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Posted June 19, 2025 01:04 · last edited June 19, 2025 01:18

For the Waikato, the Nix have old coach Ricki and his RH3 Academy.

Both Dylan Gardiner and LBS went though RH3 before moving to the Phoenix.

A few months back read that Ricki had a very highly promising young female player that he was wanting to send down to Weenix.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/01/18/waikato-teenagers-spending-a-month-training-with-spanish-club/

But yeah can see the whole youth recruiting space heating up a bit now, with Auckland's arrival. Both clubs will be looking closely at NZ U16/17 squads and any players not attached to either club.

Weenix signed 4 NZ players pretty much straight after the last U17 WC in 2023.
Matt Foord (Cashmere Technical), Gardiner (Hamilton Wanderers), Nic Murphy (Christchurch United) and Nathan Walker (Fencibles).
That's now going to be harder for them to do, with AFC around.

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Unknown editor edited June 19, 2025 01:18

For the Waikato, the Nix have old coach Ricki and his RH3 Academy.

Both Dylan Gardiner and LBS went though RH3 before moving to the Phoenix.

A few months back read that Ricki had a very highly promising young female player that he was wanting to send down to Weenix.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/01/18/waikato-teenagers-spending-a-month-training-with-spanish-club/

But yeah can see the whole youth recruiting space heating up a bit now, with Auckland's arrival. Both clubs will be looking closely at NZ U16/17 squads and any players not attached to either club.

From memory the Nix signed 3-4 NZ players pretty much straight after the last U17 WC in 2023?? That's now going to be harder for them to do, with AFC around.

Unknown editor edited June 19, 2025 01:12

For the Waikato, the Nix have old coach Ricki and his RH3 Academy.

Both Dylan Gardiner and LBS went though Ricki's Academy before moving to the Phoenix.

A few months back read that Ricki had a very highly promising young female player that he was wanting to send down to Weenix.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/01/18/waikato-teenagers-spending-a-month-training-with-spanish-club/

But yeah can see the whole youth recruiting space heating up a bit now, with Auckland's arrival. Both clubs will be looking closely at NZ U16/17 squads and any players not attached to either club.

From memory the Nix signed 3-4 NZ players pretty much straight after the last U17 WC in 2023?? That's now going to be harder for them to do, with AFC around.

Unknown editor edited June 19, 2025 01:06

For the Waikato, the Nix have old coach Ricki and his RH3 Academy.

Both Dylan Gardiner and LBS went though Ricki's Academy before moving to the Phoenix.

https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/01/18/waikato-teenagers-spending-a-month-training-with-spanish-club/

But yeah can see the whole youth recruiting space heating up a bit now, with Auckland's arrival. Both clubs will be looking closely at NZ U16/17 squads and any players not attached to either club.

From memory the Nix signed 3-4 NZ players pretty much straight after the last U17 WC in 2023?? That's now going to be harder for them to do, with AFC around.