The AFF Sapphires finished the 2009 Weir Rose Bowl tournament in second place after a tight 2-1 loss to Harbour A in the final at St Peter's College in Cambridge in October.

The Sapphires took the lead in the final via a goal to Metro FC's Annie Byrne but despite playing some good possession football in horrible conditions, the Harbour side prevailed with two goals in the second half.

Earlier the Sapphires, coached by Steven Upfold and Liz Beggs, advanced to the final courtesy of a last four penalty shootout win over the AFF Rubies (coached by Ian Davidson and Alessandro Fantoni) after the two teams finished regular and extra time tied at 0-0.

The AFF Diamonds (coached by Jeff Mitchell and Angela Wallbank-Valamaka) finished in fifth spot after a 9-0 win over Harbour B in the placings playoffs.

On the boys side, the AFF Spurs (coached by Simon Richards) fell 2-1 to Harbour A in the semi-finals while the AFF Strikers (coached by Mike Murray and Kris Pinnock) were beaten 1-0 by the eventual champions, Waikato Bay of Plenty Athletic in the last four.

AFF Strikers player Tinashe Marowa (Ellerslie AFC) was named the overall tournament MVP for the boys section of the tournament.

Marowa was part of the Strikers side who were unbeaten in pool play and finished top of their group.

The AFF Storm (coached by Rowan Adams and Craig Gillingham) and AFF Stars (coached by Matt Jorgensen) both finished their tournaments with penalty shootout losses to Waikato Bay of Plenty City and Waitakere respectively.

See below for the full list of AFF team results and AFF team squad lists.

Other links:

- Weir Rose Bowl 2007
- Weir Rose Bowl 2008

Photos by Kerri Butler/Auckland Football

Full Auckland Football Federation team results - Weir Rose Bowl 2009

Day 4 - Sunday 4 October

Boys final:

WaiBOP Athletic 3-0 Harbour A

Boys top four semi-finals:

AFF Spurs 1-2 Harbour A
AFF Strikers 0-1 WaiBOP Athletic

Boys placing playoffs:

AFF Storm 0-0 WaiBOP City (Storm lost on pens)
AFF Stars 1-1 Waitakere (Stars lost on pens)

Girls final:

AFF Sapphires 1-2 Harbour A (half: 1-0)
Sapphires: Annie Byrne

Girls top four semi-finals:

AFF Sapphires 0-0 AFF Rubies (Sapphires 2-1 on penalties)

Girls placing playoffs:

AFF Diamonds 9-0 Harbour B
Diamonds: Martine Puketapu 2, Daisy Cleverley 2, Chloe Ockleston 2, Jade Parris, Sophie Nathan

Day 3 - Saturday 3 October

Boys:

AFF Spurs 8-0 Far North
Spurs: Dylan De Jong 2, Liam Jordan 2, Jake Porter, Brandon Patterson, Moses Dyer, Oscar Ramsay

AFF Spurs 3-1 Harbour B
Spurs: Liam Jordan, Moses Dyer, Brandon Patterson

AFF Storm 0-4 WaiBOP A

AFF Storm 0-1 Harbour A

AFF Strikers 0-0 Waitakere

AFF Strikers 5-0 Far North
Strikers: Kelvin Boyd 2, Ben Hughes, Jamie Birch

AFF Stars 1-2 Harbour A
Stars: Edward Webster

AFF Stars 2-1 Northland
Stars: Sean Clark, Edward Webster

Girls:

AFF Diamonds 2-1 WaiBOP B
Diamonds: Jade Parris, Martine Puketapu

AFF Sapphires 1-0 Harbour B
Sapphires: Hannah Littlewood

AFF Rubies 3-0 Waitakere
Rubies: Marcella Nielsen 2, Charlotte Leece

Day 2 - Friday 2 October

Boys:

AFF Spurs 1-2 AFF Strikers
Spurs: Brandon Patterson
Strikers: Kelvin Boyd, Benjamin Mata

AFF Spurs 2-0 WaiBOP A
Spurs: Dylan De Jong, Jake Porter

AFF Storm 3-0 WaiBOP C
Storm: Christopher Riley 2, Dane Schnell

AFF Storm 4-0 Northland
Storm: Alex Panaho 3, Harry Merz

AFF Strikers 5-0 Harbour B
Strikers: Kelvin Boyd 3, Sadhaarth Kumar

AFF Stars 0-5 WaiBOP A

AFF Stars 1-0 WaiBOP C
Stars: Edward Webster

Girls:

AFF Diamonds 0-0 Harbour A (half: 0-0)

AFF Diamonds 3-0 Waitakere (half: 1-0)
Diamonds: Malia Steinmetz 2, Jade Parris

AFF Sapphires 3-1 Northland (half:2-1)
Sapphires: Hannah Littlewood 2, Samantha Hayr

AFF Sapphires 2-1 WaiBOP A (half: 1-0)
Sapphires: Samantha Hayr, Samantha Butler

AFF Rubies 0-0 WaiBOP B (half: 0-0)

AFF Rubies 1-3 Harbour A (half: 1-3)

Boys:

AFF Spurs 3-1 Waitakere (half: 2-1)
Spurs: Dylan De Jong 2, Liam Jordon

AFF Storm 1-3 AFF Stars (half: 0-2)
Storm: Mitchell Nash
Stars: Mark Carroll, Emman Rahimi, Haylen West

AFF Strikers 4-2 WaiBOP B (half: 1-2)
Strikers: Kelvin Boyd 2, Tinashe Marowa, Jared Schnell

Girls:

AFF Diamonds 0-2 AFF Rubies (half: 0-1)
Rubies: Ellen Ranum, Marcella Nielsen

AFF Sapphires 0-0 WaiBOP C (half: 0-0)

Auckland Football Federation Weir Rose Bowl 2009 squads