Young All Whites book tickets to UAE

The Young All Whites, having dominated the tournament and securing five wins from five games, will represent the Oceania region at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates later this year.New Zealand coach Darren Bazeley says it is a great feeling to secure a record five wins to qualify for the World…

The identity of the teams progressing from Group A has already been decided – Fiji’s Ba and Vanuatu’s Amicale secured their safe passage in previous rounds – but Group B is still wide open with defending champions Auckland City and Tahiti’s Dragon set to fight it out to join Waitakere United in booking a semi-final…

Match Summary click hereSee below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:Cook Islands: 1. Keegan INIA [GK] (c), 5. Ford HENRY, 6. Takuina TARARO, 7. Dwayne TIPUTOA, 8. Kimiora SAMUELA, 9. Pekay EDWARDS, 10. Thane BEAL, 11. Maro BONSU-MARO, 12. Wiremu TEMATA, 13. Jarves APERAU, 14. Terei GEORGESubstitutes: 4. Cahjun WILLIS, 15. Morgan WICHMAN, 16. Te-Ava…

Match Summary click hereSee below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:New Caledonia: 1. Thomas SCHMIDT [GK], 2. Pierre BOANEMOA, 3. Yorick WAINEBENGO, 4. Jean-Luc DECOIRE, 5. Didier SIMANE (c), 10. Mickael PARTODIKROMO, 11. Ben WAMOWE, 12. Theo JALABERT, 13. Brandon MEAOU, 17. Raymond XANATRE, 19. Macinou WAMAISubstitutes: 6. Jim OUKA, 7. Roberto NEOERE, 8. Antony…

See below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:Dragon: 1. Mikael ROCHE [GK], 4. Tamatoa WAGEMANN, 10. Raimana LI FUNG KUEE, 12. Jonathan TEHAU, 15. Heimano BOUREBARE, 16. Edson LEMAIRE, 17. Sylvain GRAGLIA, 20. Torea MARUOI, 21. Teaonui TEHAU, 22. Nicolas VALLAR (C), 24. Jonathan CABALESubstitutes: 5. Henri CAROINE, 8. Yannick VERO, 9. Samuel HNANYINE, 13….

New Zealand open the day’s proceedings when they take on Papua New Guinea at 9.30am before the Cook Islands play Fiji at 12.30pm while New Caledonia will face hosts Vanuatu at 3.30pm in the day’s final match.The winner of the tournament will qualify for the FIFA U-17World Cup, which is set to take place in…

Knowing a win would put them at the top of Group B and with an excellent chance of progressing to the semi-finals, Dragon looked on track for a spot in the knockout stages when captain Nicolas Vallar led by example to give them the lead in the 35th minute. But Mont-Dore, the only side in…

Rufer has assembled a side consisting largely of New Zealanders including Wellington Phoenix duo Louis Fenton and Tyler Boyd, James Debenham, Reece Lambert, Liam Anderson and Alex Rufer, who is currently with the New Zealand U-17 squad at the OFC U-17 Championship in Vanuatu.Also adding some Pacific Island flavour to the mix is Papua New…

Match Summary click hereSee below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups:Cook Islands: 1. Keegan INIA [GK] (c), 5. Ford HENRY, 6. Takuina TARARO, 7. Dwayne TIPUTOA, 8. Kimiora SAMUELA, 10. Thane BEAL, 11. Maro BONSU-MARO, 12. Wiremu TEMATA, 13. Jarves APERAU, 14. Terei GEORGE, 16. Te-Ava WICHMAN Substitutes: 4. Cahjun WILLIS, 15. Morgan WICHMAN, 18….

Cook Islands once again held their own to keep the hosts to just a one goal lead. Having lost three of their starting line-up over the past three matches coach Tuka Tisam’s options on the bench have dwindled with back-up goalkeeper Antonio Tuaiti now sporting an outfielders jersey. Vanuatu stamped an early mark on proceedings,…