Clearly they were the best two teams across the entire season. Northern have really come on strong the last couple seasons with an exciting young team full of age-grade internationals while the Pride have been chilling at this elite level for ages now.

New Zealand Football’s trying a little harder these days with the women’s side of things. Giving the Kate Sheppard Cup a name was a good move, as was the decision to expand the National Women’s League into a two-round competition.