NRFL Women's Championship

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NRFL Women's Championship
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Founded1974, as NRFL Women's Division Two
2023, as NRFL Women's Championship
Country Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs8
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to NRFL Women's Premiership
Relegation toNRF Women's Conference
WaiBOP W-League
Domestic cup(s) Kate Sheppard Cup
Current champions FC Tauranga Moana (1st title)
(2024)
Most championships Lynndale
Westlake Girls High School
(2 titles each)
Website Northern Region Football
Current: 2025 NRFL Women's Championship

The Northern Regional Football League Women's Championship, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. The league began in 1974 as NRFL Women's Division Two until 1992 when it was dissolved. On four separate occasions since, there were plate competitions of the NRFL Women's Premiership with the winners considered Division Two winners. [1] In 2023, after the restructuring of New Zealand football leagues in 2021, [2] [3] [4] the league was reestablished as the NRFL Women's Championship. [5] [6]

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The league includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, with clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. The league sits at step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid.

Current clubs

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Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2025 NRFL Women's Championship season
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BIR
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CEN
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FRA
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Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2025 NRFL Women's Championship season

Hamilton Wanderers were relegated from the 2024 NRFL Women's Premiership, while Cambridge were promoted from the WaiBOP W-League to the NRFL Women's Premiership and Manukau United were relegated. Hamilton Wanderers withdrew before the start of the season as they were unable to fulfil their league commitments. [7] [8] They were replaced by Onehunga-Mangere United, who originally lost the play-off to Cambridge. [9]

As of 2025 season:

TeamLocationStadium2024 season
Birkenhead United Beach Haven, Auckland Shepherds Park 5th
Cambridge Cambridge John Kerkhof Park 1st in WaiBOP W League (promoted via play-offs)
Central United Sandringham Kiwitea Street 7th
Franklin United Drury Drury Sports Grounds2nd
Melville United Melville, Hamilton Gower Park 4th
Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park6th
Onehunga-Mangere United Māngere Bridge, Auckland Māngere Domain 1sth in NRF Conference (promoted) [a]
Onehunga Sports Onehunga, Auckland Waikaraka Park3rd

Past champions

Source: [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hamilton Wanderers withdrew from the competition on 10 March 2025 after the fixtures had been released and were replaced by Onehunga-Mangere United. [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Premier Women's League". UltimateNZSoccer. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "New National League competition details confirmed". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "New National League competition". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "New National League system". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Floodlit games to get new-look Lotto NRFL Women's Championship underway". friendsoffootballnz.com. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Update - LOTTO NRFL Championship and NRF League One draws released". Northern Region Football. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "NRFL Womens Championship Withdrawal". Hamilton Wanderers. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025– via Facebook.
  8. 1 2 "Hamilton Wanderers withdraw from Lotto NRFL Women's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Onehunga Mangere United win promotion to women's Championship after all". friendsoffootballnz.com. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Northern Premier Women's League". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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