The Star: September 30, 2021
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Beaten 4-2 by Selwyn United,<br />
Coastal Spirit were on the back<br />
foot after conceding two goals<br />
inside the opening 10 minutes.<br />
Joe Arnott iced the victory in the<br />
last minute of regulation<br />
with his second strike.<br />
Coastal Spirit approach<br />
the final round of<br />
fixtures in fourth on goal<br />
difference, one of three<br />
teams on nine points with<br />
the South City Royals<br />
and Dunedin’s other<br />
qualification contenders,<br />
Otago University.<br />
Coastal Spirit have the<br />
possible advantage of playing<br />
Green Island in the<br />
final match of the round on<br />
Sunday, their hosts should<br />
be taxed after playing Otago<br />
University in a local derby<br />
tomorrow night.<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
BIG CLUB MATCH-UPS THIS WEEKEND<br />
Cashmere Technical had<br />
already nailed a qualifying berth<br />
before last weekend but the<br />
Mainland Football premiership<br />
winners put an exclamation<br />
mark on their Southern<br />
League schedule with<br />
a 5-0 drubbing of the<br />
South City Royals<br />
before taking this<br />
weekend off.<br />
Yuya Taguchi<br />
recorded a hat-trick<br />
inside an hour while<br />
Jacob Richards and<br />
Lyle Matthysen were<br />
also on target to ensure<br />
veteran defender Tom Schwarz<br />
celebrated his 250th game for the<br />
club in style with another title.<br />
Southern League final round<br />
draw:<br />
Otago University v Green<br />
Island, Football Turf, Friday 7pm;<br />
Christchurch United v South City<br />
Royals, Christchurch Football<br />
Centre, Saturday 11.<strong>30</strong>pm;<br />
Nelson Suburbs v Selwyn United<br />
Saxton Field, Saturday 12pm;<br />
Green Island v Coastal Spirit,<br />
Sunnyvale, Sunday 12.<strong>30</strong>pm.<br />
Points:<br />
Cashmere Technical 18,<br />
Christchurch United 10,<br />
Selwyn United 10, Coastal<br />
Spirit 9, South City Royals 9,<br />
Otago University 9, Nelson<br />
Suburbs 4, Green Island 1.<br />
Rugby League<br />
Meanwhile, the Canterbury<br />
Bulls debut in rugby league’s<br />
revamped National Competition<br />
at Nga Puna Wai on Sunday,<br />
where they host the West Coast<br />
Chargers.<br />
Covid-19 restrictions following<br />
the Delta variant outbreak forced<br />
the New Zealand Rugby League<br />
to rejig the format into three<br />
regional pools.<br />
Last year the top-tier<br />
competition only comprised<br />
four teams, the Bulls, Akarana<br />
Falcons, Counties Manukau<br />
Stingrays and Waikato Mana.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chargers beat the<br />
Southland Rams <strong>30</strong>-20 in<br />
Greymouth last weekend to<br />
open a four-team southern pool<br />
that also features the Otago<br />
Whalers.<br />
Waikato Mana, Mid Central<br />
Vipers, Upper Central Stallions<br />
and the Wellington Orcas make<br />
up the central pool while the<br />
Falcons, Stingrays and Auckland<br />
Vulcans are the northern pool.<br />
Should the current alert level<br />
3 in Auckland be extended on<br />
Monday then the northern<br />
pool will not compete in the<br />
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Southern Zone Rugby League is proud<br />
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Tournament <strong>2021</strong><br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
championship and the final<br />
will be contested between the<br />
top-seeded southern and central<br />
pools on October <strong>30</strong>.<br />
If the northern teams can play,<br />
the winner of the southern and<br />
central final will play the leading<br />
northern side to determine the<br />
champion on November 7.<br />
<strong>The</strong> women’s competition also<br />
starts for Canterbury on Sunday,<br />
when they host the Mid Central<br />
Vipers in the curtain raiser at<br />
Nga Puna Wai, behind closed<br />
doors.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are two pools in the<br />
women’s division, northern<br />
(Falcons, Vulcans. Stingrays) and<br />
central (Vipers, Stallions, Orcas<br />
and Canterbury).<br />
<strong>The</strong> northern pool starts on<br />
October 17, should Covid-19<br />
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