2009 O-LEAGUE – BA BREAK HEKARI HEARTS AS AUCKLAND ROLL ON

Fijian Champions Ba have moved top equal with Koloale FC in Group B of the OFC O-League after coming back from a goal down to clinch a 2-1 win over Hekari Souths United FC at Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium this afternoon. Meanwhile in Group A, Auckland City overcame Port Vila Sharks 2-0 to move…

Welcome to the Port Moresby Rugby League Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea where locals are about to witness their first O-League fixture on their own shores. Cloudy skies and a light breeze welcome the visiting side – Ba, from Fiji – with a temperature well into the 30’s nothing unusual for either party….

Welcome to Municipal Stadium in Port Vila where Auckland City are set to take on Port Vila Sharks. It is a stifling hot afternoon and the temperature has just reached 35 degrees celcius. Can Port Vila stage an upset infront of their home crowd? Oceaniafootball.com will be bringing you live text updates from the match….

AUCKLAND – Thai Airways Junior All Whites coach Stu Jacobs is looking to light the fire in the belly of his New Zealand players ahead of the Oceania U-20 Championship opener against Fiji in Tahiti on Sunday. New Zealand play Fiji, New Caledonia and hosts Tahiti in the five day tournament with all eyes on…

AUCKLAND – New Zealand and Fiji will kick off the OFC U-20 Championship Tahiti 2008 on Saturday (local time) when the two sides meet in the first game of the opening round at Stade Paea in Papeete. The tournament will run from December 13 – 17 and the winner of the competition will represent OFC…

AUCKLAND – Central United youth coach Paul Posa has taken the role of Auckland City head coach in time for their Oceania Champions League trip to Port Vila on Saturday. The departure of Colin Tuaa on Sunday left Auckland without a coach following a 3-1 victory of Hawke’s Bay United that took them to the…

The opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 was always going to be a battle between David and Goliath. In one corner were Adelaide United, a fully professional outfit, playing in a professional league and finalists of the blue chip AFC Champions League. Their opponents, Waitakere United, in contrast were part-timers, who…

AUCKLAND – A Travis Dodd header six minutes from fulltime edged Adelaide United past a gallant Waitakere United 2-1 at the FIFA Club World Cup in Tokyo in the early hours of Friday morning. The deftest glance from Dodd was enough to steer a Paul Reid free kick past Richard Gillespie and extinguish the flames…

The FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 is finally upon us, and it is with a regional derby that the action will commence. Australian side Adelaide United make their tournament debut against New Zealand’s Waitakere United, eager to clinch a berth in the quarter-finals and another crack at Gamba Osaka, the club that defeated them…

AUCKLAND – Port Vila Sharks, Hekari Souths United FC, Auckland City and Ba are all hoping for the perfect end to the year – with their first three points of the 2009 O-League campaign – when Match Day Three of the competition kicks off on Saturday. Auckland will travel to Vanuatu to take on Port…