The AllStars, an initiative that is now in its fourth edition, will also take on ASB Premiership team Waikato and will be coached by Bay Olympic’s Shane Knowles and Birkenhead United’s Paul Hobson.
The squad has a fresh look to it with only four players featuring who have been included in any of the previous incarnations of the team.
Midfielder Aaron Bawdekar (Metro) was a member of the inaugural side in 2008, strikers Jared Colligan (Mt Albert-Ponsonby) and Kyosuke Kitano (Eastern Suburbs) were part of the 2009 squad and fellow forward Colin Gardyne (Bay Olympic) featured in the 2010 team. Knowles was also part of the coaching staff for the 2008 side.
Of the squad’s 27 players, 11 have earned their spots automatically via opposition coach voting during the season for the player of the month/player of the year awards, while the remaining selections were made by coaches Knowles and Hobson.
The golden boot winners for two of the three men’s divisions were originally included in the side with men’s Premier League leading scorer Gardyne joining first division golden boot winner Allan Pearce. However, Pearce is unavailable due to ASB Premiership commitments.
Colligan, the second leading scorer in the men’s second divison with 20 goals, was one of the 11 automatic selections as the division’s June player of the month.
A number of other players were in a similar position to Pearce as either automatic or AllStars coach selections unavailable due to ASB Premiership commitments.
Nine of the players in the squad played the 2011 season in the Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier League, 11 featured in the first division competition while seven competed in the second division.
Lotto NRFL AllStars squad
Goalkeepers
Glen Pascoe (Onehunga Mangere Utd), Nicholas Lawrence (Papakura City), Jay Christiansen (Fencibles Utd)
Defenders
Jason Chewins (Melville Utd), Arnie Pasatin (Albany Utd), Jack Beugely (East Coast Bays), Jon Bodman (Manurewa), David Parkinson (Birkenhead Utd), Julyan Collett (Bay Olympic), Ryan Elder (Bay Olympic)
Midfielders
Stu Watene (Matamata Swifts), Matthew Wallace (Takapuna), Martin Pike (Fencibles Utd), Colin Gardyne (Bay Olympic), Aaron Bawdekar (Metro), Sam Mathews (Three Kings Utd), Jack Salter (Birkenhead Utd), Ben Wall (North Shore Utd)
Strikers
Rob Carty (Warkworth), Derek Sinclair (Waiuku), Cody Patterson (Papatoetoe), Paul Urlovic (Three Kings Utd), Jared Colligan (Mt Albert-Ponsonby), James Lawson (Birkenhead Utd), Will Roper (Ellerslie), Kyosuke Kitano (Eastern Suburbs), Michael Thompson (Melville Utd)
Series schedule
vs Waikato
Gower Park, Hamilton
Saturday 24 September
Kick-off: 2pm local time
vs Waitakere United
McFetridge Park, Glenfield
Sunday 2 October
Kick-off: 3pm local time
vs Auckland City
Croatian Cultural Society, Henderson
Saturday 8 October
Kick-off: TBC
Story courtesy of Auckland Football Federation.
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