Knockout football took centre stage over the weekend as fans enjoyed finals football in the A-League, and New Zealand’s Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup competitions.
Auckland City began their defence of the OFC Men’s Champions League in Tahiti, while the Wellington Phoenix continued their push for a spot in the A-League grand final.
Rounds of the Northern League and Central League went ahead while the Southern League took a break for cup football.
In the Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership, two clubs pulled clear of the rest while another landed their first win of the season.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of May 10-12, 2024:
Results
Men’s A-League
Semi-final 1, first leg
Game played on Friday May 10, 2024
Sydney 1 (Joel King 25′)
Central Coast Mariners 2 (Josh Nisbet 45+3′, Mikael Doka 56′ pen)
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Semi-final 2, first leg
Game played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Melbourne Victory 0
Wellington Phoenix 0
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OFC Men’s Champions League
Games played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Group A
Rewa 2 (Josaia Sela 62′, 65′)
Auckland City 2 (Cam Howieson 50′, Ryan De Vries 67′)
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Solomon Warriors 0
Hekari United 2 (Ati Kepo 70′, Rex Naime 82′)
Chatham Cup
First round
Games played on Friday May 10, 2024
Christchurch United 5 (Jackson Cole 30′, Daniel Meyn 53′, David Yoo 57′, 90′ pen, Thomas Chao 70′)
Western 2 (Daniel Steffert 67′, 76′)
Metro 4 (Sam Freeman 24′, 90′ 90+4′, Mohammed Haj 35′)
Oratia United 1 (Michael Brown 80′)
Games played on Saturday May 11, 2024
Palmerston North Marist 3 (Nick Carrick 57′, own goal. 71′, Jono Steele 85′)
Havelock North Wanderers 0
Te Awamutu 1 (Jack Edger 90+5′)
Waikato Unicol 2 (Ren Tsumura 10′, Abdul Wahid Sulieman 89′)
Ngaruawahia United 5 (Jordan Boon 5′, 19′, Roman Yair Perez 27′, Jack Marden 58′, Karson Grant 84′)
University of Auckland 2 (scorers not available)
Beachlands Maraetai 2 (Oliver Peters 89′, 119′)
West Auckland 1 (Juan Kim 70′)
*After extra time
Hibiscus Coast 6 (Trent Mayes 13′, Julian Stevenson 24′, Jack Brown 50′, 90′, Adam Windelburn 64′, 90’+2′)
Waiuku 0
Papatoetoe 1 (own goal 23′)
Northern United 2 (Glenn Brown 88′, Benjamin Sole 90+4′)
Claudelands Rovers 2 (Marshall Shannon Forrester 45′, 90+3′)
Bucklands Beach 4 (Lyle Jones 31′, Rory Bohea 33′, 38′, Sander Waterland 85′)
Waiheke United 2 (Sergio Lindner 16′, 53′)
Te Atatu 0
Papakura City 5 (Kartik Kumar 16′, Alexis Araena Zuleta 57′, 87′, Stephen Ashby-Peckham 59′, own goal 90’+1′)
Cambridge 8 (Jack Connor 34′, 105′, Bailey Webster 39′, 65′, 85′, 101′, Zachary Mayo 53′, Joshua Clarkin 95′)
*After extra time
Taupo 3 (Ahmad Zammit 28′, Joe O’Donghue 36′, 72′)
Franklin United 1 (Travis Dally-Braun 6′)
Central United 3 (Alfie Luque 9′, Ben Ruffell 52′, Samuel Bader 90+5′)
Northland 1 (Luke Paramore 90′)
Albany United 2 (Seth McGuiness 1′, scorer TBC)
South Auckland Rangers 4 (Calvin Opperman 9′ pen, Pablo Yackson Carabajal 13′, Josh Harford 21′ pen, 46′)
Waitemata 3 (Adam Hargood 10′, 55′, Rohan Gurung 48′)
AFC Bohemian Celtic 0
Onehunga Mangere United 6 (Jamie Shipman 17′, 22′, 71′, Tom Watkinson 26′, Aidan Price 29′, Kieran Vollebregt 87′)
Matamata Swifts 0
Ngongotaha 1 (Steffano Riley 34′)
Manukau United 5 (Mohammed Fardeen Faheem 24′, Alexander Hale 41′, Meysum Shafahi 52′, Tomas Gabriel Castro Pereyra 73′, Mohammed Shah 87′)
North Shore United 3 (Harry Lissington 24, Joshua Wells 39′, Oscar Garcia 61′)
Takapuna 1 (Luke Allport 7′)
Otumoetai 3 (Jack Boland 29′, 83′, Dylan Monteiro 67′)
Te Puke United 2 (Benjamin Day 42′, Jonah Davies 88′)
Papamoa 1 (Matthew Kilpatrick 23′)
Fencibles United 5 (Micaiah Papa 64′, Aston Burns 69′, 87′, Frank Clarke 78′, Moh Reynolds 84′)
Palmerston North United 6 (Nathan Cooksley 9′, 42′, Benjamin Mori 25′, 27′, 85′, Aaron Richardson 67′)
Peringa United 0
Paekakariki 0
Victory University 4 (Kyran Lockwood 37′, Jake Nicholson 42′ pen, own goal 67′, Finn Stenner Corbishley 85′)
Brooklyn Northern United 0
Upper Hutt City 9 (Donal Hugh Gahan 4′, Brandon Postlethwaite 31′, Campbell Webster 35′, 42′, 44′, Elliot Porter-wallis 37′, Jacob Marshall 70′, Matthew Fong 81′, David Warbrick 90’+1′)
Stokes Valley 2 (own goal 79′, Aaron Jackson 90+3′)
Seatoun 6 (own goal 12′, Matene Da Vanzo 44′, Abdi Jama 47′, Aatif Alnou 48′, 72′, Konan Hey 90’+1′)
Tawa 5 (Ghattas Farah 8′, Soh Reh La 19′, 74′, Jacob Fouhy 76′, Jacob Quinn 90+2′)
Greytown 2 (Harvey Parker 51′, Tobias Wiegman 88′)
Waimakariri United 0
UC Football 1 (Jacob Killick 94′)
*After extra time
Nomads United 4 (Caleb Cotton 3′, 70′, Cooper Goldsmith 5′, 26′)
Halswell United 0
*Nomads United also win the Dennis Hawtin Memorial Challenge Cup, played for in memory of a Dennis Hawtin who played for both clubs
Geraldine 1 (Ruben Nacho Gonzalez 34′)
Otago University 3 (Sam Clegg 3′, 111′, 114′)
*After extra time
Green Island 1 (Spencer Smith 67′)
Queens Park 0
Thistle 0
Mosgiel 15 (Reece Burtenshaw 3′, Taylor Donaldson 5′, 48′, Rhys Quarrell 11′, 17′, 49′, 62′, 86′, Harvey Stephens 23′, Rory Findlay 53′, own goal 69′, George Duncan 71′, 88′, 90’+1′, Geordie Mccully 83′)
Wanaka 4 (Paul Rodwell 45+3′ pen, own goal 65′, Allan Carmichael 76′, Daniel Brum 90+1′)
West End 0
Northern Hearts 5 (Bailey Chambers 49′, 66′, Kaleb Hayes 56′, Conor White 74′, Kowin Hancock 84′)
Grants Braes 1 (Declan Parsons 72′ pen)
Roslyn Wakari 4 (Nathan Wilkie 19′, Callum Smith 69′, 80′, 90+4′)
Queenstown 1 (Donald Greengrass 84′)
Nelson Suburbs 5
Richmond 0
*No details provided
Tahuna 2 (Seth Watson 2′, 85′)
FC Nelson 3 (Phun Lian 79′, 94′, Van Hnin Cung Cen Hiang 81′)
*After extra time
Cashmere Technical 11 (Gabriel Gallaway 23′, Yuya Taguchi 37′, 45’+4′, Lyle Matthysen 45’+2′, Lachie Mcisaac 45’+6′, 51′, 72′ pen, 89′, Aidan Barbour-Ryan 49′, 80′, Alex Ballard 68′)
Burwood 0
Ellerslie 3 (Ermal Fusha 18′, Jonathan Ansley 53′, Seb Poelman 90′ pen)
Otorohanga 1 (Tawhirimatea Ball 56′ pen)
Selwyn United 0
Ferrymead Bays 3 (Chris Murphy 33′, Nikolas Fairley 39′, Rhys Williams 52′)
Northern 12 (Rory Hibbert 2′, 28′, 29′, 35′, 45’+1′, Sam Cosgrove 24′, Tyler Muir 26′, Samuel Teitelbaum 44′, Luke Williams 61′, 82′, Zac Baird-Hodge 63′, Luka Mandich 90’+1′)
Waihopai 0
Games played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Coastal Spirit 3 (Ryan Stanley, Alex Steinwascher, Kenshin Hayashi)
FC Twenty 11 0
Northern Rovers 2 (Jay Bracken 39′ pen, Tinotenda Mupemhena 66′)
Mt Albert Ponsonby 0
Kate Sheppard Cup
First round
Games played on Friday May 10, 2024
Wellington United 0
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 3 (Ella McMillan 34′, Rebekah Trewhitt 54′, Alyssha Eglinton 84′)
Selwyn United 0
Cashmere Technical 5 (Aimee Phillips 5′, Margarida Dias 14′, Anna McPhie 54′, Darsha Keogan 56′, Lara Wall 66′)
Games played on Saturday May 11, 2024
Waterside Karori 13 (Emma Narelle Kruszona 2′, 60′, Nikki Furukawa 5′, 45′, Own Goal 17′, Jessica Shilton 19′, Renee Bacon 23′, 25′, 49′, Laura Flannagan 45’+3′ pen, Daphne Ranta 64′, Kate Ross 77′, Juana Diesing 81′)
Brooklyn Northern United 0
Northern 0
Roslyn Wakari 4 (Jemma Wilson 16′, 19′, Amelie East Giles 42′, Holly White 90+2′)
Green Island 0
Otago University 5 (scorers TBC)
Dunedin City Royals 11 (Abby Rankin 2′, 29′, 61′, Rose Morton 11′, 38′, Tabitha Seaton 18′, Bianca Park 41′, Nieve Collin 47′, 80′, Shontelle Smith 87′, Georgia Kennedy 90’+1′)
Thistle 0
Queens Park 6 (Shelby Bryan 12′, Tyler Andrews 50′, 53′, Rebecca Walker 68′, 89′, Tianna Areaiiti-Newlove 71′)
Grants Braes 0
Moturoa 1 (Sasha Rasmussen 79′)
Palmerston North Marist 2 (Isabella Yarwood 2′, 29′)
FC Nelson
Nelson Suburbs
Halswell United 1 (Ella Hartel 19′)
Waimakariri United 2 (Jasmine Barrett 32′, own goal 90+5′)
Coastal Spirit 4 (Saskia Pelham 5′, 25′, Lauren Dabner 14′, 27′)
UC Football 0
Papakura City 0
Birkenhead United 6 (Charlotte England 36′, Jaime Govind 40′, 69′, Bella Hellesoe 83′. Morgan Herbst 85′, Shayden Cathro 90’+5′)
Games played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Miramar Rangers 1 (Grace Cody 90+1′)
Victoria University 0
Uni-Mount Bohemian 3 (Mikayla Johnson 12′, Maggie Jaques 29′, Cera Joy Sy Tan 44′)
Greenhithe 0
Waikato Unicol 2 (scorer to come)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (scorer to come)
*After extra time
Tauranga Blue Rovers 0
Cambridge 4 (Zoë Fon 47′, Karin Ingram 62′, Caitlyn Varcoe 87′, Charlotte Harries 90’+2′)
Lakes 0
Tauranga Moana 10 (Grace Duncan 22′, 53′, 56′, 58′, 60′, Briana Osborne 23′, 49′, Kerri-Ann Jones 29′, Sinead Doherty 64′, Lane Ririnui 83′)
Te Kotahitanga 5 (Madison Beetham 8′, Zoe Yeo 17′, Emma Howes 37′, Lauren Judd 62′, Daisy Goodman 82′)
North Wellington 1 (Abby Morton 69′)
Northland 3 (A Barradell, S Roest, R Stratton)
Franklin United 10 (scorers to come)
Island Bay United 3 (Naomi Boardman 31′, 57′, Irish Rewiti-Gould 80′)
Upper Hutt City 3 (Asha Dyson 28′, Cadhia McLaughlin 80′, 85′)
Northern League
Game played on Friday May 10, 2024
West Coast Rangers 0
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Kelvin Kalua, 86′)
Games played on Saturday May 11, 2024
Auckland United 2 (Oliver Fay 22′, Hideto Takahashi 47′ pen)
East Coast Bays 0
Tauranga City 2 (Jonty Bidois 85′, scorer to come)
Manurewa 1 Eber Ramirez 60′)
Melville United 1 (Campbell Brown 36′)
Western Springs 4 (Matthew Thomas 25′, own goal 32′, Adama Coulibaly 33′, Oscar Ramsay 82′)
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Derek Tieku 69′ pen)
Birkenhead United 4 (Haris Zeb 4, 24′, Monty Patterson 43′, Everton O’Leary 48′)
Central League
Games played on Saturday May 11, 2024
Stop Out 1 (Xavier Coleman 1′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Daniel Makowem 19′ pen)
Waterside Karori 2 (Tomas Alvarado 22′, Lachlan Candy 45′)
Island Bay United 1 (Stefan Ashby 67′)
*Waterside Karori retain O’Brien Shield
Wellington Olympic 3 (Jesse Randall 1′, Tor Davenport Petersen 52′, Oliver Colloty 88′)
Miramar Rangers 0
North Wellington 1 (Sam Staunton 37′)
Western Suburbs 5 (Miles Green 50′, 76′, 81′, 90′, Connor Wilson 51′)
Game played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Napier City Rovers 2 (Oscar Faulds 44′, Sam Lack 90+5′)
Petone 1 (Jack O’Connor 90+3′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Game played on Friday May 10, 2024
Western Springs 1 (Kitty Jacob 2′)
West Coast Rangers 4 (Shannon Henson 12′, Bree Johnson 21′, own goal 41′, Marissa Porteous 45+1′)
Games played on Sunday May 12, 2024
Hibiscus Coast 0
Auckland United 2 (Talisha Green 35′, Alexis Cook 90+3′)
Eastern Suburbs 0
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Stella Neems 50′)
Ellerslie 1 (Leigh Aitken 64′, pen)
Fencibles United 1 (Taylah Byers 31′)
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