# 2019 Men's Ford National Hockey League

The 2019 Men's Ford National Hockey League was the 21st and final edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in Tauranga, New Zealand, from 14 to 22 September.
North Harbour won the title for the sixth time, defeating Auckland 2–1 in the final. Canterbury finished in third place after defeating Capital in the third place match, 2–1.

## Participating teams

For the first time in history, the NHL hosted an international team from Australia, comprising players from the country's most southern state, Tasmania. The following eight teams competed for the title:
* –– Auckland
* –– Canterbury
* –– Capital
* –– Central
* –– Midlands
* –– North Harbour
* –– Southern
* Tasmania

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | –– Capital | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | Advanced to Pool C |
| 2 | –– Auckland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advanced to Pool C |
| 3 | Tasmania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | –– Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 | |
* 14 September 2019 12:15
| Capital –– | 5–1 | Tasmania |
| Patel 11' Rintala 13' Yeo 22' Van Woerkom 25' Harris 53' | Report | McHugh 15' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 14 September 2019 14:15
| Auckland –– | 5–2 | –– Central |
| Fraser 17' Keaney 31' Rowsell 33' Finlayson 55' McGeorge 56' | Report | Scanlon 2' Peel 39' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)
* 15 September 2019 12:00
| Central –– | 2–5 | –– Capital |
| Thomas 12' Hiha 36' | Report | Patel 8' Rintala 10', 48', 59' Lovett 45' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 15 September 2019 14:00
| Auckland –– | 2–1 | Tasmania |
| Mitai-Wells 49' Rowsell 53' | Report | Brooks 19' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)
* 17 September 2019 13:30
| Capital –– | 3–2 | –– Auckland |
| Logan 8' Yeo 26' Miskimmin 56' | Report | Finlayson 18' Mitai-Wells 38' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)
* 17 September 2019 15:30
| Central –– | 1–2 | Tasmania |
| Findlay 38' | Report | Thomas 12', 46' |
* Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | –– Canterbury | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Advanced to Pool C |
| 2 | –– North Harbour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Advanced to Pool C |
| 3 | –– Southern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | –– Midlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 | |
* 14 September 2019 16:15
| Canterbury –– | 3–2 | –– Midlands |
| Lane 5', 42' Newman 22' | Report | Wyndham-Smith 32' Rees-Gibbs 41' |
* Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
* 14 September 2019 18:15
| North Harbour –– | 2–0 | –– Southern |
| Capizzi 12' Guy 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* 15 September 2019 16:00
| Midlands –– | 3–4 | –– North Harbour |
| Hayward 15' De Jong 19' Andrews 60' | Report | B. Edwards 3' Capizzi 20' Ottow 40' Guy 43' |
* Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 15 September 2019 18:00
| Canterbury –– | 7–2 | –– Southern |
| Connell 13' Jackson 14' Anderson 34' Newman 35' Summers 38' Wakeling 40' Lane 60' | Report | J. O'Connor 10' Dempster 39' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)
* 17 September 2019 17:30
| North Harbour –– | 2–3 | –– Canterbury |
| Capizzi 37' Jeram 42' | Report | Newman 1' Lane 13' Summers 24' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)
* 17 September 2019 19:30
| Midlands –– | 1–3 | –– Southern |
| Rees-Gibbs 57' | Report | Thomas 19', 42', 50' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

### Classification round
#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | –– Auckland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | –– North Harbour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | –– Canterbury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | –– Capital | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 0 | |
* 18 September 2019 19:30
| Canterbury –– | 2–4 | –– Auckland |
| Jackson 22' Bartholomew 59' | Report | Keaney 12' Rowsell 21' Hanks 32' S. Child 54' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 18 September 2019 19:45
| Capital –– | 3–4 | –– North Harbour |
| Harris 42' Lovett 47' Rintala 51' | Report | Lum 4' B. Edwards 41', 48' Herewini 58' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)
* 19 September 2019 19:30
| Auckland –– | 2–0 | –– North Harbour |
| S. Child 5' M. Child 25' | Report | |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)
* 19 September 2019 19:45
| Capital –– | 2–3 | –– Canterbury |
| Rintala 34' Yeo 55' | Report | Newman 5' Lane 36', 44' |
* Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 21 September 2019 10:00
| Canterbury –– | 1–2 | –– North Harbour |
| Brydon 17' | Report | M. Hayde 37' Muir 45' |
* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) David Tomlinson (NZL)
* 21 September 2019 14:00
| Capital –– | 2–4 | –– Auckland |
| Lovett 22', 53' | Report | McGeorge 7', 46' Kingstone 10' Iswar 16' |
* Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

#### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | –– Central | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| 2 | –– Southern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 |
| 3 | –– Midlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tasmania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
* 18 September 2019 17:30
| Tasmania | 2–3 | –– Midlands |
| Beltz 4' Thomas 50' | Report | Scanlon 8' Andrews 37' Whitehead 55' |
* Umpires: Lee Erskine (NZL) Nicholas Saunders (NZL)
* 18 September 2019 17:45
| Southern –– | 2–4 | –– Central |
| Thomas 29' K. O'Connor 30' | Report | Thomas 20', 49', 49' Yamasaki 59' |
* Umpires: Bren Duckworth (NZL) Bruce Brownsey (NZL)
* 19 September 2019 17:30
| Central –– | 4–3 | –– Midlands |
| Thomas 30' Collier 41' Findlay 44' Yamasaki 53' | Report | Rees-Gibbs 11' Wyndham-Smith 26' Scanlon 30' |
* Umpires: Bren Duckworth (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)
* 19 September 2019 17:45
| Tasmania | 2–2 | –– Southern |
| Beltz 10' Smith 53' | Report | Thorn 23' Thomas 25' |
| Penalties |||
| Thomas Brooks Beltz Smith Wilcox —— Smith Brooks Beltz | 6–5 | J. Ward K. O'Connor Thomas Milicich J. O'Connor —— K. O'Connor Milicich Thomas |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
* 21 September 2019 08:15
| Southern –– | 2–1 | –– Midlands |
| Ross 6' K. O'Connor 53' | Report | De Jong 36' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)
* 21 September 2019 10:15
| Tasmania | 2–2 | –– Central |
| Watson 18' Beltz 50' | Report | Hiha 4' Thomas 26' |
| Penalties |||
| Smith Walker-Kidd Beltz Bourke Wilcox | 1–2 | Yamasaki Scanlon Thomas McAleese |
* Umpires: Benjamin Grant (NZL) Bren Duckworth (NZL)

### Classification matches
#### Seventh and eighth place

* 22 September 2019 08:15
| Midlands –– | 2–3 | Tasmania |
| Wyndham-Smith 3', 32' | Report | Watson 15' Read 33' Hogan-Jones 56' |
* Umpires: Nicholas Saunders (NZL) Lee Erskine (NZL)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 22 September 2019 12:15
| Central –– | 3–3 | –– Southern |
| Scanlon 2' Hiha 5' Yamasaki 50' | Report | J. Ward 20' Gilbert 49' K. O'Connor 54' |
| Penalties |||
| Yamasaki Scanlon Thomas McAleese Wilcox | 2–3 | J. Ward Ross Thomas K. O'Connor |
* Umpires: Bruce Brownsey (NZL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 22 September 2019 12:00
| Canterbury –– | 4–2 | –– Capital |
| Heale 14' Jackson 21' Lane 43' Shaw 53' | Report | Rintala 54' Smith 58' |
* Umpires: David Tomlinson (NZL) Benjamin Grant (NZL)

#### Final

* 22 September 2019 16:15
| Auckland –– | 1–2 | –– North Harbour |
| Iswar 42' | Report | Capizzi 17' Coughlan 29' |
* Umpires: Gareth Greenfield (NZL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WD | LD | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | –– North Harbour | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 20 | Gold Medal |
| | –– Auckland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 20 | Silver Medal |
| | –– Canterbury | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 20 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | –– Capital | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 12 | |
| 5 | –– Southern | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 11 | |
| 6 | –– Central | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tasmania | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | –– Midlands | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 4 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 141 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 5.04 goals per match.
7 goals
* –– Samuel Lane
* –– Joel Rintala
6 goals
* –– Dylan Thomas
5 goals
* –– Dylan Thomas
4 goals
* –– Dominic Newman
* –– Kurt Lovett
* –– Maks Wyndham-Smith
* –– Robert Capizzi
3 goals
* –– Hamish McGeorge
* –– Dwayne Rowsell
* –– Moss Jackson
* –– Rowan Yeo
* –– Samuel Hiha
* –– Koji Yamasaki
* –– Matthew Rees-Gibbs
* –– Benji Edwards
* –– Kieran O'Connor
* Hayden Beltz
* James Thomas
2 goals
* –– Simon Child
* –– Nicholas Finlayson
* –– Shae Iswar
* –– Jonathan Keaney
* –– Leo Mitai-Wells
* –– Trent Summers
* –– Daniel Harris
* –– Sajan Patel
* –– Sean Findlay
* –– Andrew Scanlon
* –– Reuben Andrews
* –– Frithjof de Jong
* –– Daniel Scanlon
* –– Xavier Guy
* Brenton Watson
1 goal
* –– Marcus Child
* –– Zander Fraser
* –– Joseph Hanks
* –– Kim Kingstone
* –– Peter Anderson
* –– Joseph Bartholomew
* –– David Brydon
* –– George Connell
* –– Llewelyn Heale
* –– Bradley Shaw
* –– Gus Wakeling
* –– Oliver Logan
* –– Harrison Miskimmin
* –– Jacob Smith
* –– Benedict van Woerkom
* –– Benjamin Collier
* –– Jason Peel
* –– Richard Hayward
* –– Chad Whitehead
* –– James Coughlan
* –– Mitchell Hayde
* –– Connor Herewini
* –– Kalyan Jeram
* –– Richmond Lum
* –– George Muir
* –– Mitchell Ottow
* –– Callum Dempster
* –– Nathan Gilbert
* –– Joseph O'Connor
* –– Nicholas Ross
* –– Jonathan Thorn
* –– Jordan Ward
* Joshua Brooks
* Alexander Hogan-Jones
* Ian McHugh
* Benjamin Read
* Oliver Smith
Source: Hockey New Zealand