Rufer launches pro career at home

Rufer impressed Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick during a trial with the club with the new coach saying the youngster, who is still attending school at Palmerston North Boys’ High School, shows huge potential and is capable of challenging for a first team spot his season.“The Phoenix is a work in progress and it’s not going…

Handmade from Stirling silver, the Chatham Cup was gifted to the then New Zealand Football Association by the crew of the HMS Chatham in 1922. Since it was first contested a year later, it has become the pinnacle of winter football with hundreds of clubs up and down the country setting their sights on lifting…

In contrast to the previous games yesterday’s encounter was a tight, tense game with few clear cut chances and defenders on top from the start. With the series tied at one each neither team wanted to lose the deciding game, leading to a cautious game.Coach Aaron McFarland knew it was going to be a tight…

The 18-year-old was unearthed by the club’s scouts during the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey during June and July and the wheels were put in motion. While the New Zealand squad didn’t win any of its group games the Asia Pacific Football Academy graduate clearly did enough to attract the attention of those…