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. In 2023, after the restructuring of New Zealand football leagues in 2021, the league was reestablished as the NRFL Women's Championship.
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

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. They were replaced by Onehunga-Mangere United, who originally lost the play-off to Cambridge.
As of 2025 season:
TeamLocationStadium2024 season
Birkenhead UnitedBeach Haven, AucklandShepherds Park5th
CambridgeCambridgeJohn Kerkhof Park1st in WaiBOP W League
Central UnitedSandringhamKiwitea Street7th
Franklin UnitedDruryDrury Sports Grounds2nd
Melville UnitedMelville, HamiltonGower Park4th
Northern RoversGlenfield, AucklandMcFetridge Park6th
Onehunga-Mangere UnitedMāngere Bridge, AucklandMāngere Domain1sth in NRF Conference
Onehunga SportsOnehunga, AucklandWaikaraka Park3rd

Past champions

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