Squad lists: Who played for who in Central League's opening round ...

1 Apr 2024

The Central League is underway, and fans are still trying to catch up with movement of players and coaching staff during the off-season.

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To help, we’ve compiled a list of all the squads named for the opening round of the competition, played over four days of Easter.

First round winners were Western Suburbs, Miramar Rangers, Wellington Olympic and Waterside Karori.

Summer transfers

Here’s our previous coverage of player movements ahead of the new Central League season:

Season preview: Can anyone challenge Olympic for the Central League title? >>>>

READ MORE: Central League — our round-up of new signings and summer departures >>>>

Results from the weekend

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RESULTS: Friday’s winners, scorers and latest league tables >>>>

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Island Bay United

John Eccles Joseph Cornille Tom Kirkland Jeremy Sutton Stefan Ashby Gianpasquale Moreno Kieran Shrimpton Henry Lenihan-Geels Tsar Mitchener Brett McBride Ethan Findley Nathan Exley Alex Beggs Sam Proctor Hadley Attewell Rhiley Bell

Staff

Head coach: Stuart Jacobs Assistant coach: Guillermo Schiltenwolf Goalkeeper coach: Crawford Plenderleith Physiotherapist: Callum Law Team manager: Paul Muollo Analyst: Mark Limmer

Miramar Rangers

Matthew Oliver Scott Midgley Oliver Van Rijssel Agustin Contratti Martin Bueno Sam Mason-Smith Blake Inder Timothy Fenton Xavier Green Sebastian Barton-Ginger Nicolas Bobadilla Jack De Groot Tiahn Manuel Harrison Dudley Andrew Bevin Harry Chote

Staff

Head coach: Kale Herbert Assistant coach: Lee Taylor Assistant coach: Curtis Jones Goalkeeper coach: Steve Bayard Physiotherapist: Josh Paine Team manager: Tracey Hodge

Napier City Rovers

William Tonning George Andrew Jack Albertini Matthew Jones Liam Schofield Cameron Emerson Kieran Richards Jonathan McNamara Oscar Faulds Benjamin Stanley Adam Hewson Ben Graney Ethan Richards Sam Lack Harry Mason Fergus Neil

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Staff

Head coach: Bill Robertson Assistant coach: Stephen Hoyle Assistant coach: Shane Mckenzie Goalkeeper coach: Kyle Baxter Physiotherapist: Alexander Gairdner Physiotherapist: Paul Lees

North Wellington

James Stuart Cameron Wardlaw Blake Chandler Arian Asghari Henry Sinclair Matthew Hickling Sam Staunton Ashnarvy Mustapha Lachlan MacGregor Zachary Newman Dion Keetley Ryan Bain Ajay Kumar Nate Brosnahan Louis Thomas Oscar Wilkinson

Staff

Head coach: Ryan Faithfull Assistant coach: Connol Modd Assistant coach: Andrew Coppersmith Team manager: Tyler McRobie

Petone

Oscar Boyce Coran Perks Abdallah Khaled Amir Mandalawi Bray Whitecliffe Oliver Pickering Isaac Snell Jared Eglinton Alex John Braakhuis Jack O’Connor Mick Reid Brynn Sinclair Michael Des Tombe Stepan Stipuric Nathanael Hailemariam Joshua Apaapa-Preston

Staff

Head coach: Sam Morrissey Assistant coach: Jamie O’Connor Physiotherapist: Sarah Tulloch Team managers: Jaydn Robson, Gary Stapleton Analyst: Barry Pickering

Stop Out

Grainger Scott Charlie Meredith Graham Craven Finn Moore Darren Juru Harry Lack Jared Cunniff Connor Gaul Lucas Jelley Philip Fatialofa Aiden Doran Cameron Shennan Jerram Tuck Brendan Mcmullen Xavier Coleman Jack Keenan

Staff

Head coach: Alistair Yates Assistant coach: Anton Weitzel Goalkeeper coach: Chris Campbell Team manager: Paul Commerford

Waterside Karori

Gabriel Cooper Joaquin Pedron William Forrest Birhanu Taye Leonardo Villa Jack Eccles Seth Ward Tomas Alvarado Ollie Petersen Leon Bird James Knott Seth Mitchell-Webster Olivier Cassidy Oliver Stanish Savio Diego Concessio Mateja Brasic

Staff

Head coach: Tomas Ignacio Godoy Fouquet Assistant coach: Sean Prattley Assistant coach: Patrick Fleming Goalkeeper coach: Crawford Plenderleith Physiotherapist: Lachlan O’Connor Team manager: Mike Hornsby

Wellington Olympic

Scott Basalaj Gabriele Matanisiga Adam Supyk Justin Gulley Tor Davenport Petersen Jesse Randall Oliver Colloty Eddie Wilkinson Tamupiwa Dimairo Jonty Roubos Kaelin Nguyen Hamish Watson William Vincent Isa Prins Gavin Hoy Joel Coustrain

Staff

Head coach: Ekow Quainoo Assistant coach: Paul Ifill Assistant coach: Taylor Hall-Jones Goalkeeper coach: Alex Britton Team manager: Dave Graham

Wellington Phoenix

Alby Kelly-Heald Tze Xuan Loke Dylan Gardiner Fergus Gillion Ryan Watson Daniel Makowem Nathan Walker Luke Flowerdew Hayden Thomas Nicholas Murphy Seth Karunaratne Anaru Cassidy Lewis Partridge Fletcher Pratt Jayden Smith Oliver Grosso

Staff

Head coach: Chris Greenacre Assistant coach: Lee Padmore Physiotherapist: Logan Slee Physiotherapist: Robert King Team manager: Justin Raffan Analyst: Sam Casey-Popovich

Western Suburbs

Quillan Roberts Jamie Wildash-Chan Thomas Scott Harry Fautley Owen Moyo Bruce Izumi Charles Ostrem Cameron Mackenzie Connor Wilson Finn Diamond Lucas Meek Alifeleti Peini Reilly Marlow-Jones Oliver Arrowsmith Flynn Cave Lucas Finnigan

Staff

Head coach: Alan Koch Assistant coach: Tyler Logan Physiotherapist: Jack Fayle Team manager: Brian McInnes

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