2025 Women’s National League – Week 8
West Coast Rangers vs Eastern Suburbs
On Friday night at Fred Taylor Park we witnessed one of the most consequential games of the entire season. Eastern Suburbs were five games unbeaten. West Coast Rangers had won five of their last six. Both teams were scoring goals on the back of some superb defensive records... but the grand final only has room for one of them (if either of them – because Auckland United were already on the brink after last round and Wellington United are banging goals away for fun, not to mention Southern United who’d face AUFC the following day to try and keep their own dreams alive). West Coast Rangers beat Eastern Suburbs 3-1 on the last day of the NRFL Premiership to lift the trophy, now they had to beat them again to have a shot at another trophy.
It was those defensive set-ups that took hold. The backlines were sturdy, the midfielders were breaking things up. Eastern Subs did try to whip the ball over the top a couple times, including one where Ruby Nathan couldn’t quite get the ball under control from a Rebekah van Dort long ball otherwise that could have been it. Emily Lyon dropped one just over from distance for WCR. It was tense. It was focused. It was balanced. And then, 25 minutes in, Porteous took a bad touch and followed it into a late challenge on Emily Pilbrow. Sprigs were showing and Pilbrow’s leg took the full force. Yellow card came out immediately but after a long injury stoppage for EP, that got upgraded to a red (presumably because of extra input from the assistants rather than changing the punishment to fit the injury). Accidental... but dangerous. Fair enough. Now not only did WCR need to win to overtake Suburbs in the standings but they had to do it with ten women and without their captain/best player.
Zoe Brazier replaced Pilbrow (who had to be helped off the pitch). That meant Nicole Mettam moving to fullback. For Rangers, Sienna Higinbotham dropped deeper into midfield with Maisy Dewell going wide to cover for the loss of their CDM. But, you know, there wasn’t a lot of difference after the sending off. Yuki Nishizono was doing a fine job limiting Emily Lyon, though Lyon did still drop a header onto the post at the end of the half from an excellent Dewell free kick. After the break, Suburbs put a renewed focus on Kenya Brooke’s crossing, with Nathan heading wide from one of those (it’s hard enough to beat Laney Strachan in the air, let alone to also get the shot on target). Lyon continued to hold the ball up well. Still nothing happening.
But while chances were few, injuries were many. This was a very attritional game and Ruby Nathan seemed to be copping a lot of it – she’d finally be subbed with fifteen to go. Sophie Campbell did well to seal a few lobs in behind towards the Rangers goal. Suburbs were searching... and the best chance of the game fell their way after 83 mins when Vicky Neuefeind dribbled infield and slipped a pass to Amelia Hitchcock... whose left-footed curler hit the underside of the bar but did not cross the line. Ten-woman WCR finally tired towards the end but a couple more convincing bits of Campbell goalkeeping ensured that they kept the clean sheet. Yeah nah, log that one down as a 0-0 draw, one of the very rare instances in NZ National League football of a scoreless game – the first of this entire WNL season. There was this though...
In the end, there was nothing to split them as the respective defences bossed the evening. The red card made it tougher for Rangers but they were still able to work some good moments, with both teams rattling the woodwork along the way. Very rough, physical game. Credit to the likes of Laney Strachan, Yuki Nishizono, TJ Anderson, Sophie Campbell, and Rebekah van Dort for raising the bar as they did. The Lilywhites extend their unbeaten run into a sixth game while Rangers now haven’t conceded a goal from open play (only two penalties) for four games on the trot. It’s been 365 minutes of action since Natalie Olson snuck one through for Wellington Utd back in week four.
As to what it all means... it means that Eastern Suburbs remain one point above West Coast Rangers and would need to drop points against Petone in the final round in order to miss out on the final. You never know... Petone did beat West Coast after all. Rangers finish at home against the Phoenix Reserves and their goal difference means that only a win will give them any hope (and even if Suburbs do lose then it may not be enough if Wellington United can turn over Auckland United). There’ll be three teams in contention for one grand final spot as we reach the last round, can’t complain.
West Coast Rangers vs Eastern Suburbs
28’ | RED CARD | WCR | Porteous
Petone vs Canterbury United Pride
Not sure what to make of this one... it wasn’t a wooden spoon duel, since Central had that on hold since day one, but it would most likely determine who’d finished second to last. Also, neither of these teams had scored many goals so meeting each other was a chance to maybe amend that and for Canterbury United, their only previous win was a default one changed after the fact due to an ineligible Western Springs player.
Nah, to put it bluntly both Petone and Canty Pride have been subpar and neither likely feels as though they’ve put their best foot forward in this competition. That’s more understandable for Petone who hadn’t played National League before – they welcomed back Caelin Patterson for this game but were without the suspended Jazz Shailer and the absent Renee Bacon. Kyra Elder and Shannon Newlyn came into the eleven. Canterbury’s issues stemmed from squad selection and a growing trend over the past few years to move closer to the Central Football model of using this as a developmental exercise which isn’t really what a National League should be. Fortunately for the Pride, they at least had a fit goalkeeper this week so Annie Foote took those duties which allowed Jorgia Roberts (their late-notice emergency keeper last round) to play in her more familiar midfield role. Tsuzumi Higuchi also rejoined the starters.
There was a sweet feeling of freedom from both sides here as they embraced the opportunity to play in a game where they didn’t have to spend 60+% of it defending without the ball. Bit looser, bit more more expansive. Looking to string passes together and use the width and get runners in motion and all those good things... albeit, those are muscles that have atrophied during these past few weeks so nothing was really coming from it. Didn’t help that Canterbury were without Frankie Morrow and Petra Buyck while Petone were without Renee Bacon and Nicola Ross, depleting their attacking options. Nor that this game was in Wellington and Wellington means lots of wind (these National League grounds need more tree cover, man).
The Pride seemed the more likely, with Aoife Gallagher-Forbes having to make a couple of tricky interventions along the way (rushing out of her area, a double save at her near post). This despite Canterbury being the team playing into the wind in the first half. The more Kate Loye was involved, the better they looked. Petone’s brightest moments stemmed from Pepi Olliver-Bell but she was dropping quite deep to get the ball, keeping her out of the areas where she’d be most dangerous, and therefore it remained goalless at the half.
What this game needed was a hero. Step up to the dais now, Kate Loye...
Yeah that’ll do it. With the breeze at her back she let it swirl. That first goal was always going to be massive between two teams who don’t score a lot of them - this was never going to be a Western Springs vs Wellington United style 5-4 result. Petone did have some weapons on the bench, bringing on Chelsea Whittaker and Emmy Lantz five minutes after conceding, but a lot of enterprise led to minimal reward for Petone who honestly created nothing of any particular note. The Pride did a really nice job of keeping things sturdy. Kate Loye was the best on the pitch... but Darsha Keogan also had an excellent game in a deeper midfield role. As did Lily Fisher in central defence. She’s been among CU’s top performers all season and this was another game where her defensive leadership shone through. What’s more, she even scored a clinching goal right at the end, volleying through a crowd after a poor clearance from a corner.
The Pride won a proper game, lo and behold! And in doing so they finally kept a clean sheet. Interesting that Annie Foote’s two appearances have both come with positive results (the other being a draw vs the WeeNix). They finish up by hosting Central so a very difficult season should now end with a couple of relieving victories. One other player who caught the eye: Trelise McEwan scored off the bench against Wellington Utd a fortnight ago, she was subbed on at right midfield at half-time here and the Pride proceeded to find plenty of joy down her side the rest of the way. Couple notable cameos there for someone who is still at high school.
On the Petone side... sad to say they peaked in week one by beating West Coast Rangers. They’re away to Eastern Suburbs last and that’s not going to be much fun against a Lilywhites team needing to win to make the final. But maybe they can bookend their campaign with upset wins? Petone’s concessions were an amazing free kick and then a very late sealer so defensively they were as good as they usually are, once again it’s only the attacking links that let them down. If they can get Bacon and Whittaker in the starting team for the closer then that oughta aid the cause greatly.
Petone 0-2 Canterbury United Pride
59’ | 0-1 | CU | Loye
89’ | 0-2 | CU | Fisher
Central Football vs Wellington United
That draw between WCR and Eastern Subs was a tremendous outcome for both Wellington United and Southern United, the best outcome they could hope for in order to stay in the hunt for the final. Southern were away to Auckland United on Saturday so we’ll get to them in a sec. Wellington United face AUFC next week but first they closed out their run of lower-table fixtures with a trip to a typically windy Palmerston North. The Diamonds had won 4-1 vs the WeeNix, 8-1 vs Canterbury Utd, and 7-0 against Petone... what unholy things would they do to this embattled Central team?
Mercifully, the Diamonds did rest a couple of players with their usual midfield pairing of Amelia Abbott and Hannah Cooper putting their feet up along with winger Natalie Olson (Cooper and Olson were still on the bench)... but the Golden Boot challengers of Summer Laskey and Maggie Jenkins were both there as the teams walked out. Natalie Brook, Jade Di Mattina, and Farina Anchico got their chances instead of that rested trio - first start for Anchico in the Nats - while Emma Andrew also continued in goal. For Central, Chloe McGregor got the nod in goal after impressing off the bench last week after Alex Gray was injured. Jorja Horn, Caylee Fergus, and Kate MacPherson were also picked in the eleven. For Fergus and McGregor these were their starting debuts.
Going week by week, Central have conceded their first goal on: 1’, 34’, 1’, 12’, 27’, 5’, 17’. Wellington United are the sorts that’d be challenging that 1’ mark... however Jenkins blasted over the top with the first opportunity and Central were doing well getting bodies in the way, getting that clock ticking at 0-0... all the way until the tenth minute when Jenkins collected the ball on the move and shifted it to Summer Laskey, who took a touch onto her left and then blasted it in off the inside of the near post for her tenth of the campaign. That took her ahead of Jenkins... but only for three minutes before Zoe Barrott stepped into midfield and threaded a magic pass in for MJ to finish 1v1 for her own tenth of the campaign.
McGregor made a good save from Laskey as it appeared she was about to score a mirror image of the Jenkins goal (Jenkins playing her in, of course – she had her footprints on everything). To be fair to Central, Tegan Andrews-Paul and Caitlyn Byrne were doing some decent work in central defence (they usually do – they’ve been the team’s best all season) and McGregor was gathering up whatever got too close. But further goals were inevitable. The third arrived when Georgie Furnell blitzed her marker wide on the right and all Maggie Jenkins had to do on the end of the cross was stand there and let it hit her. Now it was Jenkins leading the Golden Boot standings.
Jenkins was so much of a handful that Central’s next strategy to stop her was to actually grab a handful, by physically holding her back and conceding a penalty. Which, look, unorthodox approach... but it worked because Jenkins pushed the spot kick wide of the target. They didn’t foul her next time though, they couldn’t catch her. It was MJ onto a ball in behind, squared to Laskey for number four. That was nice of Jenkins to pass instead of shoot so Laskey returned the favour a little while later, picking out MJ ten yards out and she hit it past McGregor on the spin for her hat-trick.
Nat Olson and Carolyn O’Reilly were subbed on at half-time for the Diamonds so it wasn’t getting any easier for Central. Two questions remained to be answered: Would Wellington United ease up at any stage? And would Central finally score a goal? Well, there wasn’t much easing up as Laskey flipped in her third of the day after a corner kick... real ding-dong battle between her and Jenkins for that Golden Boot because guess who smashed in her fourth of the arvo a few minutes later? Maggie Jenkins is unstoppable. Ten minutes later Jenkins got a fifth after some head tennis from a corner kick. Then Laskey and Zoe Barrott combined to tee her up for a simple sixth. So, no, they didn’t ease up. And to answer the other question... Central did not score a goal. For the eighth game in a row. Although they did have some decent attacking possession in the latter stages.
Scoring six against this Central side (with two assists) was not Maggie Jenkins’ most difficult work... although it does top the five that Britney Cunningham-Lee scored against them for Western Springs a few weeks back. Jenkins was incredible but the reason she’s going to now win the Golden Boot (the only player who can realistically catch her is teammate Summer Laskey and she’d have to score three against an Auckland Utd side that have only allowed two goals all season) is because she also scored nine in the seven other games she’s player. Remember she missed a penalty in this game too! Golden Boot isn’t enough. Maggie Jenkins has now moved herself clear as the obvious MVP selection. She should be playing professionally. And if/when she gets back there, she might not even be far away from Football Ferns selection.
Summer Laskey was also excellent with her three goals. But this was a game they were always going to win comfortably, not really a stretch for them. That test comes next week when they host Auckland United needing to better the result of Eastern Suburbs (vs Petone) and at least match what West Coast Rangers do (vs WeeNix) in order to crack the top two. There will be a steep rise from what the Diamonds have faced in thrashing the bottom four teams consecutively (although the WeeNix have since risen a spot, more on that soon) but you can’t deny the form they’re in. With 38 goals scored, the Diamonds are easily the most potent side in the competition... and that unstoppable force will meet the immovable object of Auckland United’s premier defence in the final round.
The good news for Central is that they restricted Wellington Utd to just two different goal-scorers. The bad news is that they still lost 9-0... the fourth time in eight games that they’ve lost by that much or more. Zero goals scored and 60 conceded. It’s gotten to where it’s kinda negligent from NZ Football to let Central put a squad this young and overmatched in their spotlight competition... the overall level has gone up and Central has gotten worse. Dunno how much those players really gain from losing 9-0 every second week... this could have just been a really awesome National Youth League team instead! Oh well, so it goes. Hopefully they can score a goal against Canterbury United next week, these players deserve that much for what they’ve been put through.
Central Football 0-9 Wellington United
Goals (Assists)
10’ | 0-1 | WU | Laskey (Jenkins)
13’ | 0-2 | WU | Jenkins (Barrott)
22’ | 0-3 | WU | Jenkins (Furnell)
36’ | 0-4 | WU | Laskey (Jenkins)
44’ | 0-5 | WU | Jenkins (Laskey)
56’ | 0-6 | WU | Laskey
59’ | 0-7 | WU | Jenkins
69’ | 0-8 | WU | Jenkins (Olson)
77’ | 0-9 | WU | Jenkins (Barrott)
Auckland United vs Southern United
The draw between West Coast Rangers and Eastern Suburbs was a boost to Southern United, who could catch up point on both of them if they could spring an upset at Keith Hay Park... and it also meant that Auckland United themselves only needed one point to confirm their return to the National League grand final for the third year in a row. Nobody ever doubted them and therefore nobody shall be proved wrong. United didn’t have Annalie Longo so Kiara Bercelli was back in the midfield with Rene Wasi on the wing. Otherwise it was all the usuals for AUFC. As for Southern... it was a must-win game and they didn’t have their talisman striker Amy Hislop available, bugger. But Abby Rankin and Kiera Pettefar rejoined the eleven this week.
Southern United have a distinct and preferred way of playing and it’s built upon defensive solidity, soaking up pressure and then running wild on the break and targeting set pieces. That’s why they’re often at their best against the toughest opponents when the plan is nice and simple like it was here. That’s never a negative ploy when you’ve got the intensity of Rose Morton in midfield either, who sure enough was out there winning challenges from the moment the whistle blew for kickoff.
There were a couple of slippery moments for Hannah Mitchell early on in AU’s goal – she fumbled a long shot from Georgia Nixon that should have been an easy pick up and then also dropped an aerial cross that nearly fell to Nixon in her vicinity. Hugely uncharacteristic but nothing came of either. Nor did anything come from Wasi finding Shev Edwards open in the area (after the SU defence misjudged the cross)... on account of Edwards shooting gently and straight at Lauren Paterson. Edwards has been a really fun addition to this league but the one complaint is that her conversion rate is pretty low. Gets into great areas but needs a few too many of them to score.
AUFC had issues figuring out the Southern block intially... but solutions arose from Wasi’s work out wide and the dribbling capabilities of Zoe Benson and Kiara Bercelli. The latter drew a very good save out of Paterson trying to add to her portfolio of long range goals. Knott headed another of those Wasi deliveries onto the crossbar while Edwards missed out on a couple others. Southern were locked in. They were battling well and keeping their goal unbreached. But they also needed to find a goal of their own from somewhere and that didn’t happen in the first half. Then ten minutes into the second stanza, after surviving a couple of Benson threats, the thing they could least afford to happen happened when Talisha Green did this...
Alright, T. If you insist. Perhaps Paterson could have shuffled her feet quicker there but it’s not like anyone was expecting a rocket of the top from there. Southern had two of their best chances straight after conceding, both for Rose Morton. There was a shot from outside the box. There was an overlapping run onto a slipped pass from Emma Vane. Both times Hannah Mitchell had her number. And as Auckland rolled on their illustrious subs it became pretty clear, in case it wasn’t already, that Southern simply didn’t have the firepower to keep up. Then things got worse when Georgia Keen went down with what looked like a serious injury, having to be stretchered off the pitch. The game resumed with a drop ball and Ellie La Monte-Whyte immediately ran at her marker and crossed low for Emma Rolston who flicked home at the near post to make it 2-0. Down goes another challenger to AU’s supremacy and the three-peat remains on track.
Like in a few games recently, Auckland United weren’t at their best yet they still won because, well, that’s what champion teams do. In truth, they never looked like conceding unless it was going to come from their own mistake... but it was hard yakka trying to get that first goal. Credit to Southern for that. Mackenzie Rastatter was outstanding in defence and Rose Morton never has bad games but this was right up there from her. They were organised and committed... and it wasn’t enough. That’s the end of Southern’s grand final hopes, they’ll conclude at home against Western Springs next week where they’ll be hoping to do something about this...
Southern Utd vs Non-Auckland Clubs in 2025:
5 G | 4 W | 1 D | 0 L | 20 GF | 2 GA | +18 GD | 13 PTS
Southern Utd vs Auckland Clubs in 2025:
3 G | 0 W | 0 D | 3 L | 0 GF | 5 GA | -5 GD | 0 PTS
But for AUFC the season will extend for one more week beyond that as they seek to make it three WNL championships on the trot. Rene Wasi, Chloe Knott, Kiara Bercelli, Zoe Benson... they had plenty of good performers out there. Kept banging on the door and eventually it gave way. The fact that this team has only conceded twice in eight games is what makes them so special – that’s three clean sheets in a row for Hannah Mitchell (who after those couple early fumbles was typically flawless).
Auckland United 2-0 Southern United
56’ | 1-0 | AU | Green
90+2’ | 2-0 | AU | Rolston (La Monte-Whyte)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves vs Western Springs
Western Springs began the season scoring goals for fun but those goals have disappeared lately as the fixtures have conspired against them – losing three in a row against their fellow Auckland clubs. That’s one way to spoil a promising campaign... but they did have Anna McPhie back for the visit to Fraser Park in Wellington, the only change from the 2-0 loss to Auckland United, and that meant teenagers Sienna Makwana and Ava Lewis got to continue in the side. At the other end of the experience scale, Arisa Takeda made her 150th appearance for the Swans.
The Wellington Phoenix A-League Women’s side were in action later this same Sunday afternoon and they claimed one of the top performers for this Reserves side for their own: Lily Brazendale was elevated to her first ALW matchday squad and given a debut off the bench during the 1-1 draw against the New(Zealand)castle Jets. Lovely reward for one of the top talents in the system, a goal-scoring forward with searing pace, which also showed the rest of the U20s just how close they actually are to professional football. Speaking of which, Ela Jerez was initially named in their team but was a late scratch with Katie Pugh taking her spot for start tahi of this WNL campaign. About time (even though it would’ve been nice to see Ela Jerez again... not sure if that was injury related or perhaps the same circumstances that saw Pia Vlok given an A-League start later that arvo required Jerez to be available for them as well). Sienna Candy returned for her first start since week two having been away at the U17 World Cup. Here’s a Katie Pugh interview from one of our recent Substack newsletters... hopefully you’ve been reading those already for our National League Team of the Week selections.
These two teams both play variations of a 3-4-2-1 formation and their patient possession approaches also made for potential high press victimhood, especially for teams with advanced wing-backs... as they both have. For that reason, we had an interesting but largely uneventful beginning as the teams tried to figure each other out, a spell broken in the ninth minute when the Phoenix Reserves suddenly went ahead. Pugh secured a loose ball and flipped wide to Grace Bartlett, who showed great awareness to get her head up as she hit the byline around her marker and picked out Amber De Wit. First time strike from ADW took a deflection on the way but the contact was too sweet to deny it. However, it wasn’t much longer before Springs drew level when Nanami Omasa hit a beauty of a dipping half-volley from outside the box and we were back on terms.
The out-of-possession work from the Nix was nice and organised. Aggressive when the ball was there to be contested. The in-possession work was good enough to mostly dodge the Springs press... but not good enough to take it any further. So it was that they steadily got pushed deeper into their own half and Western Springs started to put the clamps down. Problem for the Swans was that they were too impatient. Seemed like they just wanted to shoot on sight yet it’s notable that the best chance they created between the goal and half-time came from a cross not a long shot. That one dropped for Maddi Ollington in the area but her left-footed strike flew wide.
That was an issue that they must have addressed at half-time because they returned and almost scored a wonder goal when Ollington hurled the ball over the top and Omasa smacked it on the volley as it came down but missed the target. Difficulty level: Maximum. Would have been a screamer. That endeavour was soon rewarded when Ollington got around Holly Robins and cut back for Sienna Makwana. Brooke Neary got a big hand to that shot but there was too much power to keep out... extremely similar goal to the WeeNix’s first. Although another thing those goals had in common was that there was a rapid equaliser straight after. Poppy O’Brien couldn’t find any takers with a low stabbed cross so when the ball came back to her she decided to go it alone instead and curled in a sweet finish. Second wonderful goal in two weeks for POB.
That goal came very firmly against the run of play though. Western Springs were still maintaining that territory only now they were creating chances to go with the shadows they were casting upon the Nix penalty area. Robins made an incredible lunging block on Hirano who was otherwise through on goal and about to shoot. Neary saved at her near post from another Hirano chance. Omasa was denied by Neary. Lots of scrambling defence.
But then, in the last fifteen, the Nix found another gear after reinvigorating things with some subs. Sienna Candy went close running through and shooting across TuiSamoa who made a good low save. Bartlett forced an even better save when she let one rip from the edge of the box. Maisy McDonald did take a yellow card for a professional foul on Liz Savage... but you know what else she did? She scored an 87th minute winner. Well, damn. Simple finish after being picked out wide open in the area by Phoebe Hawes (two of those subs combining), McDonald with time to take a touch before picking her spot.
Other than Liz Savage, Western Springs didn’t seem to have another push in them... their very inexperienced bench having the opposite effect to what the WeeNix got. But it’s not the fault of the subs that they lost this game, it was their inability to first turn territory into chances, and then when they did start doing so it was an inability to turn chances into goals. Maddi Ollington’s gone scoreless two weeks in a row now (though she did get both assists), leaving her way adrift in the Golden Boot stakes. The Swans have lost four in a row and this was the sixth game out of eight in which they’ve conceded multiple goals. Yikes. But on the plus side, Sienna Makwana is now a National Legaue goal-scorer and looking increasingly comfortable at this level.
That’s only the second time that the Wellington Phoenix Women’s Reserves have ever beaten a club from Auckland and it’s probably their most impressive National League win across the three seasons they’ve been competing (three of the other five wins were against Central, along with beating Ellerslie and Petone). It’s also the case that the WeeNix have three wins and a loss at home (12 goals scored, 6 against) compared to three defeats and a draw away (5 goals scored, 16 against). Their only home defeat was against Auckland United. They’ve scored in every fixture. Somehow Freya Des Fountain has held her own against Vicky Neuefeind and Brit Cunningham-Lee in consecutive weeks. Alyssha Eglinton and Amber De Wit must be right there on the fringes of A-League call-ups (especially with all the current injuries) – although ADW was announced to be joining North Dakota State University this past week so that may affect things. Grace Bartlett and Poppy O’Brien were really good.
By rights the Nix probably should have lost this by a couple of goals but they fact that they were able to withstand as much as they did and still have that winning burst at the end shows the progress that this team is making and this result was another huge milestone within that. With both the Phoenix Reserves and AFC Reserves winning in the Men’s National League, this was the first time in history that all three A-League Reserves teams have won in the same National League week.
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 3-2 Western Springs
9’ | 1-0 | WP | De Wit (Bartlett)
12’ | 1-1 | WS | Omasa (Ollington)
48’ | 1-2 | WS | Makwana (Ollington)
52’ | 2-2 | WP | O’Brien
87’ | 3-2 | WP | McDonald (Hawes)
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland United | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 22 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 17 |
| Wellington United | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 16 |
| West Coast Rangers | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Southern United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 10 |
| Western Springs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 9 |
| Canterbury United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 32 | -24 | 7 |
| Petone | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -15 | 6 |
| Central | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 60 | -60 | 0 |
| MOST ASSISTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maggie Jenkins | Wellington United | 8 |
| Alexis Cook | Auckland United | 6 |
| Chloe Knott | Auckland United | 5 |
| Natalie Olson | Wellington United | 5 |
| Maddi Ollington | Western Springs | 5 |
| Victoria Neuefeind | Eastern Suburbs | 4 |
| Georgie Furnell | Wellington United | 4 |
| Anna McPhie | Western Springs | 3 |
| Ava Pritchard | Auckland United | 3 |
| Anjelina Ujdur | West Coast Rangers | 3 |
| Britney Cunningham-Lee | Western Springs | 3 |
| Rina Hirano | Western Springs | 3 |
| Georgia Nixon | Southern United | 3 |
| Ruby Nathan | Eastern Suburbs | 3 |
| Amy Hislop | Southern United | 3 |
| Amelia Abbott | Wellington United | 3 |
(Goals and assists still include the original goals from the 3-3 draw between Canterbury United and Western Springs which was later changed to a default 3-0 win for Canterbury United - but the standings have been updated accordingly)
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