What a weekend Round 16 was as the National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition continued to provide more talking points with the league being tighter than it’s ever been.
Performances from some key individuals were paramount in some of the club’s successes and thus we have selected our NPL NSW Men’s ‘Team of the Week’ following the Football NSW’s journalists 3-2-1 player ratings.
Blacktown City’s rising young keeper Alex Robinson did his bit to keep a clean sheet as well as push his side towards a vital 1-0 away victory against Sydney United 58. Robinson has been one of the finds of the 2022 NPL NSW Men’s season since taking over the number one spot that Tristan Prendergast filled due to injury, and City have not looked back since giving this young gun a go.
The defensive stocks were boosted this week with 4 inclusions including Manly United’s Seiya Kambayashi again getting the nod for a spot alongside Marconi’s other Speranza, Giorgio, Wollongong Wolves’ classy Japanese defender Banri Kanaizumi and APIA’s Yianni Nicolaou.
Manly United’s Jesse Piriz impressed as did Blacktown City’s goalscorer Mario Shabow who hit his first goal in 2022 while Sydney Olympic’s Adam Parkhouse turned back the clock and put in a great shift for the Blues.
Sydney FC’s young ace attacking midfielder Adrian Segecic was in fine form and showed again why so many punters are talking about him alongside his teammate and current joint top goalscorer Jaiden Kucharski who also gained a mention.
Finally it was a maiden appearance from Mt Druitt Town Rangers’ John Roberts with the former Australian Youth international displaying some of the talent many people know were accustomed to.
Congrats to all players for their inclusions in this week’s Round 16 NPL NSW Men’s ‘Team of the Week’.