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

Canterbury United Pride vs WaiBOP Football
English Park, Christchurch
Saturday 23 November, 12pm
#NWL #CUvWB

Referee: Wendy McNeely
Assistant Referees: Jayden Brown, Henri Croft
Fourth Official: Aaron Nottage

Squads

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

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, 11. Adi-Grace Mooar, 12. Shannon Trebes, 14. Maddison Ollington (c), 15. Stella Neems, 16. Maddy Williams, 17. Grace Wisnewski, 18. Kaylee Oosthuysen
Coach: Nico Girard

Southern United vs Auckland Football
Logan Park, Dunedin
Saturday 23 November, 1pm
#NWL #SUvAF

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
Assistant Referees: Allys Clipsham, Sean Lau
Fourth Official: Dan Woulahan

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 Morrison, 14. Hannah Mackay-Wright, 16. Jade Middleditch (GK), 17. Ruby Anderson, 18. Mikayla Gray, 20. Erin Roxburgh, 22. Kirsty Hayr, 24. Samantha Richards (GK)  
Coach: Ignacio Sande

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, 10. Lily Taitimu, 11. Ava Collins, 12. Sarah Morton, 14. Ella Russ, 15. Emma Leaming, 18. Chloe Marthe, 19. Lucy Carter,  22. Sophia Dyer, 25. Alisha Perry (GK)
Coach: Nic Downes

Quotes

Nic Downes: “It’s really tight at the top, there’s no room for error from our side. We need to go down there and come home with the three points. Southern are having a great season, they caused us problems here when they tried to win the ball from us, they disrupted our build-up. They’re very good on transition as well as being the best team in the league on set pieces.”

Central Football v Northern Lights
Massey University, Palmerston North
Sunday 24 November, 1pm
#NWL #CEvNL

Referee: Nadia Browning
Assistant Referees: Jendi Frank, Smiritika Gosai
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. Eve Barry, 9. Michaela Boxall (c), 10. Natalie Olson, 11. Kate Mori, 12. Melissa McKenna, 13. Tyler Wood, 14. Helen Talbot, 15. Jessica Gates, 18. Aoife Gallagher-Forbes (GK)
Coach: Barry Scullion

Northern Lights: 1. Lily Alfeld (GK), 2. Chloe Bellamy, 4. Aneka Mittendorff, 5. Claudia Bunge, 6. Cat Pretty, 7. Chloe Knott (c), 8. Arabella Maynard, 9. Kelli Brown, 10. Emily Oosterhof, 11. Talisha Green, 12. Liz Savage, 14. Lily Jervis, 15. Nicole Cooper, 16. Ava Pritchard, 17. Mackenzie Barry, 18. Emily Couchman (GK)
Coach: Shane Verma

Quotes

Barry Scullion: “Northern are looking like the team to beat, they seem to be going from strength-to-strength each week and they’ve got a fantastic squad. When we met them earlier in the campaign we struggled, so when we get them at home we need to make it difficult and hopefully cause an upset. I think they’ll enjoy playing on a quality surface.”

Shane Verma: “We’re getting better and that’s the main thing. There’s three or four teams gunning for the top two spots so it’s going to be tight, we just need to take it one game at a time right now. We’ve had a number of injuries that have ruled some girls out for the season but we’re very lucky to have a lot of depth in our federation – other players have stepped in and done a good job for us.”

BYE – Capital Football

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Article added: Friday 22 November 2019