Vahirua arrives for Festival of Champions

The 33-year-old is set bring his experience to the Toa Aito for the first time in his career, and is pleased to finally be beginning his integration into the squad as they prepare for the Festival of Champions.“For a country like ours, this is a huge opportunity. It’s a unique chance to raise the level…

I’ki, a shark, was revealed at a live show on Friday featuring players from the Tiki Toa, who will represent Oceania as the tournament’s hosts.Four members of the Tiki Toa squad are currently refining their skills in Switzerland with technical advisor Angelo Schirinzi’s club side the Sable Dancers in the Swiss Championship.Tearii Labaste, Heimanu Taiarui,…

The win means Auckland have now written themselves into the record books as the first side to win three Oceania titles in a row and they will earn another piece of history when they travel to Morocco in December by becoming the club with the most appearances at a FIFA Club World Cup (five –…

See below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:Waitakere United: 1. Danny ROBINSON [GK], 2. Aaron SCOTT,4. Tim MYERS, 5. Brian SHELLEY, 6. Matt CUNNEEN, 8. Chad COOMBES, 10. Allan PEARCE, 12. Roy KRISHNA, 17. Jake BUTLER (c), 18. Sam MATHEWS, 20. Ryan DE VRIESSubstitutes: 3. Jack BEGUELY, 7. Jeremy CHRISTIE, 19. Daniel MORGAN, 23. Masaki…

Hugely excited by the prospect of what lies beyond the final whistle, the English-born stopper is using that drive to get to Morocco as his motivation. He spoke to oceaniafootball.com to give us an insight into how he approaches a match of this stature.What are you doing yourself to prepare for Sunday’s match?I’m trying to…

Along with his teammates, New Zealand’s most capped international is well aware of what is on the line as Auckland City prepare for a match which could earn them their third consecutive victory in the Oceania club championship.“The boys got back from Fiji and they had a good rest. They got into training on Tuesday…

The match kicks off at 3.45pm on Sunday 19 May on Arena 2 at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, and live coverage will be produced by OFC TV, the confederation’s in-house television unit.The coverage will be screened live in New Zealand on SKY Sport 4 from 3.30pm while those living in other parts…