The Waitakere United Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Waitakere United turn down WaiBOP United for Jai Rufer
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Winston Reid 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Liberato Garbett goes
Hawke's Bay United paid $2.0K and Waitakere United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Monty Wood for 17 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Waitakere United will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ben Payne 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Deklan Colvey
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Deklan Colvey, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Dane Boxall told to find a new club
- Market Monty Wood placed on the list