Cameron Smith

Central Defender - Canterbury United
31 Aug 2026
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4 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Sam Kirwan puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Angus Kilkolly

Canterbury United asked and Auckland City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tommy De Vries is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Hawke's Bay United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Canterbury United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Jordan Vale is a medical away from Canterbury United

The deal with Auckland City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tommy De Vries signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tommy De Vries commits to Canterbury United for another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tommy De Vries 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Auckland City tell Canterbury United: Nathan Lobo is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Canterbury United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Michael Rufer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief