But while football fans on both sides of the Tasman sit transfixed by the AFC Cup, Merrick instead headed to Samoa for the OFC U-17 Championship in Apia. And the…
Coming off the back of a win and a draw with 16th-ranked Denmark this week – Tony Readings’ side – currently sitting at 18th in the world – will welcome…
Having fallen behind inside the opening five minutes to Simone Sorensen’s opener, the 18th-ranked Football Ferns recovered in quick time, fullback Ria Percival and then striker Hannah Wilkinson putting Tony…
Playing her 71st international, midfielder Annalie Longo scored her fifth goal for her country in the 38th minute giving the Football Ferns a lead which looked like being enough to…
After missing the internationals against France and Norway last month; Rosie White, Katie Bowen, and Daisy Cleverley return to the side while goalkeeper Cushla Lichtwark – formerly a netballer with…
Gilligan is based in Australia but visited these parts to pass on his knowledge to the region’s budding coaches, as well as take in the action from the third and…
First half goals from Lauren Dabner and Monique Barker set the home side on their way and Gareth Turnbull’s team never relented as they squeezed and pressed the young New…
Wire-to-wire leaders of the competition, Mainland survived a late charge from the four-time runners-up in the closing stages of Sunday’s final with Capital scoring twice in the last 15 seconds…
After finishing top of the round-robin phase of the competition with six wins from their seven matches, Mainland earned a week off last week – which the team used to…
The squad of U-18 players from the three northernmost federations – Northern Football, Auckland Football and Waikato Bay of Plenty, earned their final berth courtesy of a hat-trick from age-group…