NRFL Conference

The Northern Regional Football League Conference, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Conference for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand Semi-Professional football league. The league is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRFL Division 2, and was not split into Northern and Southern competitions.^[1][2][3]

NRFL Conference

Founded	1965
Country	New Zealand
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs	17
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	NRFL Championship
Relegation to	NRF League One WaiBOP League One
Current champions	Northern: Waiheke United (1st title) Southern: Cambridge (2nd title) (2024)
Most championships	Tauranga City[a], Western Springs (3 titles)
Website	Northern Region Football
Current: 2025 NRFL Conference

The fixtures are generally played from April to September. Clubs are able to win promotion to NRFL Championship.

The current champions are Franklin United (Northern) and Waikato Unicol (Southern). Franklin United were promoted to the 2024 NRFL Championship season.

Current Northern League structure

• Northern League
• NRFL Championship
• NRFL Conference (this page)
• NRF League One, WaiBOP League One

Current clubs

Auckland

Franklin United

Beachlands Maraetai

Claudelands Rovers

Matamata Swifts

Ngongotaha

Northern United Sports

Northland

Otumoetai

Papamoa

Taupo

West Hamilton United

Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2025 NRFL Conference season
NRFL Northern Conference
NRFL Southern Conference

Northern Conference

ALB

BUC

CEN

FRA

MET

WTM

Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2025 NRFL Northern Conference season

As of the 2025 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	2024 season
Albany United	Albany, Auckland	Rosedale Park	4th
Beachlands Maraetai	Beachlands, Auckland	Te Puru Park	6th[b]
Bucklands Beach	Bucklands Beach	Lloyd Elsmore Park	5th
Central United	Sandringham	Kiwitea Street	1st in NRF League One (promoted)
Franklin United	Drury	Drury Sports Grounds	12th in Championship (relegated)
Metro	Mount Albert, Auckland	Phyllis Street	11th in Championship (relegated)
Northland	Morningside, Whangārei	Morningside Park	3rd
Waitemata	Te Atatū South, Auckland	McLeod Park	2nd

1. Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United
2. Beachlands Maraetai were relegated at the end of the 2024 season, however, Waiheke United withdrew in March 2025 and Beachlands were reprieved of relegation.^[4][5]

Southern Conference

As of the 2025 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	2024 season
Claudelands Rovers	Claudelands, Hamilton	Galloway Park	3rd
Matamata Swifts	Matamata	Matamata Domain	3rd in WaiBOP League One (promoted)
Ngongotahā Lakes[A]	Ngongotahā, Rotorua	Tamarahi Reserve	7th
Northern United	Rototuna North, Hamilton	Korikori Park	2nd in WaiBOP League One (promoted)
Otumoetai	Matua, Tauranga	Fergusson Park	4th
Papamoa	Papamoa Beach, Papamoa	Gordon Spratt Reserve	6th
Taupo	Tauhara, Taupō	Crown Park	2nd
West Hamilton United	Melville, Hamilton	Mahoe Park	9th in WaiBOP League One (promoted)[B]

1. Ngongotaha AFC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lakes FC at the end of the 2022 season to have a combined team for the 2023 season onwards.^[6]
2. Waikato Unicol withdrew before the start of the 2025 season and were replaced by West Hamilton United.^[7][8]

Past champions

Source:^[9]

• 1965 – Lynndale
• 1966 – Kahukura
• 1967 – Ellerslie
• 1968 – Huntly Thistle
• 1969 – Takapuna City
• 1970 – Massey Rovers
• 1971 – Metro College
• 1972 – Papakura City
• 1973 – Manurewa
• 1974 – Whangarei City
• 1975 – Lynndale
• 1976 – Glenfield Rovers
• 1977 – Ellerslie
• 1978 – East Coast Bays
• 1979 – Waitemata City
• 1980 – Birkenhead United
• 1981 – Eden
• 1982 – University
• 1983 – Otara Rangers
• 1984 – Mount Manganui
• 1985 – Claudelands Rovers
• 1986 – Rotorua Suburbs
• 1987 – Glenfield Rovers
• 1988 – Onehunga Sports
• 1989 – Kawerau Town
• 1990 – Eden
• 1991 – Hamilton Wanderers
• 1992 – Onehunga Sports
• 1993 – Cambridge
• 1994 – Western Springs
• 1995 – Mount Roskill
• 1996 – Otahuhu United
• 1997 – Tauranga City
• 1998 – Western Springs
• 1999 – Taupo
• 2000 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
• 2001 – Tauranga City United
• 2002 – Mangere United
• 2003 – Eastern Suburbs
• 2004 – North Force
• 2005 – South Auckland Rangers
• 2006 – Papatoetoe
• 2007 – Fencibles United
• 2008–2009 – no competition
• 2010 – Mangere United
• 2011 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
• 2012 – Hibiscus Coast
• 2013 – Western Springs
• 2014 – Tauranga City United
• 2015 – Papakura City
• 2016 – Manukau City
• 2017 – Fencibles United
• 2018 – Takapuna
• 2019 – Albany United
• 2020 – Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
• 2021 – Onehunga-Mangere United
• 2022 – Hibiscus Coast

Northern Conference

• 2023 – Franklin United
• 2024 – Waiheke United

Southern Conference

• 2023 – Waikato Unicol
• 2024 – Cambridge

Notes