
Then came fifteen minutes of reprieve... during which Knott and Collins came on to give the home side an extra jolt. Collins only played half an hour yet she still found time to score a hatty. The first was Knott going for an overhead kick and failing... only for the ball to drop for AC and you know what happened next. Collins then struck a lovely half-volley into the net after a Benson cross was missed by the first defender. Pritchard missed a couple of open goals in the last few minutes (maybe some jetlag in the legs) however she did score one after Knott had drifted wide and sent in a nice cross. Then she set up Collins’ third with a sliced shot which AC jumped upon. 10-0 was the final score.
The relief for Central is that they’ve already played three of the four Auckland teams. It gets easier from here – you’d hope so after zero goals scored and 23 conceded. You can see a few ways in which this very young team is settling into their footy so let’s give them some room. As for Auckland United, that’s 18 goals scored on top of two clean sheet wins... can’t ask for any more than that. Crazy thing is they weren’t even very efficient here. Pritchard got a goal and two assists so it was a successful day but she could have scored more. Edwards missed a 1v1 while gunning for a hat-trick. Ava Collins showed them how it’s done in her stint but yeah it could have easily been more. Extra credit to Dani Canham for a super display sitting deep and pulling strings. Some of her passing was amazing. All the AUFC players feasted though.
Auckland United 10-0 Central Football
1’ | 1-0 | AU | Benson
6’ | 2-0 | AU | Edwards (Cook)
22’ | 3-0 | AU | Cook (Benson)
32’ | 4-0 | AU | Bercelli (Cook)
37’ | 5-0 | AU | Bercelli
49’ | 6-0 | AU | Edwards (Pritchard)
65’ | 7-0 | AU | Collins (Knott)
73’ | 8-0 | AU | Collins (Benson)
88’ | 9-0 | AU | Pritchard (Knott)
90+1’ | 10-0 | AU | Collins (Pritchard)
Wellington United vs Eastern Suburbs
Fascinating game here because Wellington United have legitimate credentials to be pushing for the final given the year they’ve had and the signings they’ve made... but that wasn’t gonna happen if they went three games without a win by slipping up against a very good (and rested) Eastern Suburbs team with similar ambitions of their own. Two changes for the Diamonds after their 1-1 draw with Southern: Sarah Alder and Hannah Cooper bringing their WNL experience back into the eleven. Eastern Suburbs were unchanged from the 9-0 win against Central a fortnight ago.
As with a few of the Sunday fixtures, this one doubled as an extreme weather watch event. There was hail down in Dunedin for the Southern game but Wellington being Wellington... it was all about the wind at Petone Memorial Park. Eastern Suburbs had the favour of it in the first half and they used it wisely, pushing high and trapping the Diamonds deep. Blair Currie has an enormous boot and even she could barely send a goal kick a quarter of the way downfield. With the likes of Vicky Neuefeind and TJ Anderson having already shown off their long shot capabilities this season, and with plenty good crossers in the Lilywhites team, that was the pattern that soon emerged.
But before the patterns had even finished buffering, Eastern Suburbs had already scored to go 1-0 up. It came via a quick corner kick which Putri Ardana picked up and then sent deep towards Ruby Nathan who headed in via the crossbar. Yuki Nishizono was there on the line to make sure it went over but seems Nathan’s been credited with the goal. Two in two for the NZ international. Doesn’t seem like she’ll be back in the A-League this year but at least that means we’ll get plenty more of Rubes in the National League... hence it’s only appropriate that she’s brought back the pink boots. By the way, that made it three games in a row in which Wellington United have gone 1-0 down within the opening ten minutes.
The wind may have been ruining their clearances but United were still very slick when they played the ball along the ground, especially when they could get wingers Summer Laskey and Natalie Olson running into space behind the Suburbs wing-backs. And when they got down there, the press was causing issues. Corina Brown did well to stick a foot out and prevent Olson from running around her after an errant pass from a defender. But then, from a similar situation, Brown and Kenya Brooke were too slow playing out and Olson knicked the ball away, setting up Maggie Jenkins to do her thing with an empty net ahead for 1-1.
Eastern Suburbs got freaky with the kickoff as TJ Anderson shot from halfway and with that heavy headwind it almost bounced over Blair Currie who did well to tip it over the top. Neuefeind had already asked a few questions and Currie had to be alert to touch another of VN’s shots over. Nathan then headed wide from the corner. It was still the Lilywhites with most of the territory... but again the Diamonds transition attack proved more potent, this time with Hannah Pilley setting up Jenkins for a second. For Wellington United to be leading 2-1 at half-time despite playing into that wind was kinda remarkable. It would get even better on the hour when Sarah Alder lashed a belter into the goal for 3-1.
From there just had to manage this thing, knowing there was no reason to overcommit because they were always able to get out on attack through Jenkins, Laskey, and Olson. Especially now that Currie’s kicks were soaring in the updraft. In contrast, ESAFC lost the sting from of their crosses and shots and weren’t able to get much quality ball into the midfield – partly because of the wind, partly because of the press of those speedy forwards, and partly because Amelia Abbott was claiming all the midfield territory for herself. Jess Innes might have helped that when she came on for ES except she only lasted four minutes before getting hurt and having to be subbed back off again. Enter Nicole Mettam for her first appearance of the term.
Just as this game seemed to be dripping its last few drops, Mettam scored a belter of a goal, collecting it with her back to goal twenty metres out and absolutely sending her marker with a fake before curling it in. Immediately the Diamonds threw on Sam Senior to steady the ship. And... that worked. There were no more meaningful chances the rest of the way. Wellington United logged their first win of the campaign and everything just got a little more crowded in the top half of the table. Ultimately, Eastern Suburbs simply didn’t take advantage of the conditions when they were in their favour. Victoria Neuefeind never stopped trying out wide on the left but the Suburbs defence behind her didn’t have enough pace and that led to errors. Wellington United forced that out of them though. Abbott, Jenkins, Laskey, Barrott... heaps of big contributions in this one. Maggie Jenkins has four goals in three games. Get that woman back in the professional ranks already (okay, maybe wait ‘til after the Nats).
Wellington United 3-2 Eastern Suburbs
4’ | 0-1 | ES | Nathan (Ardana)
19’ | 1-1 | WU | Jenkins (Olson)
35’ | 2-1 | WU | Jenkins (Pilley)
48’ | 3-1 | WU | Alder
84’ | 3-2 | ES | Mettam (Nishizono)
Western Springs vs Petone
Unstoppable force. Immovable object. Through the first two weeks, no team’s games have involved more goals than Western Springs (15 goals: 8 for, 7 against)... and no team’s games have involved fewer goals than Petone (3 goals: 1 for, 2 against). This was the first game of a double-header involving both Western Springs sides in National League action at a windy Seddon Fields and the quest for goals was certainly boosted by the return of Maddi Ollington for the home side. She started up top with Britney Cunningham-Lee moving to the left wing and Rina Hirano into one of the ten roles. Angelique TuiSamoa (GK) and Alosi Bloomfield (CM) also returned to the side. Petone mixed it up giving starts to Beth Whiteside, Jess Owens-Blackmore, Shannon Newlyn, and Jazz Shailer. Away we go.
As you might expect from those goal tallies, this one quickly took the shape of Western Springs on attack (with the wind) and Petone in defensive mode. Springs looked hungry, trying to seal up their front five so that Petone got stuck trying to work out of their own area, knowing that the heavy breeze was going to limit any long clearances. Petone kept it compact. They battled for every ball, doing what they needed to do. But remember it was out wide where they got caught by the WeeNix last week and alas there was nobody out there who could match Britney Cunningham-Lee. She went on a run after about twenty minutes that ended up being snuffed out by keeper Aoife Gallagher-Forbes, making clear where the advantage was to be found. Pretty soon they put her back in that same footrace and next thing she’d set up Ollington for the opening goal.
Western Springs lost Liz Savage to injury slightly before they scored that. She’d slipped in a challenge and copped a knock as a result and wasn’t able to run it off, leading to Chloe Carmichael replacing her on the right edge. That’s Carmichael who is literally half Savage’s age (17 vs 34). Springs kept searching after that first goal. McPhie did some things in midfield. Arisa Takeda almost hit Ollington with a cross. Hirano had a pop. And BCL nearly snapped the crossbar in half with a thumper after one of Katie Rood’s wicked swerving corner kicks... hitting them with her allegedly weaker left foot for the in-swing. Next time Roodie lined one of those suckers up, she landed it deep for Ollington to convert a second. The Swans were singing at Seddon.
But while WSAFC were out there chasing a third, Petone slapped back in stoppage time to make it 2-1. The goal came after a series of throw-ins edged them further and further up the sideline until they’d won a corner kick, which Kate Marra curled into the six yard box where Angelique TuiSamoa’s attempted punch skimmed off her glove and into the net for an own goal. Not so fast, aye? Petone were right back in it.
Half-time saw Nanami Omasa subbed on (for Rood) and within a few ticks she’d already gotten Gallagher-Forbes diving to save a shot. But Petone, with the wind (even though it had died down a bit), weren’t going away. More possession. More territory. Given the leakiness that we’ve seen from Western Springs so far, conceding eight times in five halves, they were going to need a third goal to feel comfortable. Particularly with little hints for Petone like Pepi Olliver-Bell looking to shoot and Jazz Shailer putting the press on from midfield.
Good thing for them that they got a third goal then. 63rd minute of the match and BCL was still causing carnage up the left wing. This time she skipped past a tackle and into the box. Square to Maddi Ollington. Spin and shoot. Hat-trick for Ollington... who has now scored five goals (and an assist) in two WNL appearances this year. Ollington (Ellerslie) and Cunningham-Lee (Franklin) are both guest players for the National League and nobody’s done better business than that.
That was all the action. Petone were too solid to let Springs run away with it but they weren’t good enough to force the issue with another goal. Arisa Takeda hit the crossbar (via a touch from AGF in goal) from a direct free kick and that was as close as it got. Lots of substitutes in the last ten minutes... including a Nicola Ross debut for Petone and the Bloomfield sisters Alosi and Aka getting to spend some time together in the Western Springs midfield. Omasa had a goal disallowed for offiside. TuiSamoa made a quality stop against an Olivia Gibbs shot. 3-1 to Western Springs.
Maddi Ollington remains unstoppable. Playing higher up the pitch meant less dribbling and more drifting into end positions and she was equally as good at that as she was with the former in week one. But gotta recognise how much of what Springs did also stemmed from Cunningham-Lee charging past defenders. McPhie fought her way through in a deeper midfield role, helping release the runners ahead of her. Lots of good stuff there for a Western Springs team that has now scored 11 goals in three games (and they play Central next week). No doubt coach Katie Duncan will be just as stoked to see them lay down a more effective defensive shift this week. Tough game for Petone... but Gallagher-Forbes made some very good saves and Jazz Shailer and Chelsea Whittaker were absolute workhorses in that midfield. Get Nicola Ross in there next week and that might just help them get Renee Bacon more involved.
Western Springs 3-1 Petone
23’ | 1-0 | WS | Ollington (Cunningham-Lee)
36’ | 2-0 | WS | Ollington (Rood)
45+4’ | 2-1 | P | Own Goal (Marra)
63’ | 3-1 | WS | Ollington (Cunningham-Lee)
Southern United vs West Coast Rangers
In a way, this was the South Island champs against the northern region champs. Southern United are a federation team but they’ve got the coach and the bulk of the players from Dunedin City Royals and a win at home (WeeNix) and a draw away (Wellington United) have made for a very good start for the Southerners. West Coast Rangers don’t need their credentials justified... but it has been a more frustrating beginning for them, losing to Petone and then taking longer than they should have to break down Central. But they did welcome back NZ U19s top scorer from the recent Oceania Championships Emily Lyon for this fixture to tie things together in attack. Not only that but her NZ rep teammate Sophie Campbell in goal too. Those two were the only changes from last week. Southern kept the same eleven.
This was a scrappy game, full of hard challenges, between two teams intent on imposing themselves as the weather started off gloomy and got worse as the minutes ticked by. Rangers thought they’d gone ahead when Emily Lyon’s flick sent Kailey Short dashing through... Lauren Paterson made a nice stop there but Lorna Selby pounced on the rebound. WCR were celebrating when the offside flag went up. No dice. Meanwhile, Southern could as easily have scored instead when Hannah Mackay-Wright headed straight at Sophie Campbell having been found wide open by an Emma Vane cross.
The ball tends to skid on with those artificial surfaces even at the best of time so once it got slippery from the rain we started seeing a lot of kick-and-chase with longer passes into the channels. Huge workrate on display from the players... but maybe not the most efficient of ploys. Lyon forced another save. HMW made a great intervention to stop Lyon getting onto a one-two with Shannon Henson. Rangers were beginning to shade it but that Mackay-Wright header for Southern was the best chance thus far... until from the fog of battle emerged one clear image shortly before the break. Some slick interplay between Anjelina Ujdur and Sienna Higinbotham saw Ujdur slide a diagonal pass towards Emily Lyon in the box who was goalside of her defender and poked that ball home at the near post for 1-0. Picking up where she left off with the U19s.
Lucky for Southern, they had Amy Hislop to throw up front at half-time (with Georgia Keen dropping deeper). It took all of three minutes for Hislop to smash one on target from 18 yards, although Campbell dealt with it deceptively comfortably. The tide was turning (and the rain was falling harder) with Southern United grabbing a bit more control. They had a big chance when Georgia Nixon got free for just a second but Lorna Selby lunged back into the frame with a superb block, six yards out. Chuck in a few swinging corners and a close offside call against Hislop after a dink over the top from Rose Morton and this was a close one.
With twenty to go, West Coast got the ball into the net once more after Lyon’s heavy touch in the area fell for Shannon Henson who finished magnificently inside the far post with a stretching toe. Ref and lino had a long chat... and ultimately decided upon an offside. Let’s just say that looked like a close one. Anyway, Southern stayed alive. They did what they could to get that ball in that Rangers penalty area. But those WCR defenders were dialled all the way in. Tessa Huntington (née Berger) and Laney Strachan were excellent. Marissa Porteous was absolutely everywhere in the midfield. Emily Lyon’s hold-up play gave them a whole extra dimension that they were missing in the first couple weeks (plus she’s got that Hamish Watson level of peskiness about her – which is a very large compliment). By the end of this game it was hailing down, everybody was drenched, and West Coast Rangers had their second clean sheet win in a row.
Southern United 0-1 West Coast Rangers
42’ | 0-1 | WCR | Lyon (Ujdur)
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Springs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Auckland United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| West Coast Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Southern United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Wellington United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Petone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| Canterbury United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 2 |
| Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | -23 | 0 |
| TOP SCORERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maddi Ollington | Western Springs | 5 |
| Maggie Jenkins | Wellington United | 4 |
| Ava Collins | Auckland United | 4 |
| Chloe Knott | Auckland United | 3 |
| Petra Buyck | Canterbury United | 3 |
| Hannah Mackay-Wright | Southern United | 2 |
| Rene Wasi | Auckland United | 2 |
| Cema Nasau | Eastern Suburbs | 2 |
| Kenya Brooke | Eastern Suburbs | 2 |
| Liz Savage | Western Springs | 2 |
| Summer Laskey | Wellington United | 2 |
| Sienna Higinbotham | West Coast Rangers | 2 |
| Alexis Cook | Auckland United | 2 |
| Ruby Nathan | Eastern Suburbs | 2 |
| Margi Dias | Canterbury United | 2 |
| Siobhan Edwards | Auckland United | 2 |
| Kiara Bercelli | Auckland United | 2 |
| MOST ASSISTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Cook | Auckland United | 6 |
| Anna McPhie | Western Springs | 3 |
| Chloe Knott | Auckland United | 3 |
| Ava Pritchard | Auckland United | 3 |
| Ella Findlay | Eastern Suburbs | 2 |
| Victoria Neuefeind | Eastern Suburbs | 2 |
| Natalie Olson | Wellington United | 2 |
| Anjelina Ujdur | West Coast Rangers | 2 |
| Zoe Benson | Auckland United | 2 |
| Britney Cunningham-Lee | Western Springs | 2 |
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