The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Jacob Collins out for 82 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Team Wellington will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Cameron McCowatt damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Waitakere United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Team Wellington did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Team Wellington
Dane Smith 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Team Wellington training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Monty Colvey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Aug 2026
Callum Rufer runs his contract down
7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Team Wellington money.
In brief
- Market Team Wellington put Jai Waine up for sale
- Market Team Wellington borrow Monty Bell