The Southern United Herald
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jai Just
15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Southern United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market7 Sep 2026
Noah Barbarouses 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 The request is on a desk at Southern United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Sep 2026
Waitakere United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Southern United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alex Stamatelopoulos is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Southern United
Samukelo Mlaba 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Noah Barbarouses attracts admirers
The name of Noah Barbarouses has come up in conversations Southern United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
In brief
- Squad Cameron Nelson gets it from the manager
- Market Talks stall between Southern United and Cameron Nelson