Sam De Vries

Right Midfielder - Canterbury United
5 Dec 2026
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Marked for Sam De Vries

18 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match28 Nov 2026

Canterbury United run riot against Hawke's Bay United

5‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Sam De Vries scores twice — 8.59

Two goals and a mark of 8.59 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A day Dane Boxall will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Match28 Nov 2026

Still nobody has beaten Canterbury United

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Matt Tuiloma in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces30 Nov 2026

Canterbury United supporters have found a favourite in Matt Tuiloma

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Matt Tuiloma has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Ninety minutes of Dane Boxall at his very best

Marked 8.59. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Canterbury United.

Match28 Nov 2026

Dane Boxall at the heart of a fast Canterbury United start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Dane Boxall in the middle of it, and Hawke's Bay United unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

A masterclass from Matt Tuiloma

Marked 8.31 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

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15 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Oliver Tuiloma runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Callum De Vries takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Match7 Nov 2026

Canterbury United cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Match7 Nov 2026

Callum De Vries sends Canterbury United past Waitakere United

It finished 5‑3, and it was Callum De Vries’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Canterbury United.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Matt Tuiloma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match7 Nov 2026

Callum De Vries among the goals in a wild afternoon

8 goals in one match, Callum De Vries on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Canterbury United and Waitakere United.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Callum De Vries was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.63. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Sam De Vries in the eights

A performance of 8.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Matt Tuiloma was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.06. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief

14 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match31 Oct 2026

No mercy from Canterbury United

Southern United will want this one forgotten quickly: 6‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Canterbury United were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Callum De Vries scores twice — 8.76

Two goals and a mark of 8.76 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Matt Tuiloma scores twice — 8.29

Two goals and a mark of 8.29 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Matt Tuiloma in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match31 Oct 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Canterbury United and Southern United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

Canterbury United supporters have found a favourite in Matt Tuiloma

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Matt Tuiloma has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A masterclass from Dane Boxall

Marked 8.34 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Sam De Vries was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.32. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad2 Nov 2026

James Garbett signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” James Garbett commits to Canterbury United for another 3 years.

In brief

13 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A debut Peter Martin will not forget — 7.49

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.49 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Canterbury United

Matt Tuiloma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Francis Lewis at Canterbury United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francis Lewis is 16, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Match24 Oct 2026

Callum De Vries the difference as Canterbury United beat WaiBOP United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Callum De Vries. 3‑1 against WaiBOP United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Joe Lockyer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joe Lockyer and Canterbury United agree another 1 years.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

The crowd has taken to Peter Martin

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Callum De Vries was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.62. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A masterclass from Sam De Vries

Marked 8.25 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Loan watch26 Oct 2026

Deklan Smith wants to come home

“I did not go to WaiBOP United to sit and watch. I want to come back to Canterbury United and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.

In brief