Soccer: Villagers hand Fury their first loss of season

Ngongotaha AFC has claimed their biggest scalp of the season.

Ngongotaha handed AFC Fury their first loss of the season on Saturday, winning the game 2-0 at Stembridge Rd.

There was much at stake for both sides, but Ngongotaha started the stronger of the sides creating several chances before their top-goal scorer Josh O'Sullivan gave them the lead in the 15th minute.

O'Sullivan was on hand again to double the Villagers lead 10 minutes before the break.

Fury came out firing after the break and, although they found themselves down to 10 men, they took the game to Ngongotaha.

However, the Villagers held on to secure the precious 2-0 victory.

Ngongotaha coach Shane Davis said his team performed well, bouncing back from a disappointing loss to Cambridge last weekend.

"A much improved performance," he said after the game. "It was a real team effort."

The victory sees Ngongotaha close in on the top two sides in the competition, AFC Fury and league-leaders Tauranga Old Blues.

Meanwhile, Rotorua United have added to their disastrous start to the season.

They faced Whakatane Town at Neil Hunt Park, and it took only 90 seconds for Whakatane to take the lead when a cross found their striker in the box and he was unchallenged to head home the opening goal.

Just minutes later it got worse when Whakatane made it 2-0 from a penalty.

The visitors dominated the game from that point on with a speculative 45m shot drifting over keeper Andrew Gibbs to make it 3-0 at half time.

United played with more purpose for the rest of the game but were unable to put one into the Whakatane net.

Matamata bet Melville 3-1, Waikato Unicol bet Otumoetai 2-0 while Tauranga City held competition leaders Old Blues to a 1-1 draw.

Division two results:

Cambridge 0 HRFC 5, Rotorua United 1 West Hamilton 2, Old Blues 1 Tauranga City 1, Papamoa 4 Matamata 1.