The Team Wellington Gazette
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Team Wellington make their move for Jordan Vale
$72.0K on the table at Auckland City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Team Wellington
Ruon Tongyik 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Team Wellington rebuffed over Noah Just
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canterbury United have kept their man, and Team Wellington go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Team Wellington
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Corey Hollman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ryan Rufer signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ryan Rufer and Team Wellington agree another 4 years.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The formation has left Sam Waine behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Team Wellington will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- The dugout Ryan Rufer gets it from the manager
- Market Team Wellington borrow a squad player
- Market Still no ink between Team Wellington and Joe Smith
- The dugout Alex Lockyer asks for a word with the manager