The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Kosta Kirwan out for 106 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Waitakere United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market17 Aug 2026
Canterbury United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Waitakere United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sam Wood in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Noah De Vries 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Francis De Vries
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Francis De Vries, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
No place for Sam Singh in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sam Singh has his answer from Waitakere United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Kosta Kirwan runs his contract down
- Market The shop window has Lachlan Byrne in it