Programme Round 11 Lotto NRFL 2015 Welcome The most recent bout of Lotto NRFL action highlighted the unpredictable nature of the CONTENTS league with a raft of upsets across all divisions. If the form book continues to be thrown out the door then the country’s leading club- based competition will make for fascinating viewing this weekend and you don’t want to Lotto NRFL 2015 3 miss out! With the FIFA U-20 World Cup set to steal the limelight from next week, what better way to warm-up for the biggest celebration of global football ever seen in New Zealand than Lotto NRFL Premier Preview 4 by taking in the best of what the local game has to offer? We are now entering an important period in the season as each side looks to put them- selves in contention to launch a promotion push or, at the other end of the table, pull Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier Preview 5 away from the relegation places. In the programme this week, we preview Round 11 of the Premier League, Round 10 of Lotto NRFL Division 1 Preview 6 Divisions One and Two, and Round 9 of the Women’s Premier, as well as featuring photos from Phototek of several recent matches. In the spotlight were Ellerslie’s 1-0 win against Waiuku in Division One, Papakura City’s 4-3 triumph over Fencibles United in Division Two and Lynn-Avon United’s 1-0 success at Papatoetoe in the Women’s Premier. Lotto NRFL Division 2 Preview 7 As always, we also have all the up-to-date league tables, graphs, golden boot charts and squads so there is a wealth of info at your fingertips! Lotto NRFL Premier Squad Lists 6 Our Lotto NRFL social media platforms continue to be the place to go for all score updates, results, goal details and other news – be sure to tag us @LottoNRFL with your updates from the sideline! Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier Squad Lists 8 Good luck for your game! Lotto NRFL Division 1 Squad Lists 10 All photos by Phototek Lotto NRFL Gallery available at: Lotto NRFL Division 2 Squad Lists 12 www.phototek.co.nz/aff_picture_gallery.html Lotto NRFL Premier Tables 14 Social Lotto NRFL Division Tables 15 @LottoNRFL Lotto NRFL Lotto NRFL Premier Golden Boot 16 Governing Federations Lotto NRFL Division Golden Boot 17 Lotto NRFL Premier Team Progress 18 Lotto NRFL Division Team Progress 19 50 Years of Local Pride Lotto NRFL Premier Preview Round 11 Lotto NRFL Women’s Premier Preview Round 9 Waitakere City vs Western Springs Forrest Hill-Milford United vs Papatoetoe Fred Taylor Park | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 2.45pm | Referee: Hayden Tutbury Galloway Park | Sunday 24 May | Kick-off: 1pm | Referee: Brett Willis Assistant Referees: Steve Merriman, Wandyck Freitas vs Assistant Referees: Hilary Osborne, Reza Al Rabea vs The points here will be highly sought after as both sides have found wins hard to come by and are at the wrong Third-from-top plays third-from-bottom in this one with a home win appearing the most likely outcome, end of the table. Springs will go in as favourites after posting back-to-back victories but Waitakere showed signs particularly as Papatoetoe’s confidence will be in tatters after a 6-1 demolition at the hands of Glenfield. of improvement last week in taking a half-time lead against Central before falling 2-1. Both sides are lacking a goal They will want to avoid another rout here but the omens do not look good with Forrest Hill fresh from a 7-0 scorer with no player able to score more than three times. thumping of Norwest. The hosts have a lethal strike force with Tayla O’Brien and Aimee Phillips boasting 17 goals between them. Melville United vs Onehunga Sports Gower Park | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 2.45pm | Referee: Carl Watkins Eastern Suburbs vs Norwest United Assistant Referees: Nadia Browning, Hubert Bakz Madills Farm | Sunday 24 May | Kick-off: 1pm | Referee: Aiden Moffatt Melville will be disappointed to have taken no points from their trip to Western Springs as scoring three goals on vs Assistant Referees: Salman Ali, Caleb Moffatt vs the road would usually be enough to secure a win. But coach Steve Williams will be heartened at the improved Norwest have been on the end of one hiding too many and, even if they fail to pick up any points here, coach attacking display as his side had hit just four goals prior to that. If they can also tighten up at the back then a first Chris Acott would see a narrow defeat as progress. They have conceded 17 unanswered goals in the last three win could be a possibility but Sports will be confident after a 3-0 triumph at Bay Olympic. games and must start stemming the tide to have any chance of staying in the division. Suburbs have won just two matches but, with home advantage and facing a side below them on the table, anything less than a win would be Three Kings United vs Glenfield Rovers seen as a disappointment. Keith Hay Park | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 2.45pm | Referee: Martin Neale Glenfield Rovers vs Three Kings United Assistant Referees: Jeremy Ferguson, John McCoskrie McFetridge Park | Sunday 24 May | Kick-off: 1pm | Referee: Tupou Patia This is the most eye-catching fixture of the round and both sides will be itching for the points after failing to vs vs win last weekend, Three Kings suffering a surprise loss at East Coast Bays while Glenfield were held to a draw by Assistant Referees: Lata Kaumatale, Sarah Walker Birkenhead. There will be an array of attacking talent on display in each team but Glenfield have the division’s best This clash between two of the heavyweights of the women’s game claims top billing this weekend and the defensive record so the hosts’ hopes will rest on their ability to break through that stubborn rearguard. outcome will have a significant impact on the table as Glenfield are just three points behind second-placed Three Kings. The hosts should be boosted by the return of former Football Fern Bridgette Armstrong – unavailable for Eastern Suburbs vs East Coast Bays the win over Papatoetoe – while Katie Rood’s goals will now be supplemented by those of Stephanie Skilton, who scored last week in her first game since returning from the United States. Madills Farm | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 2.45pm | Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley Assistant Referees: Sarah Walker, Lata Kaumatale Fencibles United vs Claudelands Rovers Suburbs have been the surprise package of the league so far and are in third place despite playing one game less than all sides around them. If they can keep that run going over the coming weeks then they could well emerge vs Riverhills Park | Sunday 24 May | Kick-off: 1pm | Referee: Neil Tobin vs as dark horses for the title but games like this against bottom-half sides will need to be won for that to happen. Assistant Referees: Alan Tobin, Kieran Withers Bays coach Willy Gerdsen had reason to toast himself mid-week after being named boss of ASB Premiership side The respective seasons of these sides are almost mirror opposites with Claudelands having lost just once on Canterbury United for next season. their way to the top of the table and Fencibles winning just once to sit on the bottom. The hosts being able to mastermind a victory is therefore hard to envisage, especially as they no longer have the services of Rosie White Birkenhead United vs Central United and Betsy Hassett, who have both now jetted overseas with the Football Ferns. Rovers have the meanest defence in the league and are seldom going to be left wanting at the other end with the likes of Helen Collins, Tayla Shepherds Park | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 2.45pm | Referee: Mark Owens Christensen, Kate Loye and Bethany Witt around. Assistant Referees: Ben Hill, Dominic Hopkirk It will come as a surprise to most onlookers that Central are now ahead of Birkenhead, last year’s runners-up, on vs Western Springs vs Lynn-Avon United vs the table and making sure that remains the case will be the challenge for Jose Figueira here. Despite finishing six places below them, Central did the double over Birkenhead last season so the home side has a score to settle in Seddon Fields | Sunday 24 May | Kick-off: 1pm | Referee: Greg Woo this one. Assistant Referees: Thomas Lee, Charles Nothnagel Springs’ win over Three Kings has put them right in the mix for a title tilt and the club will be pleased at how new Bay Olympic vs Hamilton Wanderers coach Richard Wilson has turned things around. They have already tripled last season’s win tally of two and are heavy favourites to add another three points here. Springs have an excellent defensive record while much of the Olympic Park | Saturday 23 May | Kick-off: 3pm | Referee: Steven Black attacking damage has been done by Rebecca Tegg, Lily-Rose Dyer and Lauren Mathis. Lynn-Avon have won two Assistant Referees: Mazhar Batoor, Greg Woo of their last three matches though so will be far from easy beats. These sides are both looking to bounce back after falling to disappointing defeats in the previous round but Bay vs Olympic will have to do so without the services of their main marksman. Jared Colligan was sent off in their loss to Onehunga and his absence through suspension will be a blow, especially considering second-placed Wanderers have been beaten just twice so far.