Ryan Just

Left Wingback - Team Wellington
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ryan Just

42 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

102 days out for James Donachie after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Team Wellington will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Tempers go at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica 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.

The dugout

When it matters, Steven Lustica plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Team Wellington Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Adama Coulibaly stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adama Coulibaly and Team Wellington agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Team Wellington

Steven Lustica and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Callum De Vries

Team Wellington asked and Hawke's Bay United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Tommy Reid steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tommy Reid has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Cameron Kirwan steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cameron Kirwan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Dane Lockyer joins the Team Wellington first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dane Lockyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Ryan Just steps up from the Team Wellington academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ryan Just has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad

Steven Lustica needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Team Wellington know which stage they are at.

Squad

Team Wellington are still strangers to each other

13 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief