The WaiBOP United Gazette
Squad2 Nov 2026
Bill Wood damages knee ligaments — 38 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Bill Tuiloma says WaiBOP United went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match31 Oct 2026
Jake McCowatt’s goal not enough for WaiBOP United
Jake McCowatt scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Waitakere United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Bill Kirwan runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Liberato Tuiloma
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Liberato Tuiloma, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
WaiBOP United lose Tim Rufer
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between WaiBOP United and James Bell
- Player ratings Bill Tuiloma ran the game
- Player ratings The referee tires of Monty De Vries