Roslyn Wakari v Queenstown Rovers

The match had  two contrasting styles of  play with Queenstown  playing a possession based game whilst Roslyn were exerting a strong pressing game with the emphasis on getting the ball forward as early as possible to the strong running of Tennesse Kinghorn and the first real chance falls to Kinghorn when  a ball over the top see's him  onside and his  strong shot forces a fine save from Daniel Bocatios .

Queenstown  have a good chance with Carlos Herrmann however his shot is  straight  Roslyn keeper Tom Stevens

The break through comes 3 minutes into time added on before half time when Roslyns Kinghorn was fouled  on the edge of the box and the resultant free kick from Luke Clissold was bent over the wall and despite Bocatios getting a hand to was not able to  keep it out.

Queenstown start the second half stonger with skipper Thomas  Mills standing out and equalise on  59 minutes when  a penalty is awarded following  Luke Williams handball and Herrmann scores from the spot.

The match starts to open up and Queenstown exploit the space and went ahead when Jan  Kumar found himself inside the box and with his back to goal, spun and placed his shot with power -beating Stevens at the near post. Roslyn responded and with one touch interplays got  in behind Queenstowns defence  and the pressure paid off when  Michael Sannum pushed forward and buried his shot  to equalise with 8 minutes left. In a final push for a winner, Roslyn peppered the Queenstown defence with  a number of corners and crosses into the box despite a few  penalty appeals   Bocatios remained resolute to ensure the points were shared in a 2-2 draw.

Caversham v Otago University

University were much more clinical far in the final third of the pitch and ran out  4-1 winners  at Hancock Park. 

The first half was a free-flowing affair  with few genuine scoring opportunities and it took until the 38th minute  when   University  counter-attacked  and Dominic Scahill showed a deft touch to flick the ball over Caversham keeper Liam Little to open the scoring.

The students made it 2-0 early in the second half when Oban Hawkins long range shot in the 51st minute beat Little.

And when Universitys  Ben Stanley  rifled one in from the edge of the box 6 minutes later the students were in the driving seat.

Tom Stewart made it 4-0 from the penalty spot  on 65 minutes. Cavershams  Max Johnston scored a last minute consolation goal to see the students claim their 3rd win with Oban Hawkins looking full of class and patience. 

Green Island v Wanaka

The  opening period had Wanaka boss the possession  as  Green Island were content to sit deep and counter attack  with Matt Brazier and  It was Brazier who earned a penalty  in the 17th min when he went down in the box in a challenge with Thomas Van Hees. Tom Milton stepped up and put his shot past Lukas Schafer

Wanaka   had their first clear shots at goal when Everton Rossi and then Paul Hodgson both shot narrowly wide in the 18th and 19th minutes.

Brazier went close to scoring but Schafer made a good save to deny him.

Green Island scored again  in the 23rd minute when Brazier won a  header from a long clearance ,the ball was then played to Eddie  Wilkinson who crossed to Liam Carrington  he out smarted a Wanaka defender with a classy drag back  and cooly finished. into the bottom left corner .

Wanaka created their best chance of the half in the 44th minute when they counter attacked from a corner and Adam Hewson squared the ball across goal for Hodgson but his first time shot was saved by the o-rushing Christian Firth.

2 minutes into the 2nd half and a long ball by Green Island into Wanakas goal box sees Schafer diving at the feet of Brazier to clear the danger , the whistle blows for a free kick to Wanaka and the play is stopped as the young keeper is unmoved on the floor injured. However  the linesman intervenes and  after a discussion the referee awards  a penalty to Green Island.

Tom Milton steps up to score again  and its  3-0  with 43 minutes left.

Milton scores late on when following a solo run  beating  3 players he then chips the goal keeer to claim  his hat trick and the  4-0  victory continues Green Islands 100% start to the season.

Dunedin Tech v Northern

Tech ran out 3.0 victors when Thomas Petersen scored after 31minutes and goals in the second half from Chris Boomer and Ash Watson gave Techs its second win of the season.

- Neville Watson ODT