2025 Women’s National League – Week 5
Central Football vs Petone
National League footy on a Wednesday evening? That’s what happens when the Napier U19s national tournament swings around and the majority of the Central Football players are expected to play in it. Might as well just move the National League game so that everything fits. That allowed Central to pick as strong a side as they could, which included captain Tegan Andrews-Paul returning after two weeks out. Hazel Marwick got the start in the only other change from last time – although Jorja Horn did get the boost of moving from defence into the attack. Petone gave Olivia Gibbs, Ellie Johnson, and Jessica Owens-Blackmore starts along with returning goalkeeper Aoife Gallagher-Forbes as they sought to snap a three-game losing skid. These were the two lowest scoring teams and the two teams with the most defeats entering round five so you can bet they were both targeting this fixture as a good chance to turn those things around.
Remember how Central have conceded in the first minute in two of four games so far? It almost happened again. Bit of miscommunication between Butler and Byrne and Pepi Olliver-Bell came swooping through to steal the ball, with her cut-back barely making it past the far post as Byrne hacked it away. Almost an own goal. But they survived that and they survived a few more corner kicks (thanks largely to the heavy wind ruining the deliveries) and then Horn almost sparked something up the other end when she charged down a Gallagher-Forbes clearance. Early proof that Petone wouldn’t just stroll to victory.
It was quite a scrappy game, to be honest. Central were rushing the Petone backline and not letting the ball move cleanly... with the wind doing the rest of the disrupting. Even judging the bounce became difficult and that’s what led to a massive moment fifteen mins in when Scarlett McIvor robbed Marie Green in front of goal but shot agonisingly past the post as AGF rushed out to close the angle. So close to a first goal of the season for Central. As was the case a little bit later when Kate MacPherson ripped an effort on target on the spin from twenty yards out. Gallagher-Forbes made an excellent one-handed save diving to her right. Very encouraging Central activities.
However, that might spell have benefited Petone in a weird way, since it forced them deeper and thus gave them more room to counter attack with their speedy forwards who thrive when given space to run into. Owens-Blackmore and Olliver-Bell, the two OBs, looked sharp when they could get involved and guess who finally combined for the opening goal in the 27th minute? JOB cross and a POB finish... with an Olivia Gibbs flick-header in between. There it finally was.
That was the only goal in the first half, making for the best forty-five minutes of Central’s season. Plus they’d have the benefit of the wind at their back in the second spell. It certainly got you wondering if some upset shenanigans might be brewing. The game resumed and both ripped in. Johnson headed slightly over from a Petone free kick. Central were trying to get the ball in behind the defence with the aid of the wind, although Patterson and AGF’s communication was on point to deal with those scenarios.
It got to where there was probably some joker on the sideline telling their mate that “the next goal will be crucial here”. Well, the next goal was scored by Petone. Alex Gray couldn’t deal with a Nicola Ross cross (after a poor clearance) and then Jazz Shailer kinda brilliantly chipped it over her with a first-time effort. 2-0 after 63 mins... upon which time Petone subbed on Renee Bacon just to rub it in. Substitutions mean paperwork though and windy conditions like this make the tactile approach to paperwork seem pretty pesky...
None of Central’s industrious work led to any chances better than the few they had at the beginning. They battled away but from 2-0 the result was gone. It ended up being 3-0 after Renee Bacon collected the ball with a touch around her marker and then whacked into the bottom corner from the edge of the box. Lovely finish from a player who might have really feasted had she played more than the last 25 mins. Unfortunately Central also finished with ten players after Caitlyn Byrne dragged back Emmy Lantz as the last defender and saw a straight red in stoppage time. Bit unlucky, one of those ‘letter of the law’ ones rather than ‘state of the game’ ones. That does mean that Central will be without arguably their best player in week six.
There ya go, tidy win for Petone, even though they had to work harder than they would have liked. Olliver-Bell was involved in most of their good work and it’s just a shame her final product let her down a couple times on the end of some scintillating runs. Caelin Patterson and Aoife Gallagher-Forbes ensured that Central didn’t capitalise on any of the chaos they were seeking. That was AGF’s second clean sheet of the season. Petone doubled their goals tally with this haul. They did what they were there to do.
Central, on the other hand, will have mixed emotions being caught between easily their most competitive performance... and the fact that they probably won’t get another match-up as favourable as this. Gotta love how they hustled in the midfield, with Alana Holroyd standing out, while Scarlett McIvor’s pressing was notable and the back four have already made names for themselves in earlier games. Andrews-Paul’s rugged fullback efforts made a difference, as did the way that Ella Johns not only read the game from centre-back but then also distributed the ball very smartly. If this Central side exists to boost up a few emerging players (often for the WeeNix to poach) then at least they’re hitting those targets. Zero goals scored and 38 conceded in five games is nasty stuff though.
Central Football 0-3 Petone
Goals (Assists)
27’ | 0-1 | P | Olliver-Bell (Gibbs)
63’ | 0-2 | P | Shailer
88’ | 0-3 | P | Bacon (Whiteside)
90+3’ | RED CARD | C | Byrne
Wellington United vs Wellington Phoenix Reserves
We don’t see the Football Ferns or All Whites calling up players from the domestic scene these days. Too much depth, too many professionals to make that make sense (aside from the occasional unique case like Annalie Longo at the moment... and she hasn’t actually played National League for Auckland United yet, only the Champions Cup game in China). But every now and then there are still occasions for the beaming lights of international footy to shine down upon the National League of Aotearoa. It happened a few weeks ago when Auckland City fullback Haris Zeb debuted for Pakistan (where his parents immigrated from) in a game against Afghanistan during the October international window. Now there’s another impending as Wellington United winger Natalie Olson has been called up to represent Thailand. Funnily enough, the technical director there is none other than Anthony Hudson – that man’s got a CV longer than a Russian novel.
Nat Olson played for Wellington United at 7pm Friday night and then flew out for Thailand at 6am Saturday morning. So that worked out well. Her Diamonds team made just one change to the side that were beaten 4-2 by West Coast Rangers and that was Lara Smith returning at centre-back to face a few of her old WeeNix teammates from last year. The Phoenix also made one change after a loss in which they conceded four times (4-1 vs Auckland United) and woah mate it was a doozy... no Ela Jerez this week but that’s okay because they replaced her with Macey Fraser. She’s been eased into Phoenix preseason having been so short of football this year and what better occasion to mark a return to action than on a Friday night at the Petone Memorial Turf? Due to a knee injury, some shenanigans in Utah, and the transfer back to Wellington... this was Fraser’s first competitive game for six months. And, yes, Bev Priestman was there watching on.
If you turned up/tuned in to watch Macey Fraser then you’ll have been chuffed to see her first involvement being a slick first-time pass around the corner followed by some eager pressing. If you turned up/tuned in for the wider WeeNix then that optimistic feeling would have abated in the second minute when Summer Laskey pick-pocketed Maisy McDonald and then collected a return ball from Maggie Jenkins to put Wellington United ahead 1-0 right off the bat. The Diamonds had conceded first in all four previous games but not this week, nope not this week.
As you’d expect from a genuine international player, every Fraser involvement was a class above. Quick feet and even quicker decisions – albeit without always getting the runners to match. But other than that, the Diamonds were in a good place imposing their physicality and playing fast and direct with the ball. They were also defending on the front foot, jumping on those passes into the midfield to win the ball back. Laskey and Hannah Pilley both drew saves out of Brooke Neary. Another was inevitable and it arrived in the 22nd minute where Maggie Jenkins stabbed a cross from the byline that was turned on target by Laskey, saved by Neary, then converted by Laskey at the next attempt.
Jenkins was having a blinder up top. She probably would have scored after she judged a long ball from Alder perfectly, beating her marker and storming into the area only to slip as she shot with the ball dribbling wide. Soon she’d have a run from the other side and this time Mackenzie Greene kept up well enough to get a partial block on the shot. Laskey wasn’t exactly chilling either... she got on the end of a Jenkins cross after some rapid passing only to smack the crossbar with her attempt – centimetres from making it a hat-trick. Don’t worry because she’d get there soon enough. Lovely one-two between Jenkins and Olson, leading to a cross from the latter that saw Laskey ghost in at the far post for three.
Scintillating stuff from the Diamonds, finally translating some of winter dominance to the WNL as they picked apart one of their fellow Central League foes (well, sort of... it’s the U18s who play in the CL but the U20s did knock Welly Utd out of the Kate Sheppard Cup). Being three goals up at the break, it was safe to sub off Hannah Pilley (who’s been playing through an ankle complaint) with Farina Anchico on in her place. Nothing changed. Greene made a crucial slide to stop Laskey from goal wha. Jenkins and Olson kept running into channels. Abbott was tackling anything that dared move in the midfield... except for Macey Fraser. The player hasn’t been born yet who can deal with the Fraser Shuffle and how about this for a contribution to the National League goal fund...
However, if that was supposed to knock the Diamonds off balance, it didn’t. They were comfortable enough to sub Amelia Abbott a few mins later (Jenkins dropped into midfield where her ball retention was put to fine use) and they ground their way steadily through the rest of the game until Anchico charged down a Greene clearance and set up Natalie Olson to make it 4-1. Something to think about on the flight to Bangkok the following morning (she nearly added an Olimpico too but it got headed off the line by De Wit). Neary did make a wicked last-ditch save to stop Jenkins adding a deserved fifth in stoppage time. Currie also made a good stop against Dorothy Yek at the very end, saying No Deal to another consolation. 4-1 final score.
Full game for Macey Fraser, scoring a wonderful goal. That’s brilliant stuff with the A-League starting very shortly. Also gotta spare a sec to acknowledge Madison Sharkey who was a substitute for the WeeNix. We’ve seen a bunch of U19s reps in this Phoenix Reserves team lately. We saw a bunch of U17s reps before they went off to their World Cup. Well, Sharkey was part of the NZ U16s that won the Oceania Champs in August – the first player from that squad to feature in this year’s National League. Weirdly, all three losses for the Nix Reserves have been by 4-1 scorelines.
Meanwhile both wins for Wellington United have come with that Furnell, Barrott, Smith, Alder back four. They’ve chopped and changed their defence but this is their best group and the results seem to prove it. Barrott especially was just flawless in this game, fully in control. Amelia Abbott continued her commanding midfield form. And of course that Diamonds attack was impeccable, especially Maggie Jenkins and Summer Laskey. Jenkins and Laskey each have five goals now - seems we’ve got a rival to the Cunningham-Lee/Ollington combo at Western Springs. There’s a good chance that Wellington United will need to beat Auckland United in the last game to have a chance at the final, and by then it may even be too late, but they do face the three bottom teams over the next three weeks so three more healthy wins like this and you never know.
Wellington United 4-1 Wellington Phoenix Reserves
2’ | 1-0 | WU | Laskey (Jenkins)
22’ | 2-0 | WU | Laskey
45+1’ | 3-0 | WU | Laskey (Olson)
66’ | 3-1 | WP | Fraser (Eglinton)
88’ | 4-1 | WP | Olson (Anchico)
Western Springs vs Eastern Suburbs
Believe it or not, it took five weeks for the first NRFL Prem derby. Eastern Suburbs were supposed to play Auckland United a couple weeks ago but that was postponed for AUFC’s trip to China and as a result we’ve had to wait this long (there was another one the following day). They’re always good duels between the Auckland teams who know each other so well after all those regional league clashes... these two even traded a coach earlier in the year with Katie Duncan going from Suburbs to Springs. But Western Springs are a different animal these days, having added Maddi Ollington and Britney Cunningham-Lee for the National League, who’d combined for 13 of the team’s 23 goals through the first four rounds. Eastern Suburbs know the players – BCL even played for them in the 2024 Nats – but it’s the combination that has been unstoppable over the past month.
Western Springs only made one alteration to the 12-0 win against Central... meaning that teenagers Ava Lewis and Sienna Makwana held their places (no Cleo Carmichael though, she dropped to the bench, with Lewis shifting to RWB). Sarah Morton was the incoming soldier although a few others did shuffle around in their positions. Eastern Suburbs kept it identical to the eleven that beat Canterbury United 5-0 at Madills a week earlier. Friday night lights at Seddon Fields, let’s do this.
Suburbs got going quickly, seeking to push the pace. Springs were much more patient knocking the ball around and trying to use their guile but still looking to be positive in their own way. Not that either approach led to anything. They kinda cancelled each other out – with regular injury stoppages destroying the flow. Eastern Suburbs got the worst of it when Sam Tawharu had to be replaced inside of twenty minutes (Cema Nasau took her spot). There was also a long break for ESAFC goalkeeper Corina Brown although she was okay to continue. Then another break for Nicole Mettam who likewise battled on.
Eventually some fun stuff did begin to happen and it was the Lilywhites who were looking more likely, aided by a couple of dangerous corners from TJ Anderson, yet Springs could easily have gone one-up when Brown managed to smother a Nanami Omasa shot from close range within a very frantic goalmouth scramble. Having survived that scare, Eastern Subs were free to keep it trucking, winning a corner through Vicky Neuefeind’s driving run and causing a scramble of their own before Ruby Nathan popped in the opening goal shortly before the end of the half. Always a good time to strike.
Halfway through the match and we’d only had glimpses of Maddi Ollington and Britney Cunningham-Lee for Western Springs. They weren’t even getting a sniff, aside from one or two instances of Ollington leading the press. Rebekah van Dort was bossing it back there and stifling the top scoring team in the competition. Albeit Suburbs hadn’t done a whole lot prior to the goal themselves. Almost all the relevant chances had come from set pieces, including Subs adding the Kenya Brooke long throw to the repertoire. Neither team was getting broken down in open play.
The Swans went to their bench after an hour and chucked on Katie Rood, chasing the game on their home turf. And they found it after 65 minutes when Omasa flipped a pass around the corner which probably only Maddi Ollington could have caught up with ahead of the on-rushing Corina Brown as it skipped off the artificial surface. So good thing that it was Ollington who was running after it. The took the ball around Brown and then slotted into the empty net. Back on level terms at 1-1.
It’s hard to say the goal had been coming in a game of so few clear chances but Western Springs were definitely keeping a lot more of the ball by that stage. So what did Eastern Suburbs do in response? They won some throw ins, baby. Kenya Brooke got back on the slingshots and with ten minutes to go, TJ Anderson scrapped one over the line. Very similar to the first goal in that both were from set pieces leading to scrambles which ESAFC got the best of. Western Springs worked hard to find one equaliser but ran out of time to find a second. It finished 2-1 to Eastern Suburbs, a result that plenty of other clubs would have been just as excited about as they were.
Springs had a really nice spell surrounding their goal yet otherwise lacked the impetus to break the Suburbs defence, particularly in the first half. All the way through there were messy passes that spoiled their work. They weren’t far off but they didn’t have the ability to react to the task before them in the way that ESAFC did by leaning upon their set pieces. Needed more of a Plan B. Three of their four subs used were youngsters as well – the absence of players like Anna McPhie, Liz Savage, and Bel Van Noorden affecting their depth. Maddi Ollington has scored in all four games that she’s played but this was the first time she’s been limited to just one. The Swans are still the highest scoring team in the comp... but they’re no longer undefeated.
To be fair, a lot of those WSAFC struggles were Eastern Suburbs’ doing. Van Dort bossed it at the back. Anderson was always a presence in midfield and contributed to both goals. Stacey Martin had a good game. And, tell ya what, this was the most effective that Ruby Nathan has been in these Nats – it’s a good sign when a young player steps up against the top teams. Above all, ESAFC showed the ability to Win. To grind it out, whatever means necessary. Set pieces were the best avenue so they leant upon their set pieces and all of a sudden we’re past the halfway stage of the season with the top five teams separated by just three points. With Eastern Suburbs playing their catchup game against Auckland United on Wednesday night, those standings could look even funkier in a few days if the Lilywhites can log another win against an NRFL rival.
Western Springs 1-2 Eastern Suburbs
44’ | 0-1 | ES | Nathan
65’ | 1-1 | WS | Ollington (Omasa)
80’ | 1-2 | ES | Anderson
Auckland United vs West Coast Rangers
Now, this was one of those games that you circle on the fixture list. The premier dynastic club in the country against the team that pipped them to the NRFL Premiership title. Auckland United and West Coast Rangers have already played three times this year during regional action with WCR winning twice and AU winning once. Auckland United also knocked Rangers out of the Kate Sheppard Cup so it was 2-2 after four games. The home side won each time. Here they met on a Saturday afternoon at Keith Hay Park with about a hundred games of cricket going on around them and both teams nursing three-game winning streaks and neither making any significant changes to the formula. Auckland United brought in Jess Philpot to start at CB and that was that, otherwise the same as the side that won 4-1 against the Nix Reserves. West Coast Rangers picked the same eleven that they had for each of the previous two matches. Strong, consistent selections for a massive game of football.
And what we saw from these two heavyweights was a very tight, tactical contest. Two really organised sides with a good idea of what they were up against. The impetus was a little more on Rangers as the away side and slight underdog and they didn’t flinch, serving up an extremely committed approach, winning headers and rushing the ball carriers. They did limit themselves on attack by playing a bit too impatiently but they also went as close as either side did to scoring before half-time when Shannon Henson flicked a deep free kick delivery on target and Hannah Mitchell had to dive to tip it wide. Emily Lyon’s hold-up work looked very capable of sparking something too. Meanwhile, the best shout for the home side was a Zoe Benson free kick on target.
The evidence for how well WCR were battling without the ball was that Benson was the only United player who seemed like they were getting the better of their individual match-ups... and even then, Ella Dorward was doing a pretty commendable job keeping up with the tricky NZ U19s winger. Chloe Knott and Dani Canham never get contained like they did here... to the extent that Knott was subbed off after 65 minutes. For a while there, the only way that Rangers looked likely to concede was from their own mistakes, a couple of times getting stuck trying to play out from the back against the Auckland United block. Rene Wasi was close to pouncing in one such moment. But the introductions of Emma Rolston and Kiara Bercelli did help AUFC find a different dynamic, leading to their most productive spell in the middle of that second half, leading to the moment of the match.
What happened was that Rangers were sitting deep trying to defend their penalty area. Laney Strachan made another of her many excellent defensive headers to repel a Yume Harashima cross, which Talisha Green ran onto from just outside the area. Did she handle it as she controlled the ball? The Rangers players sure thought so which was why Lorna Selby raised her hand in appeal... and while that hand was raised, Green kicked the ball into it. Conceding a handball penalty while appealing for a handball is some nasty cosmic carnage. It took a long time for things to settle down as Rangers players argued their case (Captain Porteous seemed to be saying that the ball hit Selby’s hip/leg and ricocheted into the arm), and the officials held a long conference, but eventually the decision stood and Shav Edwards buried the spot kick for 1-0, 77 mins played.
That turned out to be the winning goal. Edwards should have made it two when she fluffed the contact on the end of a Benson cross, the ball bouncing off the post and into Sophie Campbell’s hands. West Coast went full tilt after what would have been a deserved equaliser with Lyon playing through substitute Leila Butler who couldn’t get enough power on her shot. Tessa Huntington didn’t lack power with a long strike but she did lack accuracy as it dipped slightly over. There was also a Lyon run into the area where she tried to round the keeper but Mitchell dove at her feet and denied her. Auckland United did enough to stop everything else and with that they emerged with a 1-0 victory, keeping their perfect record alive after four matches... barely.
This was one of those strange games where the losing team is the one that deserves more praise. West Coast Rangers were immense for almost all of this game, with Huntington and Strachan absolutely dominating and Marissa Porteous running the midfield, and so much good work from the top on down with their out-of-possession discipline and all that. For them to put a shift in like that and then lose the way they did to a controversial penalty, that’s gotta be devastating. However, the flipside is that their approach (mixed with that of AUFC, of course) did lead to a largely uneventful game in terms of chances. It was all about the arm-wrestle. WCR would have needed to create a few more moments of their own in order to benefit from the luck that Auckland United got.
United were stifled for large portions of this game and you don’t often see that. But in the end they found a way to win... the same trait that’s so often the case with Auckland City men’s team. There’s a reason these clubs win so many trophies. AU also defended very well with Philpot and Granger holding things down. Mitchell had a very good performance between the sticks. They weren’t able to turn it into as much as they’d have liked but they kept some solid possession and were the more proactive team most of the way. Plus they had Zoe Benson who was the game’s most effective attacking player. United cruised through their first three games (with a trip to Wuhan in the middle, admittedly) but they were up to the task against a very physical, very committed Rangers team... and, for the fifth time this season, the home side bagged the victory as these two clubs did battle.
Auckland United 1-0 West Coast Rangers
77’ | 1-0 | AU | Edwards [p]
Southern United vs Canterbury United Pride
Lastly, but never leastly, it was off to Logan Park in Dunedin for the only South Island Derby of the competition. The men’s version happened on Sunday as Coastal Spirit hosted Christchurch United. The women’s version pitted Southern United against Canterbury Pride in what’s always an engaging match-up... particularly since the balance of power has shifted from Canterbury to Southern in recent years (although Canterbury did win this game last season, breaking a run of four SU wins and a draw dating back to the South Central Series year). Southern made two changes with Toni Power and Keira Pettefar named in the walk-on eleven after each scoring off the bench last week in the 4-1 win against Petone. Good reward. Canterbury United lost 4-0 to Eastern Suburbs in the previous round and they brought Maia Wilkinson and Darsha Keogan into the side, otherwise as per.
In typical derby fashion, it was a good intense beginning with Southern looking to set up camp in the attacking half while Canterbury were working hard to try win the ball and break. That task did get harder after quarter of an hour when they lost top scorer Petra Buyck to injury though, with Anya Stephan on to replace her. It got harder still when Southern opened their account a few minutes later as Emma Vane slipped a pass in behind for Amy Hislop, who took the ball wider than she intended and therefore opted to pass instead of shoot... but that was cool because Nieve Collin had gotten herself open for a tap-in through the middle. Smooth stuff catching the Pride defence moving too slow on the turnaround.
This was a different look from Southern. Without Kelsey Kennard in the line-up, it often appeared like they’d tucked Power and Rastatter in tighter to defend in three, while at other times Power would push up to support the attack like a fullback and it was just Hannah Mackay-Wright and Mackenzie Rastatter chilling back there. Whatever the formation was (and it may have just been a very aggressive back four with Vane at LB), it meant Southern always had good numbers forward, backing themselves to deal with any Pride counters by winning the direct duels.
That’s probably a safe bet with HMW there but the point was moot because the Cantabs weren’t even really putting them in those situations. They were doing well to get numbers around the ball in their own half, keeping Hislop from turning a few times and crowding out Georgia Nixon. But that didn’t prevent Power from finding Collin in short space on the right. Collin picked out Nixon in the area. And Nixon turn and slammed in her finish off the base of the far post to make it 2-0. Amy Simmers then made a couple of good saves to keep Canterbury hanging in there, one from a Collin header and another from a Georgia Keen free kick, but right before the break some clever passing got Hislop the ball on the edge of the area and she managed to fend off multiple tacklers before smashing home a great finish to make it 3-0 at the break.
With a very healthy lead, Southern made a half-time change between a couple of youngsters: Zara Pratley replacing Pettefar. The Pride went searching for a way back. There were a couple of looks for Loye and Morrow but both times defenders got in the way. Morrow had another one where she sliced past Vane’s attentions but this time Lauren Paterson made the save. Better from the Pride... though nothing to show for it, allowing Southern to feel comfortable enough to sub captain Rose Morton with more than half an hour still to go – Flo MacIntyre getting a run in that deeper midfield role. Next thing SU had resumed their quest for a fourth goal, with Hislop smoking one off the crossbar from distance before Collin struck over from the rebound. Canterbury could have scored through Anya Stephan who was robbed by Paterson at her feet from a runaway and then had a close range effort tipped onto the post by the same culprit. Still no way through. So instead Nieve Collin made it 4-0 with ten to go, thumping in an opportunistic strike after Hislop’s inswinging free kick went uncleared.
That leaves Canterbury United without a win after five weeks and having only scored five goals – all from Buyck (3) and Dias (2). They were much better in the second half but lacked cutting edge and found themselves outmatched pretty much everywhere else. Simmers did make a couple nice saves. But there’s no doubt who the dominant WNL team in the South Island is these days – that’s five wins from the last seven for Southern against this lot. Not only that but remember the South Island League finished with Dunedin City Royals and Otago University first and second, busting up the Christchurch dominance. The tide has turned.
Southern have now taken 10 points from two games and the loss for Western Springs the night prior means they’re right there pushing for the top two. Their only loss was a very tight 1-0 defeat against West Coast Rangers. They haven’t played Central yet. But they will need to take points off those Auckland clubs to keep this up. Amy Hislop was in cruise control looking for flick-ons and long shots that couldn’t be stopped. Emma Vane had another strong game. Lauren Paterson earned her first clean sheet of the term with some timely stops. And how about Nieve Collin scoring twice and assisting another? Can’t say Southern are over-reliant on any scorers... their 13 goals have been scored by nine different players with nobody providing more than two.
Southern United 4-0 Canterbury United Pride
19’ | 1-0 | SU | Collin (Hislop)
34’ | 2-0 | SU | Nixon (Collin)
45’ | 3-0 | SU | Hislop (Nixon)
80’ | 4-0 | SU | Collin
| TOP SCORERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maddi Ollington | Western Springs | 8 |
| Britney Cunningham-Lee | Western Springs | 6 |
| Maggie Jenkins | Wellington United | 5 |
| Summer Laskey | Wellington United | 5 |
| Ava Collins | Auckland United | 4 |
| Chloe Knott | Auckland United | 3 |
| Rene Wasi | Auckland United | 3 |
| Zoe Benson | Auckland United | 3 |
| Petra Buyck | Canterbury United | 3 |
| Victoria Neuefeind | Eastern Suburbs | 3 |
| Sienna Higinbotham | West Coast Rangers | 3 |
| Nanami Omasa | Western Springs | 3 |
| Siobhan Edwards | Auckland United | 3 |
| Ruby Nathan | Eastern Suburbs | 3 |
| MOST ASSISTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Cook | Auckland United | 6 |
| Chloe Knott | Auckland United | 4 |
| Anna McPhie | Western Springs | 3 |
| Ava Pritchard | Auckland United | 3 |
| Anjelina Ujdur | West Coast Rangers | 3 |
| Britney Cunningham-Lee | Western Springs | 3 |
| Maddi Ollington | Western Springs | 3 |
| Rina Hirano | Western Springs | 3 |
| Natalie Olson | Wellington United | 3 |
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