Launceston City and South Hobart maintained their 100 per cent starts to the NPL Tasmania season to set up a mouth-watering clash between the teams in the next round.
Daniel Syson’s City side followed up an opening-round 5-0 win with a solid 3-0 victory over Clarence at Prospect Park.
The prolific Thierry Swaby opened the scoring after 13 minutes but Zebras were still in the match until the final quarter when Angus Taylor set up sub Alec Harris for the second and then added the third himself.
City finished the game with 10 men after captain Jack Woodland was shown a red card with five minutes to go.
For the second time in as many weeks, South Hobart came from behind to win 4-2. This time Max Clarke’s men were 2-0 down at champions Glenorchy before scoring three times either side of half-time to turn things around.
Tyson Barrett and Jack Glover were on target for the second week running to put Knights in control before Eli Wright and Jacob Lancaster struck in first-half stoppage time.
Alex Walter needed just 20 seconds of the second half to put South in front against his former club before Nick Morton started and finished the move which led to his third goal of the season and completed the scoreline on the hour.
A delightful Otto Schwarz goal from outside the box with two minutes remaining was enough to give Jon Fenech’s Kingborough a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Devonport at Lightwood Park.
On a day of well-attended derbies at all levels at Birch Avenue, Launceston United and Riverside fought out a thrilling 3-3 draw before both had to settle for their first goals and points of the NPL campaign.
Seeking just a second win in their third season in the statewide competition, the hosts led 3-0 after an hour through Charles Reynolds’ scrambled opener, David Owusu’s long-range free-kick and Will Spicer’s flick header.
However, Olympic hit back through Aidan Sands, James Pelletier and a towering Will Prince header worthy of his father and assistant coach Lynden.
Only the efforts of United keeper Dan Nash prevented his former team claiming all the points.
Fresh from a 6-0 win in their Women’s Super League season opener, Launceston United settled for 5-0 against Riverside.
An Olympic side featuring many former United players stuck in the contest for an hour before being overrun late on.
Lucy Smith scored two delightful top-corner strikes and Montana Leonard continued her comeback from two knee reconstructions with another goal off the bench as Mo Ritchie and Hollie Jones completed the scoring.
Champions Devonport found five different scorers in their 5-2 win at Kingborough.
Grace Sims, Asuka Doi, Georgia King, Annabelle Wyllie and Madeline Payne were all on target at Lightwood Park with Minhee Kim and Anna Fewkes responding for the hosts.
South Hobart remain the third team yet to drop points after a 4-1 win at Glenorchy.
Former golden boot winner Jaz White bagged a hat-trick with Caitlin Stalker also finding the net as the hosts hit back through a Jessica Shreeve penalty.
Taroona had the bye.