NRF Championship (original) (raw)

The NRF Championship is a New Zealand amateur football league. The league is run by Northern Region Football, an amalgamation of the Auckland Football Federation and Northern Football Federation, and includes football clubs located in Northland and Auckland. It comprises half of the fifth tier of football in the northern North Island, alongside the . The fixtures are played generally from April to September. The league winners are promoted to the NRFL Division 2; the second-place team enters a two-game playoff series with the champions of the WaiBOP Premiership, with the winner being promoted.