Cameron Smith

Central Midfielder - Waitakere United
10 Sep 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Cameron Smith

4 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ryan Tuiloma hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Waitakere United can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Waitakere United turn down Hawke's Bay United for Rory McDonald

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Hamza Asrir 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.

Squad

Samuel Okon falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joe Barbarouses

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Still no signature from Jai Lockyer

7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Waitakere United could get for him.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Canterbury United come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Hamza Asrir 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 Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matt Smith

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Marco Van Hattum signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marco Van Hattum and Waitakere United agree another 3 years.

Squad

Hamza Asrir still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Waitakere United would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market

Cameron Smith runs his contract down

7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Waitakere United money.

In brief

2 Edition

The Waitakere United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Waitakere United turn down Wellington Phoenix for Clayton Nelson

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Canterbury United join the queue for Winston Nelson

Add another name to the list: Canterbury United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Winston Nelson. The answer from Waitakere United has not changed — yet.

Squad

Callum Nelson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Callum Nelson and Waitakere United agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Waitakere United

Marco Colvey 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.

Squad

Hamza Asrir falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

This league is too small for Hamza Asrir

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Waitakere United will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief