2023 Representative Teams

Congratulations to the following students selected represent New Zealand Secondary Schools Football . The team recently toured Malaysia and Singapore playing a mix of club and scool teams columinationg in a game against the Singapore School National Team.

Congratulations to the following students selected to play in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Football Under 19’s North v South games to be played on the 26th/27th January at Seddon Fields in Auckland. 

The weekend will serve as a trial from which our coaches will select 18 players to represent NZSS Boys Football on our tour to Singapore and Malaysia in the 2023 April school holidays.

U19's North team

U19's South Team

NZ Secondary Schools Boys' Football - Representative Teams

NZSS Boys Football are selecting an U16 and an U19 Representative team to tour Singapore and Malaysia in the April 2023 school holidays. We will play international fixtures against the Singapore and Malaysian National Secondary Schools representative sides, as well as warm ups against regional representative teams. The approximate cost will be $6,500 for a 10 day trip. 

As part of the selection process, we will be holding a 2-3 day mini tournament featuring representative teams at each age group from Auckland,  the Central Lower North Island,  Wellington and the South Island. The tournament will take place in Auckland at the end of January.

These three representative teams will be selected by our coaches at trials in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch at the end of September early October. Coaches will also be watching players at national tournaments and school fixtures.

To register for the trials click the link to the form on the NZSS website. To be eligible, students must have permission from their school and Academy (where applicable) to represent the NZSS teams. Players should be expecting to play over 50% of school matches in 2023. All students should be registered at an NZ school in 2023.

Apply for the trial here

Summary of  the trial process 

1) Trial to be selected in the Auckland, Lower North Island/Wellington or South Island Representative teams

2) Mini 2-3 day tournament in Auckland at the end of January ($350 approx, travel not included)

3) 18 Players at each age group will be selected for the NZSS National representative sides.

4) April 6th 2022 - NZSS National representative sides fly to Malaysia

NZ Secondary Schools Boys' Football

It is with immense disappointment that Australian Secondary Schools Football have made the tough decision to again cancel their tour of New Zealand that had been planned for July 2022.

NZSS Football will continue to work with Australia Secondary Schools Football and other countries in an attempt to re-instate an international programme as soon as possible.

- 2021 Under 19 Representative Team

Great news, it has been agreed that the games against Nga Whanapoikiri Maori o Aotearoa (Maui / Kahukura) will go ahead in Auckland on the 15th and 16th January 2022.

Players involved will be emailed shortly with further information.

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected 

Due to the latest COVID-19 outbreaks Australia Secondary Schools can no longer travel to New Zealand in January 2022 and holding an Auckland camp in October is looking increasingly unlikely. We have therefore decided that we will hold a camp from the 17th Jan - 19th January in Auckland (provisional dates and venue). At this camp, players will have the opportunity to play the NZ Maori team and hopefully another game. Whilst this is not perfect, it does allow players to represent NZSSBFA.

Selected players will receive direct communication advising of future plans.

2023 Representative Teams

Congratulations to the following students selected represent New Zealand Secondary Schools Football . The team recently toured Malaysia and Singapore playing a mix of club and scool teams columinationg in a game against the Singapore School National Team.

Congratulations to the following students selected to play in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Football Under 19’s North v South games to be played on the 26th/27th January at Seddon Fields in Auckland. 

The weekend will serve as a trial from which our coaches will select 18 players to represent NZSS Boys Football on our tour to Singapore and Malaysia in the 2023 April school holidays.

U19's North team

U19's South Team

NZ Secondary Schools Boys' Football - Representative Teams

NZSS Boys Football are selecting an U16 and an U19 Representative team to tour Singapore and Malaysia in the April 2023 school holidays. We will play international fixtures against the Singapore and Malaysian National Secondary Schools representative sides, as well as warm ups against regional representative teams. The approximate cost will be $6,500 for a 10 day trip. 

As part of the selection process, we will be holding a 2-3 day mini tournament featuring representative teams at each age group from Auckland,  the Central Lower North Island,  Wellington and the South Island. The tournament will take place in Auckland at the end of January.

These three representative teams will be selected by our coaches at trials in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch at the end of September early October. Coaches will also be watching players at national tournaments and school fixtures.

To register for the trials click the link to the form on the NZSS website. To be eligible, students must have permission from their school and Academy (where applicable) to represent the NZSS teams. Players should be expecting to play over 50% of school matches in 2023. All students should be registered at an NZ school in 2023.

Apply for the trial here

Summary of  the trial process 

1) Trial to be selected in the Auckland, Lower North Island/Wellington or South Island Representative teams

2) Mini 2-3 day tournament in Auckland at the end of January ($350 approx, travel not included)

3) 18 Players at each age group will be selected for the NZSS National representative sides.

4) April 6th 2022 - NZSS National representative sides fly to Malaysia

NZ Secondary Schools Boys' Football

It is with immense disappointment that Australian Secondary Schools Football have made the tough decision to again cancel their tour of New Zealand that had been planned for July 2022.

NZSS Football will continue to work with Australia Secondary Schools Football and other countries in an attempt to re-instate an international programme as soon as possible.

- 2021 Under 19 Representative Team

Great news, it has been agreed that the games against Nga Whanapoikiri Maori o Aotearoa (Maui / Kahukura) will go ahead in Auckland on the 15th and 16th January 2022.

Players involved will be emailed shortly with further information.

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected 

Due to the latest COVID-19 outbreaks Australia Secondary Schools can no longer travel to New Zealand in January 2022 and holding an Auckland camp in October is looking increasingly unlikely. We have therefore decided that we will hold a camp from the 17th Jan - 19th January in Auckland (provisional dates and venue). At this camp, players will have the opportunity to play the NZ Maori team and hopefully another game. Whilst this is not perfect, it does allow players to represent NZSSBFA.

Selected players will receive direct communication advising of future plans.

​​​​​​​NZ Secondary Schools' Football - Under 19 Registration

Be part of the New Zealand Secondary School international team.

To register for the January 2022 games versus Australia Secondary Schools click on the red box below.

AUSS will be coming to NZ to play us in two games. We will also be holding games in the October School Holidays versus the Cook islands and NZ Maori age group teams. There will be a cost to this which will total approximately $1,500 as we will have 2 training camps whilst the games are on.

Under 19's: Players need to be Under 19 years old on the 1st January 2022 (born after 1st Jan 2003) and be attending a NZ Secondary school in 2021.

Exact venues to be confirmed but the trials will be held as follows:-

Auckland Friday 13th August

Christchurch Sunday 15th August

Wellington Monday 16th August

This is all subject to COVID restrictions allowing travel for Australia and the Cook islands.

NZSS Boys Football - Under 19 Representative Team

Click Here for a copy of the 2019 International Tour Manager's Reports

2019 Australia Tour Results

NZSS Boys Football - Under 19 Representative Team

Congratulations to the following players that have been selected to represent New Zealand Secondary Schools to tour Australia in July 2019

1  Ayokunle Adeyinka - Palmerston North Boys' High School

2  Noah Boyce - Rathkeale College

3  Ivan Cibilich - Sacred Heart College

4  Joshua Creswell - Nelson College

5  Harry Donald - Tauranga Boys College

6  Callum Donlon - St Paul's Collegiate

7  Maxwell Ericksen - Hamilton Boys High School

8  Tyler Ericksen - Hamilton Boys High School

9  Scott Hilson - Palmerston North Boys' High School

10 Dylan Lonia-Hughes - Green Bay High School

11 Risias Mutonhori - St Thomas of Canterbury College

12 George Ott - St Paul's Collegiate

13 Stanley Rust - Tauranga Boys College

14 Benjamin Stephenson - King's College

15 Luis Toomey - Napier Boys High School

16 Campbell Wallace - Palmerston North Boys' High School

17 David Wilson - Howick College

Coach: Steven Coleman

Coach: Chad Coombes - Onehunga High School

Manager: Scott Furness - Tauranga Boys College

Physio: Jonathan Pledger

NZSS Boys Football - Under 19 Representative Team

New Zealand Secondary School Boys Football will be sending an under 19 representative team to Australia in July 2019 and is now seeking player nominations.

The team will play games against the Australia Secondary Schools and State Secondary Schools Teams.

Click here for a copy of the nomination form that needs to be completed and returned to nzssfootball@gmail.com by 3pm on 7 February 2019.

If selected, players must be available to attend a training camp on the 8th to 10th March 2019 at the Rugby and Sports Institute in Palmerston North (Players will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements to the training camp, at their own cost).

To be eligible for selection players must be:-

-     Under 19 years of age as at 1 January 2019

-     Be attending and playing football for a New Zealand Secondary School at the time of the tour              i.e. July 2019

-     Be a New Zealand Domestic Student as defined by the Ministry of Education i.e.

a)         a NZ Citizen

b)         the holder of a residence permit

c)          an Australian citizen

d)         a NZ passport holder (e.g. Cook Islands)

e)         a dependent of a work permit holder, refugee, diplomat

f)          Exchange Students on MOE approved Exchange Organiser Programmes

            ( Click here ) or whatever definition the Ministry of Education currently applies.

NATIONAL U19 REPRESENTATIVE TEAM

TO TOUR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN APRIL 2018

Congratulations to the following 18 players selected to represent New Zealand Secondary Schools Football to tour the United States of America in April 2018.

Staff

Steve COLEMAN     Coach                                               Rathkeale College

Tim BUSH              Assistant Coach                                 Rongotai College

Neil PENFOLD         Team Manager/Tour Leader                Selwyn College

Physiotherapist – to be confirmed

All of the above-named are congratulated on their selection.

NZSS Boys Football - Under 19 Representative Team

New Zealand Secondary School Boys Football will be sending an under 19 representative team to the United States in April 2018 and is now seeking player nominations.

Click here for a copy of the nomination form that needs to be completed and returned to nzssfootball@vodafone.co.nz by 3pm on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

To be eligible players must be:-

-     Under 19 years of age as at 1 January 2018

-     Be attending and playing football for a New Zealand Secondary School at the time of the tour              i.e. April 2018

-     Be a New Zealand Domestic Student as defined by the Ministry of Education i.e.

a)         a NZ Citizen

b)         the holder of a residence permit

c)          an Australian citizen

d)         a NZ passport holder (e.g. Cook Islands)

e)         a dependent of a work permit holder, refugee, diplomat

f)          Exchange Students on MOE approved Exchange Organiser Programmes

            ( Click here ) or whatever definition the Ministry of Education currently applies.

NZSS Boys Football - Head Coach Appointments

NZSS Boys Football is delighted to confirm the appointmet of Steve Coleman (Rathkeale College) as the Head Coach of the under 19 representative team.

NZSS Boys Football is also thrilled to secure the service of James Webb (Wellington College) as Coach of the under 15 representative team.

Representative/International Programme

NZSS Boys Football is currently undertaking a full review of our representative and international programme. We are pleased to confirm that it is our intention to continue to select two age group representative teams, an Under 19 and an Under 15 team in alternate years.

The under 19 teams will be selected to tour overseas in April of even years starting with a trip to the United Sates of America in 2018.

The under 15 teams will be selected to tour Malaysia in July of odd years starting 2019.

To be eligible for selection players must be:-

• A full time student at a New Zealand Secondary School in the year of the tour
• Under the age restriction as at 1 January of the year of the tour
• Players must be playing football for their school, where possible.

Further information relating to player nominations and trials will be emailed to schools and posted on our website and Facebook page.