The 2021 New Zealand Women's National League was the first scheduled season of the new National League since its restructuring in 2021. It was the nineteenth scheduled season of national women's football and was planned as a hybrid season, with 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.
New Zealand Football announced on the 14 September that they had decided to terminate the remainder of the Northern League season and cancel any yet to be played fixtures due to COVID-19 and Auckland being in Level 4. The decision was made because they couldn't complete all the games before Championship phase was due to begin.
On the 2 November, after confirmation that the alert levels would not change to allow the Auckland and Waikato teams to play any further part in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling the remainder of the National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.
Qualifying league 2021 NRFL Premier League Teams TeamLocationHome Ground Auckland United Mount Roskill, Auckland Keith Hay Park Eastern Suburbs Kohimarama, Auckland Madills Farm Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue Reserve Hamilton Wanderers Chartwell, Hamilton Porritt Stadium Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park Western Springs Westmere, Auckland Seddon Fields
NRFL Premier League table
League completed early with two rounds remaining due to COVID-19 and Auckland being in Level 4. There was no relegation with the league expanding to eight teams instead for 2022.
NRFL Premier League results table
Qualified teams
AssociationTeamPosition in Regional LeagueApp Previous best Northern League Eastern Suburbs1st1stDebutWestern Springs2nd1stDebutNorthern Rovers3rd1stDebutHamilton Wanderers4th1stDebutCentral League Central Football N/A 19th 2nd Capital Football N/A 19th 1st Southern League Canterbury United Pride N/A 19th 1st Southern United N/A 19th 3rd
Championship phase South Central Series
With confirmation that the alert levels were not changing to a level that would allow Auckland and Waikato teams to play in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling this seasons National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.
South Central table
South Central results table
South Central 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 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.
Statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Annalie Longo Canterbury United Pride 72 Kaley Ward Capital Football53 Amy Hislop Southern United44 Rebecca Lake Canterbury United Pride3 Pepi Olliver-Bell Capital Football Chelsea Whittaker Southern United7 Kiara Bercelli Canterbury United Pride2 Margarida Dias Southern United Kate Guildford Canterbury United Pride Kate Loye Canterbury United Pride Jemma Robertson Capital Football
Hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 6 Chelsea Whittaker Southern United Canterbury United Pride Home 5–3
Own goals RoundPlayerClubAgainst 1 Devyn Crawford Central Football Capital Football 2 Southern United 6Lara WallCanterbury United Pride Southern United
References
External links Official website