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Edition
The Team Wellington Gazette
14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A late step up for Dan Edwards
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market14 Sep 2026
Ryan Singh steps up from the Team Wellington academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ryan Singh 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Francis Lewis joins the Team Wellington first team
- Squad Cameron Smith out for 20 days
- Squad Cameron Smith in a row with a teammate
- Market The Christian Bracco question follows Team Wellington around