The 2022 New Zealand Women's National League is the second scheduled season of the new National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions. The 2022 season will be the twentieth season of national women's football and will be a hybrid season. The competition will feature four teams from the NRFL Premier League representing the Northern Conference, Central Football and Capital Football representing the Central Conference and Canterbury United Pride and Southern United representing the Southern Conference.
Qualifying league 2022 NRFL Premier League After a shortened season in 2021, no teams were relegated and instead 2022 saw the league expand to eight teams with the inclusion of West Coast Rangers and Tauranga City.
Teams TeamLocationHome Ground2021 season Auckland United Mount Roskill, Auckland Keith Hay Park 6th Eastern Suburbs Kohimarama, Auckland Madills Farm 1st Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue Reserve 5th Hamilton Wanderers Chartwell, Hamilton Porritt Stadium 4th Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park 3rd Tauranga City Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Links Avenue 1st in WaiBOP W-League (promoted) West Coast Rangers Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 1st in NRF Championship (promoted) Western Springs Westmere, Auckland Seddon Fields 2nd
NRFL Premier League table Western Springs drew 0–0 with Ellerslie on 15 July 2022, but Western Springs fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Ellerslie.
NRFL Premier League results table
NRFL Premier League scoring
NRFL Premier League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs16 2 Jade Parris Eastern Suburbs 133 Helen Arjomandi Hamilton Wanderers12 Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs6 Michaela Foster Auckland United117 Britney Cunningham-Lee Ellerslie10 Sofia Garcia Western Springs9 Danielle Canham Northern Rovers8 Rina Hirano Western Springs Bree Johnson Auckland United Martine Puketapu Auckland United
NRFL Premier League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Hollie Leona Ellerslie Tauranga City Home 6–0 6 Jade Parris Eastern Suburbs Tauranga City Home 11–1 Juliette Lucas 7 Rina Hirano Western Springs Ellerslie Away 0–4 9 Prue Catton Auckland United Tauranga City Home 8–1 13 Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs Tauranga City Away 3–7 14 Martine Puketapu Auckland United West Coast Rangers Away 2–5 14 Danielle Canham Northern Rovers Tauranga City Home 5–0 18 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs Auckland United Home 6–1 20 Britney Cunningham-Lee Ellerslie Auckland United Home 6–1 21 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs Hamilton Wanderers Away 1–5
Own goals RoundPlayerClubAgainst 4 Rebekah van Dort Eastern Suburbs Auckland United 7 Karly Knight West Coast Rangers Auckland United 9 Bailey Payne Tauranga City Auckland United 10 Caitlin Byrne Hamilton Wanderers Auckland United 12 Erinna Wong Eastern Suburbs West Coast Rangers 13 Angelique Tuisamoa Western Springs Northern Rovers 15 Alisha Perry Hamilton Wanderers Northern Rovers 15 Emma Cawte Tauranga City Ellerslie 19 Serena Murrihy Tauranga City Hamilton WanderersJulia Edwards
Qualified teams
AssociationTeamPosition in Regional LeagueApp Previous best Northern League Northern Rovers1st1stDebutWestern Springs2nd1stDebutEastern Suburbs3rd1stDebutAuckland United4th1stDebutCentral League Central Football N/A 20th 2nd Capital Football N/A 20th 1st Southern League Canterbury United Pride N/A 20th 1st Southern United N/A 20th 1st
Championship phase League table
Results table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it is added to the standings for round 6.
Grand Final
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs 17 2 Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs 14 3 Bree Johnson Auckland United 13 4 Kelli Brown Northern Rovers 12 5 Sofia Garcia Western Springs 11 6 Rina Hirano Western Springs 8 Charlotte Roche Canterbury United Pride 8 Jessica Innes Western Springs 7 9 Manaia Elliott Auckland United 6 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs
Hat-tricks
Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs Capital Football Away 1–4 1 Sofia Garcia Western Springs Southern United Home 6–1 2 Michaela Foster Northern Rovers Capital Football Home 5–0 2 Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs Central Football Home 8–0
Own goals
RoundPlayerClubAgainst 2 Freya Partridge-Moore Southern United Auckland United 2 Una Foyle Canterbury United Pride Western Springs
Awards Goal of the Week Goal of the Week Week Player Club Ref.12Lara ColpiWestern Springs3Jasmine PrinceSouthern United4Kate GuildfordCanterbury United Pride5Pepi Olliver-BellCapital Football6Ashley ArquetteCentral Football7Arisa TakedaWestern Springs
Team of the Month Team of the Month Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards October Una Foyle (CU) Erina Wong (ES)Jana Niedermayr (CEN)Rebekah Van Dort(ES)Arisa Takeda (WS) Rina Hirano (WS)Michaela Foster (NR)Rose Morton (SU)Renee Bacon (CAP) Tayla O'Brien(ES)Bree Johnson (AU)
See also 2022 New Zealand National League (men's)
References
External links Official website