2018 National Women's League (New Zealand)

National Women's League
Season	2018
Champions	Auckland
Matches played	12
Goals scored	59 (4.92 per match)
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018 National Women's League is the sixteenth season of the NWL, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams are again involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. This is the first year that the league will have two rounds with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final. The season will also feature a double header round over Labour weekend, in which all sides except Capital will play two matches over the weekend.^[1]

Teams

Northern Lights

Auckland

WaiBOP

Central

Capital

Canterbury United Pride

Southern United

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Locations of the 2018 National Women's League Teams

Team	Location	Ground	Coach
Northern Lights	North Shore	QBE Stadium, Domain 3	Gemma Lewis^[2]
Auckland	Auckland	McLennan Park	Tracy Wrigley^[3]
WaiBOP	Hamilton	Gower Park	Michael Mayne^[4]
Central	Palmerston North	Massey Uni	Donald Piper^[5]
Capital	Lower Hutt	Memorial Park	Emma Evans^[6]
Canterbury United Pride	Christchurch	English Park	Alana Gunn^[7]
Southern United	Dunedin	Tahuna Park	Rignacio Sande^[8]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canterbury United Pride	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Qualification to the Finals series
2	Northern Lights	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Qualification to the Finals series
3	Southern United	4	2	1	1	16	6	+10	7
4	Auckland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
5	Capital	4	1	1	2	7	9	−2	4
6	WaiBOP	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0
7	Central	4	0	0	4	1	25	−24	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: NZ Football
Rules for classification: 1) head to head; 2) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4
Team ╲ Round
Auckland	2	3	2	4
Canterbury United Pride	2	1	1	1
Capital	5	4	5	5
Central	7	6	7	7
Northern Lights	4	5	4	2
Southern United	1	2	3	3
WaiBOP	5	7	6	6

	Qualification to Grand final

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results

New Zealand women's football league matches will take place from September to December 2018 and also for the first time include a double header round over Labour weekend.^[9]

Round 1

15 September 2018	Southern United	6–1	Central	Forrester Park, Dunedin
15:00	Whittaker 8' Smith 20', 28' Nicholson 24' Hislop 50' 69' (o.g.)	Report	Crewe 12'	Referee: Wendy McNeely

15 September 2018	WaiBOP	0–4	Auckland	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00		Report	Parris 52', 75' Muirhead 68' Carter 71' (pen.)	Referee: Bridget Baker

16 September 2018	Canterbury United Pride	4–0	Capital	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Longo 15', 28' Rennie 46' Barker 54'	Report		Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

22 September 2018	Canterbury United Pride	6–0	WaiBOP	English Park, Christchurch
12:00	Barker 2', 21', 87' Rennie 14' Stewart 32' Longo 90+3'	Report		Referee: Michael Killick

23 September 2018	Northern Lights	0–0	Southern United	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00		Report		Referee: Lindsey Robinson

23 September 2018	Central	0–5	Capital	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00		Report	Boone 10' Main 46' Gregorius 52', 61' Wilford-Carroll 68'	Referee: Beth Rattray

Bye: Auckland

Round 3

29 September 2018	Capital	1–4	Northern Lights	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:30	Main 24'	Report	Kelderman 24' Bunge 43' Savage 85' Tawharu 88'	Referee: Morgan Archer

30 September 2018	Central	0–7	Canterbury United Pride	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:30		Report	Abbott 4' 11', 53' (o.g.) Rennie 35' Longo 61' Taylor 80' Stewart 90+4'	Referee: Bridget Baker

30 September 2018	Southern United	1–2	Auckland	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00	20' (o.g.)	Report	Muirhead 63' Carter 90+4'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 4

7 October 2018	WaiBOP	3–6	Southern United	McLennan Park, Auckland
11:00	Brady 45' Golding 61' Wisnewski 73'	Report	Morison 37' Wall 45' Gray 54' Hayr 60' Anderson 67', 79'	Referee: Morgan Archer

7 October 2018	Northern Lights	7–0	Central	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:30	Tawharu 18' Jenkins 32', 40' Steinmetz 57' Stevens 63' Mittendorf 65' Kelderman 73'	Report		Referee: Wendy McNeely

7 October 2018	Auckland	1–1	Capital	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	80' (o.g.)	Report	Wilford-Carrol 45'	Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 5

13 October 2018	Capital	v	WaiBOP	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00

14 October 2018	Northern Lights	v	Canterbury United Pride	TBC
13:00

14 October 2018	Central	v	Auckland	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00

Bye: Southern United

Round 6 (Double Header Week)

19 October 2018	Auckland	v	Northern Lights	McLennan Park, Auckland
19:00

20 October 2018	Canterbury United Pride	v	Southern United	English Park, Christchurch
13:00

20 October 2018	WaiBOP	v	Central	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00

22 October 2018	Central	v	WaiBOP	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00

22 October 2018	Southern United	v	Canterbury United Pride	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00

23 October 2018	Northern Lights	v	Auckland	QBE Stadium, North Shore
19:15

Bye: Capital

Round 7

27 October 2018	Capital	v	Southern United	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00

28 October 2018	Northern Lights	v	WaiBOP	TBC
13:00

28 October 2018	Auckland	v	Canterbury United Pride	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00

Bye: Central

Round 8

3 November 2018	WaiBOP	v	Canterbury United Pride	Gower Park, Hamilton
13:00

3 November 2018	Capital	v	Central	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00

4 November 2018	Southern United	v	Northern Lights	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
13:30

Bye: Auckland

Round 9

11 November 2018	Northern Lights	v	Capital	TBC
13:00

11 November 2018	Auckland	v	Southern United	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00

11 November 2018	Canterbury United Pride	v	Central	English Park, Christchurch
14:00

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 10

17 November 2018	WaiBOP	v	Capital	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00

18 November 2018	Auckland	v	Central	McLennan Park, Auckland
13:00

18 November 2018	Canterbury United Pride	v	Northern Lights	English Park, Christchurch
13:30

Bye: Southern United

Round 11

24 November 2018	Capital	v	Auckland	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00

25 November 2018	Southern United	v	WaiBOP	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
11:00

25 November 2018	Central	v	Northern Lights	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 12

1 December 2018	Capital	v	Canterbury United Pride	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00

2 December 2018	Central	v	Southern United	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
12:00

2 December 2018	Auckland	v	WaiBOP	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 13

8 December 2018	Canterbury United Pride	v	Auckland	English Park, Christchurch
13:00

8 December 2018	WaiBOP	v	Northern Lights	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00

9 December 2018	Southern United	v	Capital	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00

Bye: Central

Final

15/16 December

1st	v	2nd

TBC

Statistics

As of 7 October 2018

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Monique Barker	Canterbury United Pride	4
1	Annalie Longo	Canterbury United Pride	4
3	Gabrielle Rennie	Canterbury United Pride	3
4	Ruby Anderson	Southern United	2
	Lucy Carter	Auckland
	Sarah Gregorius	Capital
	Helena Kelderman	Northern Lights
	Emma Main	Capital
	Sam Muirhead	Auckland
	Jade Parris	Auckland
	Shontelle Smith	Southern United
	Maggie Stevens	Northern Lights
	Jayda Stewart	Canterbury United Pride
	Sammi Tawharu	Northern Lights
	Charlotte Wilford-Carroll	Capital

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Monique Barker	Canterbury United Pride	WaiBOP	6–0	23 September 2018	^[10]

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Mackenzie Barry	Central	Southern United	1
Mackenzie Barry	Central	Canterbury United Pride	3
Kate Watson	Central	Canterbury United Pride	3
Bianca Stiles	Auckland	Southern United	3
Meisha Boone	Capital	Auckland	4

References

^ "Draw released for expanded National Women's League". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "Experienced Coaches Set To Lead Northern". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "Wrigley Named AFF Head Coach". Auckland Football. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Mayne named National Women's League coach". WaiBOP Football.
^ "Donald Piper confirmed as Central's National Women's League coach for the 2018/19 season". Central Football. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "Evans and Morrissey reappointed as NWL coaching staff". Capital Football. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "Gunnie achieves B Licence". Mainland Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "New coach appointed for Southern United women". Otago Daily Times. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
^ "2018 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ Voerman, Andrew (23 September 2018). "Canterbury United Pride continue hot start in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.

External links

Official website

[nwl_2018-1] "Draw released for expanded National Women's League". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[2] "Experienced Coaches Set To Lead Northern". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[3] "Wrigley Named AFF Head Coach". Auckland Football. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[4] "Mayne named National Women's League coach". WaiBOP Football.

[5] "Donald Piper confirmed as Central's National Women's League coach for the 2018/19 season". Central Football. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[6] "Evans and Morrissey reappointed as NWL coaching staff". Capital Football. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[7] "Gunnie achieves B Licence". Mainland Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[8] "New coach appointed for Southern United women". Otago Daily Times. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[Draw-9] "2018 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[10] Voerman, Andrew (23 September 2018). "Canterbury United Pride continue hot start in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.

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