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The Waitakere United Sentinel
21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
68 days out for Sam Lockyer after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Waitakere United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Kosta Wood is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Cameron McCowatt 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.
In brief
- Squad A late step up for Tim Garbett
- The dugout Francis Boxall knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Sam Lockyer keeps his manager's vote