This has been one of the most entertaining Central Leagues in memory. The overall standard was good and there were some memorable occasions along the way.
North Wellington may have only won 7 points, but they had a memorable O'Brien Shield win against the weenix.
I thought the Weenix would fall off the pace after the u20WC, but they had a lot of capable stand in's even when the bulk of the reserve team moved on to train full time with the ALM.
Some games had bonkers scorelines. I'll miss the Whanganui fans more than I'll miss Whanganui. It was nice to see colour and vocal support. The trip up to Wembley is worth it for anyone who hasn't already. I didn't go this year but I went to the Chatham Cup game last year against Olympic. Apart from Olympic at the top and Whanganui and North Welly it was a really tight race between 3rd and 8th on the table. with less than 9 points between them and the bottom three of those separated only by goal difference.