Agree with News' assessment of the midfield battle. One other area the WeeNix were certainly outperformed in was the foul language metric. CU Dragons absolutely smashed that one.
Write up by Brendan Egan here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/74042803/two-for-michael-white-as-canterbury-united-make-winning-start
And another good article covering the game by Hamish Bidwell here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/74044249/harsh-lessons-for-fledgling-phoenix-reserves-players-in-premiership-opener