The ISPS Handa Premiership continues this weekend when match week five takes place across the country, check out what’s in store with the official preview.

Waitakere United v Southern United
Seddon Fields, Auckland
Saturday 30 November, 3pm 
#ISPSHandaPrem #WUvSU

Referee: Nick Waldron
Assistant referees: Hayden Tutbury, Brandon Day
Fourth official: Luke Gardner

Squads

Waitakere United: 1. Nick Draper (GK), 2. Luke Searle, 4. Robert Tipelu, 5. Flynn O’Brien, 6. Dane Schnell, 7. Alex Connor-McClean, 8. Sam Burfoot (c), 9. Ryan Cain, 11. Lachlan McIsaac, 12. Nico Steinmetz, 14. Gerard Garriga Gibert, 15. Clarke Foulds, 18. Nicolas Zambrano, 19. Andrew Abba, 20. Regont Murati, 22. Elliot Munford (GK)
Coach: Paul Hobson

Southern United: 1. Liam Little (GK), 2. Conor O’Keeffe (c), 3. Tim O’Farrell, 4. Stephen Last, 5. Erik Panzer, 6. Danny Ledwith, 7. Jordan Spain, 8. Josh Sansucie, 9. Garbhan Coughlan, 10. Abdulla Al-Kalisy, 11. Cam McKenzie, 12. Andrew Cromb, 14. Cody Brook, 15. Joel Stevens, 16. Levi Waddington (GK)
Coach: Paul O’Reilly

Quotes

Paul Hobson: “We’re looking forward to hosting Southern, we feel both teams are evenly matched and working hard to compete for the top four. We’ve had a couple of draws recently so we’re hoping to turn the corner and get back to winning ways. The feeling within the squad is strong and everybody including the coaches are having fun. We just want to keep this little bit of an unbeaten run going and hopefully we’re getting better in each game.”

Hawke’s Bay United v Eastern Suburbs
Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Sunday 1 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #HBvES

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
Assistant referees: Ben Norman, Ashley Wilson
Fourth official: Martin Roil

Squads

Hawke’s Bay United: 1. Ruben Parker (GK) (c), 4. Kaeden Atkins, 6. Jack Parker, 7. Sho Goto, 9. Ahinga Selemani, 10. Dylan Sacramento, 14. Gavin Hoy, 16. Joshua Signey, 17. Fergus Neil, 18, Liam Shackleton, 19. Bjorn Christensen, 20. Bill Robertson, 21. Shea Stapleton, 22. Ihaia Delaney, 23. Jorge Akers, 25. Kenny Willox
Coach: Chris Greatholder

Eastern Suburbs: 1. Danyon Drake (GK), 3. Dylan de Jong, 4. Kelvin Kalua, 6. Adam Thomas (c), 7. Michael Built, 8. Daniel Bowkett, 10. Reid Drake, 11. Mohamed Awad, 12. Kingsley Sinclair, 14. Leon van den Hoven, 16. Christian Gray, 17. Stephen Hoyle, 20. Jake Mechell, 23. Campbell Strong, 25. Mackenzie Waite (GK), 27. Jade Mesias
Coach: Tony Readings

Quotes

Chris Greatholder: “This league is tough, Tasman have just beaten Team Wellington and you can also see that from how other results have gone in the first three rounds. It’s really competitive and I don’t think you can take points for granted anywhere. It’s a good league and it’s so far, so good for us. There’s more to come from the group I think but we’re tracking okay.”

Hamilton Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Sunday 1 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #HWvWP

Referee: Cory Mills
Assistant referees: Reza Al Rabea, Charlie Tseng
Fourth official: Chris Trent

Squads

Hamilton Wanderers: 1. Matt Oliver (GK) (c), 2. Blake Weston, 4. Andy O’Donoghue, 8. Brad Whitworth, 9. Thilo Wilke, 10. Xavier Pratt, 11. Jordan Shaw, 12. Jordan Lamb, 13. Tommy Semmy, 15. Jamie Wilkinson, 17. Jacob Butler, 18. Raheem Hunter-Ali, 19. George Ott, 20. Derek Tieku, 23. Cory Townsend
Coach: Ricki Herbert

Wellington Phoenix Reserves: 1. Zac Jones (GK), 3. Harry Bark, 4. Kurtis Mogg (c), 5. Ronan Wynne, 6. Noah Tipene-Clegg, 8. Henry Hamilton, 12. Kris Naciker, 17. Luis Toomey, 18. Owen Smith, 19. Byron Heath, 20. Alexander Paulsen (GK), 21. Ahmed Othman, 22. Stephen Sprowson, 23. Adam Hillis, 24. Blake Driehuis, 26. Benjamin Old
Coach: Paul Temple

Team Wellington v Canterbury United Dragons
David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 1 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #TWvCU

Referee: Calvin Berg
Assistant referees: Mark Rule, Edward Cook
Fourth official: Sean Reilly

Squads

Team Wellington: 1. Scott Basalaj (GK) (c), 2. Justin Gulley, 3. Aaron Spain, 4. Marko Stamenic, 7. Ollie Whyte, 10. Nathanael Hailemariam, 11. Mario Barcia, 12. Andrew Bevin, 14. Jack-Henry Sinclair, 16. Matthew Garbett, 19. Stevan Markovic, 20. Oliver Bassett, 21. Hamish Watson, 22. Keegan Smith (GK), 23. Rory McKeown, 25. Sam Mason-Smith
Coach: Scott Hales

Canterbury United: 1. Edward Ashton (GK), 3. Benjamin Lapslie, 4. Dan Schwarz, 5. Tom Schwarz (c), 6. Tom Scott, 7. George King, 8. Luke Tongue, 9. Harris Zeb, 12. Juan Chang Urrea, 14. Sean Liddicoat, 15. Calum Ferguson, 16. Cory Mitchell, 18. Aaron Clapham, 20. Jacob Richards, 22. Danny Knight (GK)
Coach: Lee Padmore

Quotes

Lee Padmore: “I think Hawke’s Bay would have felt hard done by with a point last week but we thought we could have snuck the three points as well so a draw was probably about fair. We’re on five points from four games and ideally we’d want 12 but it’s five points better than zero and we’ll go into this week away at Team Wellington trying to get three points again.”

Auckland City v Tasman United
Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 1 December, 4pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #ACvTU
Live on Sky Sport

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
Assistant referees: Mark Whitehead, Isaac Trevis
Fourth official: Mazhar Batoor

Squads

Auckland City: 2. Mario Ilich, 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Mario Bilen, 5. Angel Berlanga (c), 6. Brian Kaltak, 7. Cameron Howieson, 9. Myer Bevan, 10. Dylan Manickum, 11. Keegan Linderboom, 14. Jordan Vale, 16. Yousif Ali Al-Khalisy, 17. Andrew Blake, 18. Conor Tracey (GK), 19. David Browne, 22. Clayton Lewis 24. Cam Brown (GK)
Coach: Jose Figueira

Tasman United: 1. Pierce Clark (GK), 2. William Scott, 3. Hamish Cadigan, 5. Fox Slotemaker (c), 6. Cory Vickers, 7. Corey Larsen, 8. Matthew Tod-Smith, 10. Jama Boss, 11. Facundo Barbero, 13. Rick Muir, 14. Jesse Randall, 15. La Bu Pan, 17. Cory Brown, 20. Nick Stanton (GK), 21. Jackson Manuel
Coach: Jess Ibrom

Quotes

Jose Figueira: “I’ve told the boys that it’s another game that presents a different type of challenge and the way things have worked out in the last couple of weeks we’re facing another team that’s coming here off the back of an impressive result. Tasman got the win last week in what was the result of the round. They’ll come here full of confidence and have been performing well without getting the results or points they’ve wanted this season. Now they’ve had a taste of turning over a big side and they’ll want to repeat that on Sunday.”

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Article added: Friday 29 November 2019