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

Central Football vs Canterbury United Pride
Massey University, Palmerston North
Saturday 9 November, 12pm
#NWL #CEvCU

Referee: Danial Gallo
Assistant Referees: Devyn Crawford, Jendi Frank
Fourth Official: Smiritika Gosai

Squads

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

Canterbury United Pride: 1. Una Foyle (GK), 2. Marisa van der Meer, 3. Rebecca Lake (c), 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, 16. Samantha Senior, 20. Kate Taylor, 21. Nicola Dominikovich
Coach: Alana Gunn

Quotes

Alana Gunn (Canterbury coach): “We’re expecting a very much improved Central, they’ve had some really close results of late against some of the top-of-the-table teams so we’re definitely not going up there and taking anything for granted. We’re expecting a really solid, organised defensive block and then quite attacking on the counter so that’s what we’ve been looking at this week in preparation.”

Barry Scullion (Central coach): “It’s another tough fixture for us this weekend, the Pride are a top quality team and have looked really strong this year. For us, there’s been improvements each week compared to the start of the season where we lost heavily. Our last three games have been close and we’ve only lost by one goal. We’ve been in with a chance of gaining a point so it’s just about keeping that going and adding a little bit more quality in the final third. If we can get a few goals we’re confident we’ll pick up a few points before the campaign is finished.”

Capital Football vs Northern Lights
Memorial Park, Wellington
Saturday 9 November, 2pm
#NWL #CAvNL

Referee: Sarah Jones
Assistant Referees: Russell Underwood, Heloise Welch
Fourth Official: Barry Buchanan

Squads

Capital: 1. Molly Simons (GK), 2. Jayden Watts, 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. Danielle Ohlsson, 12. Nea Blackham, 13. Molly Woodhead, 14. Jemma Catherwood, 18. Ariana Gray (GK)
Coach: Natalie Lawrence

Northern Lights: 1. Ashleigh Cox (GK), 2. Chloe Bellamy, 3. Greer MacIntosh, 4. Aneka Mittendorff, 6. Lisa Kemp, 7. Chloe Knot (c), 8. Arabella Maynard, 9. Maggie Jenkins, 10. Alaina Granger, 11. Talisha Green, 12. Liz Savage, 14. Lily Jervis, 15. Emily Oosterhof, 16. Catherine Pretty, 17. Mackenzie Barry, 18. Emily Couchman (GK)

Quotes

Natalie Lawrence (Capital coach): “If we look back to our first game against Northern, we had a really good second half and that really helped kick start our season. We’ve had a really good week of training and we’ve kept standards high because, while we’re still mathematically in that race for the top two spots, we’re always going to be striving for that. So the importance of three points this weekend is huge and we all believe we can do that.”

Shane Verma (Northern coach): “Claudia (Bunge) has had a big impact on the Lights so to see her get this opportunity with the Ferns is massive and it just comes down to all the hard work she’s put in. We’ve got a strong group of players so to be able to call on the likes of Emily (Couchman) and Ash (Cox) to jump in goal means we shouldn’t hopefully miss Lily (Alfeld) too much. Then we’ve also got some good girls to cover at the back so, all in all, I expect the girls to stand up this weekend.”

Southern United vs WaiBOP Football
Logan Park, Dunedin
Sunday 10 November, 12pm
#NWL #SUvWB

Referee: Nadia Browning
Assistant Referees: Alyss Clipsham, Sean Lau
Fourth Official: Caleb Corbett-Marsh

Squads

Southern United: 3. Kelsey Kennard, 4. Mikaela Hunt (c), 5. Lena de Ronde, 7. Shontelle Smith, 8. Renee Bacon, 9. Chelsea Whittaker, 10. Amy Hislop, 11. Emily Morison, 12. Zoe Thomas, 14. Hannah Mackay-Wright, 16. Jade Middleditch (GK), 18. Mikayla Gray, 20. Erin Roxburgh, 21. Tahlia Roome, 22. Kirsty Hayr, 24. Samantha Richards (GK)
Coach: Ignacio Sande

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, 17. Grace Wisnewski, 22. Rhiannon Jones
Coach: Nico Girard

BYE – Auckland Football

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Article added: Friday 08 November 2019