The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market14 Sep 2026
Cameron Tuiloma 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 The request is on a desk at Waitakere United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Sep 2026
James Rufer 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Team Wellington deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Chris Cacace reports back to Waitakere United with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Joe McCowatt has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Marco De Vries 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Chris Lockyer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chris Lockyer, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Waitakere United and Callum Singh
- Market The window shut and Winston Payne is still in the building