The ISPS Handa Premiership continues this weekend with match week six, check out what’s in store with the official preview.

Southern United v Hawke’s Bay United
Logan Park, Dunedin
Saturday 7 December, 7pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #SUvHB

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
Assistant referees: Sean Lau, Dylan Waugh
Fourth official: Calvin Berg

Squads

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. Benjamin Wade, 14. Cody Brook, 15. Joel Stevens, 16. Levi Waddington (GK), 17. Andrew Cromb
Coach: Paul O’Reilly

Hawke's Bay United: 1. Ruben Parker (GK) (c), 4. Kaeden Atkins, 6. Jack Parker, 7. Sho Goto, 8. Karan Mandair, 9. Ahinga Selemani, 10. Dylan Sacramento, 14. Gavin Hoy, 15. Josh Murphy, 16. Joshua Signey, 17. Fergus Neil, 19. Bjorn Christensen, 20. Bill Robertson, 21. Shea Stapleton, 22. Ihaia Delaney, 23. Jorge Akers
Coach: Chris Greatholder

Quotes

Danny Ledwith: “Looking forward to this match, back to our home ground, we’re looking to kick on from last week’s big win. The boys will be very confident after beating an unbeaten team. We’ll look to use that confidence to put on a big performance and hopefully get the three points.”

Canterbury United Dragons v Auckland City
English Park, Christchurch
Sunday 8 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #CUvAC

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh
Assistant referees: Chris Trent, Cameron Gruschow
Fourth official: Hayden McCabe

Squads

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, 18. Aaron Clapham, 20. Jacob Richards, 22. Danny Knight (GK)
Coach: Lee Padmore

Auckland City: 2. Mario Ilich, 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Mario Bilen, 5. Angel Berlanga (c), 6. Brian Kaltak, 7. Cameron Howieson, 9. Myer Bevan, 14. Jordan Vale, 16. Yousif Ali, 17. Andrew Blake, 18. Conor Tracey (GK), 19. David Browne, 21. Maro Bonsu-Maro, 22. Clayton Lewis, 23. Alfie Rogers, 24. Cam Brown (GK)
Coach: Jose Figueira

Quotes

Jose Figueira: “We’re approaching this game very seriously. For Lee and his team they probably don’t have the points that have shown against their performances. Lee is a new coach trying to implement new ideas and, looking at their games, they retain core traits of being really organised and disciplined and difficult to play against, especially at home. They always have great support and do a great job of hosting games.”

Hamilton Wanderers v Waitakere United
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Sunday 8 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #HWvWU

Referee: Matthew Conger
Assistant referees: Mark Rule, TBC
Fourth official: Anna-Marie Keighley

Squads

Hamilton Wanderers: 1. Matt Oliver (GK) (c), 3. Joseph Terry, 4. Liam Fellowes, 8. Brad Whitworth, 9. Thilo Wilke, 11. Jordan Shaw, 12. Jordan Lamb, 13. Tommy Semmy, 14. Will Stephen, 15. Jamie Wilkinson, 16. Adam Davidson, 17. Jacob Butler, 18. Raheem Hunter-Ali, 19. George Ott, 20, Derek Tieku, 23. Cory Townsend
Coach: Kale Herbert

Waitakere United: 1. Nic Draper (GK), 4. Robert Tipelu, 5. Flynn O’Brien, 7. Alex Connor-McClean, 8. Sam Burfoot (c), 10. Jake Porter, 11. Lachlan McIsaac, 12. Nico Steinmetz, 13. Jack Duncan, 14. Gerard Garriga Gibert, 15. Clarke Foulds, 19. Andrew Abba, 20. Regont Murati, 21. Luke Searle, 22. Kyrylo Bolharyn (GK), 23. Joshua Redfern
Coach: Paul Hobson

Quotes

Paul Hobson: “The team has trained well this week, we’re learning quickly that if we don’t take chances at this level you get punished. We’re looking forward to facing Hamilton on Sunday where we’ll be looking to bounce back from last week’s game.”

Tasman United v Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Sunday 8 December, 2pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #TUvWP

Referee: Nick Waldron
Assistant referees: Michael Love, Michael Killick
Fourth official: Richard Malcolm

Squads

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, 9. Jean-Philippe Saiko, 10. Jama Boss, 11. Facundo Barbero, 12. Max Winterton, 15. La Bu Pan, 17. Cory Brown, 19. Jesse Randall, 20. Nick Stanton (GK), 21. Jonty Roubos
Coach: Jess Ibrom

Wellington Phoenix Reserves: 1. Zac Jones (GK), 3. Kurtis Mogg, 4. Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, 5. Ronan Wynne, 6. Noah Tipene-Clegg, 8. Henry Hamilton, 9. Riley Bidois, 10. Benjamin Old, 11. Sam Sutton, 16. Luis Toomey, 17. Callan Elliott, 19. Byron Health, 20. Alex Paulsen (GK), 21. Ahmed Othman, 23. Walter Scott, 22. Stephen Sprowson
Coach: Paul Temple

Eastern Suburbs v Team Wellington
Madills Farm, Auckland
Sunday 8 December, 4pm
#ISPSHandaPrem #ESvTW
Live on Sky Sport 

Referee: Cory Mills
Assistant referees: Mazhar Batoor, Jack Henderson
Fourth official: Luke Gardner

Squads

Eastern Suburbs: 1. Danyon Drake (GK), 3. Dylan de Jong, 4. Kelvin Kalua, 6. Adam Thomas (c),  7. Michael Built, 8. Daniel Bowkett, 9. Martin Bueno, 10. Reid Drake, 11. Mohamed Awad, 16. Christian Gray, 17. Stephen Hoyle, 20. Jake Mechell, 23. Campbell Strong, 25. Mackenzie Waite (GK), 21. Ryan Verney, 27. Jade Mesias
Coach: Tony Readings

Team Wellington: 1. Scott Basalaj (GK) (c), 2. Justin Gulley, 3. Aaron Spain, 4. Marko Stamenic, 6. Scott Midgley, 7. Ollie Whyte, 10. Nathanael Hailemariam, 11. Mario Barcia, 12. Andrew Bevin, 13. Benjamin Mata, 14. Jack-Henry Sinclair, 17. Alexander Palezevic, 19. Stevan Markovic, 20. Oliver Bassett, 21. Hamish Watson, 22. Keegan Smith (GK), 23. Rory McKeown, 25. Sam Mason-Smith
Coach: Scott Hales

Quotes

Scott Hales: “There’s a pack that are breaking away at the top, we need to make sure we stay in touching distance, so last week’s win was vital. The pressure the players felt after losing at Tasman and the reaction to it against Canterbury was tremendous.”

For more information on the ISPS Handa Premiership please click here

Article added: Saturday 07 December 2019