The Wellington Phoenix Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Cléùr gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Gabriel Cléùr has just signed for Wellington Phoenix, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bill Tuiloma signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bill Tuiloma and Wellington Phoenix agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kazuki Nagasawa wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Wellington Phoenix know it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kazuki Nagasawa wants to finish where he started
Every long career reaches the week the player starts thinking about the last one. He would like it to be at the club that first put him on a pitch, and Wellington Phoenix now know that too.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Bill Tuiloma gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Joel Cummings joins the Wellington Phoenix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joel Cummings is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Wellington Phoenix promote Hugh Clark from within
- Market Wellington Phoenix promote David Walker from within
- Market Wellington Phoenix promote Joel Ryan from within
- Transfer targets Wellington Phoenix try to borrow Lawrence Wong