The National Women’s League continues this weekend when the eighth match week takes place across the country, find out what’s in store with the official preview.

Capital Football vs Canterbury United Pride
Memorial Park, Wellington
Saturday 2 November, 1pm
#NWL #CAvCU

Referee: Nadia Browning
Assistant Referees: Nathan Griffiths, Conor Healy
Fourth Official: Barry Buchanan

Squads

Capital: 1. Molly Simons (GK), 2. Molly Woodhead, 3. Zoe Barrott, 4. Ellen Fibbes, 5. Katie Barrott (c), 6. Nina Kondo, 7. Jemma Robertson, 8. Charlotte Wilford-Carroll, 9. Kelsey Wilkinson, 10. Emma Rolston, 11. Jemma Catherwood, 12. Sophie Dijkstra, 13. Jayden Watts, 14. Danielle Ohlsson, 15. Libby Boobyer, 18. Ariana Gray (GK)
Coach: Natalie Lawrence

Canterbury United Pride: 1. Una Foyle (GK), 2. Marisa van der Meer, 3. Rebecca Lake (c), 4. Lara Wall, 5. Annabel Gilchrist, 6. Chloe Jones, 7. Gabi Rennie, 8. Tahlia Herman-Watt, 9. Jayda Stewart, 11. Macey Fraser, 12. Lauren Dabner, 13. Whitney Hepburn, 15. Britney-Lee Nicholson, 20. Kate Taylor, 21. Nicola Dominikovich, 23. Bel van Noorden
Coach: Alana Gunn

Quotes

Natalie Lawrence (Capital coach): “It was obviously a pretty successful weekend last weekend, we’d been waiting for that complete performance when everything came together and I think it did. It all clicked and heading into this weekend we have to be able to use that confidence. We’ve got some wrongs to right against Canterbury, when you look back to our first game against them we’re a completely different team now. We’re coming in a lot more prepared than we did in the first game and we have to go in with confidence.”

Central Football vs Southern United
Massey University, Palmerston North
Sunday 3 November, 11am
#NWL #CEvSU

Referee: Sarah Jones
Assistant Referees: Jendi Frank, Devyn Crawford
Fourth Official: Andrew Turner

Squads

Central: 1. Brooke Bennett (GK), 2. Freya Partridge-Moore, 3. Samantha Woolley, 4. Jana Niedermayr, 5. Charlotte Lancaster, 6. Florence MacIntyre, 7. Georgie Furnell, 8. Abby Rankin, 9. Mikaela Boxall (c), 10. Eve Barry, 11. Natalie Olson, 12. Kate Mori, 13. Tyler Wood, 14. Peta van Hattum, 15. Jessica Gates, 18. Aoife Gallagher-Forbes (GK)
Coach: Barry Scullion

Southern United: 3. Kelsey Kennard, 4. Mikaela Hunt (c), 5. Lena de Ronde, 6. Samantha Baldwin, 7. Shontelle Smith, 8. Renee Bacon, 9. Chelsea Whittaker, 10. Amy Hislop, 12. Zoe Thomas, 14. Hannah Mackay-Wright, 16. Jade Middleditch (GK), 18. Mikayla Gray, 20. Erin Roxburgh, 22. Kirsty Hayr, 24. Samantha Richards (GK)
Coach: Ignacio Sande

Quotes

Barry Scullion (Central coach): “We’re looking forward to welcoming Southern to Palmerston North, we had the bye last weekend and the team are rested and raring to go. Southern are a really strong team and it will be a challenging fixture for us. We’ve lost by one goal in our previous two games and have conceded quite late in those games. Our target now for the rest of the campaign is to get some points on the table to match the work rate the team have been putting in.”

Auckland Football vs WaiBOP Football
Crum Park, Auckland
Sunday 3 November, 2.30pm
#NWL #AFvWB

Referee: Wendy McNeely
Assistant Referees: Hilary Osborne, Rebecca Blakeman
Fourth Official: Bridget Baker

Squads

Auckland: 1. Nadia Olla (GK), 2. Genevieve Ryan, 3. Elizabeth Anton, 4. Rebekah van Dort, 5. Maisy Dewell, 6. Stephanie Skilton (c), 7. Britney Cunningham-Lee, 8. Tessa Leong, 9. Jade Parris, 10. Lily Taitimu, 11. Ava Collins, 17. Hannah Pilley, 18. Chloe Marthe, 19. Lucy Carter, 22. Sophia Dyer, 25. Alisha Perry (GK)
Coach: Nic Downes

WaiBOP: 1. Georgia Candy (GK), 2. Lisa Evans, 3. Rachel Major, 4. Caitlin Byrne, 6. Annaliese Heuvel, 7. Olivia Hooper, 8. Chloe Henderson, 9. Emma Sizer, 10. Richlyn Tuhoro, 11. Adi-Grace Mooar, 12. Shannon Trebes, 13. Paige McCloskey, 14. Maddison Ollington (c), 15. Stella Neems, 16. Maddison Williams, 22. Rhiannon Jones
Coach: Nico Girard

Quotes

Nicola Demaine (Auckland assistant coach): “We played WaiBOP in our first game and have come a long way since then so no doubt they will have too. You can’t take anything for granted at this level. WaiBOP play quite differently to Northern so we will have different problems to solve. To keep in touch with the league leaders we will be doing everything we can to take all three points on Sunday.”

BYE – Northern Lights

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Article added: Friday 01 November 2019