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Cashmere Tech, Napier City score big wins


Cashmere Technical and Napier City Rovers were fastest out of the blocks in New Zealand Football's National League Championship.


Last weekend's opening round saw both rack up four-goal victories, while there was also wins for Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs, while defending champions Wellington Olympic were held to a scoreless draw.


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Cashmere Technical opened with a 4-0 away win over Western Suburbs in Porirua on Sunday, with the country's leading goalscorer Garbhan Coughlan finishing it off with a 66th-minute strike.


Earlier, Aidan Barbour-Ryan (10th minute), Yuya Taguchi (55th) and Lyle Matthysen (64th) also scored for the Southern League champions.


Adam Hewson scored twice and Central League 'Golden Boot' Oscar Faulds also found the back of the net in Napier City's 4-0 win over Western Springs at Napier's Bluewater Stadium on Sunday.


Cashmere Technical National League Championship football
Cashmere Technical had four different goalscorers in a 4-0 win over Western Suburbs. PHOTO: CASHMERE TECHNICAL

Auckland City got goals from Angus Kilkolly, Ryan de Vries and Stipe Ukich in a 3-1 victory over Northern League rivals Birkenhead United at Kiwitea Street on Sunday.


After Kilkolly and de Vries' goals either side of halftime, Birkenhead answered in the 57th minute through Ardri McArthur. But New Zealand age-group rep Ukich was on hand to restore the two-goal lead three minutes later.


Coastal Spirit were surprise qualifiers from the Southern League and continued to surprise in the opening round, holding high-powered Olympic without a goal in a 0-0 draw at Christchurch's Ferrymead Park.


City will be looking to avenge last month's Chatham Cup final loss and last season's NLC final defeat when they meet Olympic at Wellington's Martin Luckie Park on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) in a Round 2 blockbuster.



Eastern Suburbs left it late but got the job done in a 2-0 victory over the Wellington Phoenix Reserves on the turf at Lower Hutt's Fraser Park on Saturday.


Thomas Golding gave the Lily Whites the lead in the 81st minute with a one-touch volley just outside the six-yard box, his first goal of the season, before Dejaun Naidoo finished it off in the 90th minute, with his second of the year.


Suburbs face Napier City in a potentially entertaining clash of first-round winners at Auckland's Madills Farm on Sunday (kick-off 2pm).



In the NZF Women's National League Championship, West Coast Rangers and Canterbury United Pride were the most impressive in Round 1.


Defender Nicole Stratford slotted the last two goals in a 5-0 victory over Central Football at Massey University in Palmerston North on Saturday. Rangers led 4-0 at halftime after earlier goals from Emily Lyon, Bree Johnson and Shannon Henson.


Having conceded the opening goal, Canterbury United had four different goalscorers in a 4-1 victory over the Wellington Phoenix Women Reserves at Christchurch's English Park, with three goals coming in the second half.


Wellington United were the other Round 1 winners, 3-2 over Western Springs at Auckland's Seddon Fields on Natalie Olson's 88th-minute goal, while NRFL Women's Premier champions Auckland United were held to a 1-1 draw by Waterside Karori in the Capital, and Eastern Suburbs and Southern United were scoreless at Madills Farm.



NZF NATIONAL LEAGUE RESULTS - ROUND 1


Eastern Suburbs 2 Phoenix Reserves 0

Coastal Spirit 0 Wellington Olympic 0

Cashmere Technical 4 Western Suburbs 0

Auckland City 3 Birkenhead United 1

Napier City Rovers 4 Western Springs 0


NZF WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE RESULTS - ROUND 1


West Coast Rangers 5 Central Football 0

Canterbury United Pride 4 Phoenix Reserves 1

Wellington United 3 Western Springs 2

Waterside Karori 1 Auckland United 1

Eastern Suburbs 0 Southern United 0

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