Here’s our round-up of a huge weekend for New Zealand football, with the All Whites and Futsal Whites in action, and cup finals in Auckland and Christchurch.
More regional leagues entered their final phases as the winter season nears its end.
Here’s what happened over the weekend of September 5-7, 2025:
Results
Soccer Ashes
Game played on Friday September 5, 2025
Game 1
Australia 1 (Max Balard 87′)
New Zealand 0
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CFA International Futsal Tournament
Game played on Friday September 5, 2025
Myanmar 3 (scorers to come)
New Zealand 0
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Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Cambodia 2
New Zealand 5
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Delivereasy Chatham Cup
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Final
Wellington Olympic 4 (Hamish Watson 4’, 68’, Isa Prins 34’, Jack-Henry Sinclair 59’)
Auckland United 2 (Dré Vollenhoven 17’, Otto Ingham 73’)
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Delivereasy Kate Sheppard Cup
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Final
Auckland United 4 (Zoe Benson 13’, Chloe Knott 32’, Ava Collins 45’, 68′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Grace Bartlett 24’)
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Reta Fitzpatrick Cup
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Final
Cashmere Technical 5 (Anya Stephan 6′, 35′, Saskia Pelham 52′, Tessa Toombs 70′, 81′)
UC Football 0
English Cup
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Final
Cashmere Technical 5 (Lyle Matthysen 2′, 29′, 45′, Garbhan Coughlan 57′, Gabriel Gallaway 87′)
Nomads United 1 (Josh Collett 7′)
Dettol Southern League
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Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Nelson Suburbs 0
Christchurch United 4 (Shogo Osawa 30′ pen, Travis Graham 35′, Josh Tollervey 54′, Wyatt Borella 89′)
Wānaka 0
Dunedin City Royals 6 (En Watanabe 6′, 60′, Jack Julian 18′, Will Turner 31′, Connor Neil 67′, 83′)
Women’s South Island League
Game played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Halswell United 0
Dunedin City Royals 8 (Abby Rankin 44′, 86′, Nieve Collin 50′, Amy Hislop 54′, 77′, Keira Pettefar 56′, Kelsey Kennard 75′, Rose Morton 80′)
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Nelson Suburbs 1 (Anise Bazley 12′)
Coastal Spirit 8 (Britney-Lee Nicholson 27′, 45′, 47′, 79′, 87′, 90+1′, Frankie Morrow 29′, Samantha Whyte 54′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Cambridge 2 (Charlotte Harries 13′, Bella Stark 41′)
Onehunga Mangere United 1 (Chanté du Plessis 90′)
Birkenhead United 3 (Nina O’Leary 4′, 38′, 90+2′)
Central United 2 (Anita Gross 76′, own goal 80′)
Onehunga Sports 1 (Kate Inwood 69′)
Melville United 3 (Mia Humphrey 41′, Laura Bennett 44′, 46′)
Northern Rovers 0
Franklin United 9 (Sarah Carpenter 13′, 48′, 76′, Georgia Irvine 37′, Chloe Marthe 48′, Britney Cunningham-Lee 59′, 69′, 89′, Georgia Fisher 82′)
Central League 2
Game played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Promotion play-off, first leg
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Whanganui Athletic 3 (Ryan Noon 53′, Zachary Farmer 83′, Clancey Skea 90+1′)
Wainuiomata 1 (Flynn McCaul 6′)
New World Men’s Mainland Premiership
Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Nomads United 3 (own goals 16′, 87′, Joshua Litt 44′)
Ferrymead Bays Reserves 4 (Oliver McCosh 46′, 50′, Jamie Williams 73′, Liam van den Bosch 88′)
Halswell United 2 (Conor Clarke 20′, own goal 30′)
Western 2 (Isaac Cantrick 83′, Robin Hodson-Seel 90+6′)
Selwyn United Reserves 8 (Kaden Fraser 4′, Lua Otaki 9′, Dane Van Barneveld 14′, Jack Jones 36′, Luke Barrett 60′, 75′, 88′, Harrison Brindley 86′)
FC Twenty 11 0
Waimak United 2 (Bailey McCleary 76′, Joshua Vialoux 82′)
Christchurch United U-20 4 (Harry Huxford 25′, Tinashe Masiyakurima 33′, 51′, Callum Oulsnam 38′)
Burwood 1 (Theo Barnsley 66′)
UC Football Reserves 6 (Alessandro Cvasniuc 12′, Carter Smith 29′, Jule Michel-Bouchet 56′, 77′, Stuart Campbell 65′, Ashton Thackwell 90′)
Cashmere Technical Reserves — bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Game played on Friday September 5, 2025
Metro 2 (Jean Ndunguka 24′, Ben Norton 60′)
Franklin United 0
Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Beachlands Maraetai 1 (Brent Julius 80′)
Northland 1 (Kyle Levell 28′)
Bucklands Beach 1 (Peter Garofalakis 28′)
Central United 3 (Bogdan Dida 45+1′, Ethan Kucija 58′, Sam Lloyd 90+2′)
Albany United 0
Waitemata 0
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
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Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Matamata Swifts 1 (Anton Ganas 56′)
Northern United 3 (Campbell Halley 40′, Peter Birch 79′, Donovan Latham 90+7′)
Claudelands Rovers 1 (own goal 65′)
Taupo 12 (Finn Giddy 4′, David Floyd 13′, 90+7′, Finlay Smith 23′, 28′, 66, 73′, Joe O’Donoghue 26′, 34′, 81′, Raymond How 49′, Thomas King 90+8′)
NRF Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday September 6, 2025
Papatoetoe 5 (Edward Naicker 3′, Christopher Groen 74′, 90+6′, Matthew Ernst 90′, 90+2′ pen)
Waiheke United 3 (Nicolas Vanina 16′, Federico Cabanal 22′, Federico Parentella 28′)
Te Atatu 1 (Liam Mulrooney 75′)
Oratia United 1 (Thomas Jacobson 37′)
Mangere United 2 (Joseph Dzama 53′, Roneel Cheety 86′)
Papakura City 5 (Kevin Benavente Escurdero 7′, 43′, 63′, Munit Krishna 14′, Adam Rush 29′)
South Auckland Rangers 2 (Javier Ignacio Ramirez Santibanez 40′, Malakai Rakula 49′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 0
NRF Women’s League One
Games played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Te Atatu 2 (Bronwyn Caples 24′, Brooke Smith 50′)
West Auckland 1 (Namthip Waenthongkham 57′)
Manukau United 6 (own goal 22′, Tayla Yakas 32′, Aaliyah Brothers 47′, Jacqueline David 62′, Tineke de Jong 69′, Avalei Toelau 90′)
Bay Olympic 1 (Darcey Pead-Kingdon 54′)
Beachlands Maraetai 2 (Caitlyn May 12′, 17′)
Papakura City 0
East Coast Bays 0
Uni-Mount Bohemian 5 (Elaine Murray 23′, 81′, Rosie Hartwell 29′, Maggie Jaques 81′, Georgina Higginson 85′)
WaiBOP Women’s W-League
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Melville United 2 (Sienna Casson 28′, Skylar Mearns 71′)
Lakes 3 (Micaela Wilson 45′, Susi Peterson 57′, Hannah Hickson 89′)
Women’s Capital Premier League
Game played on Sunday September 7, 2025
Western Suburbs 3 (Jessica Woodside 14′, Lily Campbell 18′, 57′)
Waterside Karori 1 (Zoe McIntyre 38′)
This story was first published on September 7, 2025.