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Edition
The Southern United Herald
26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Southern United
Matt De Vries 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A late step up for Alex Rufer
At 26 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Southern United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Lewis 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.
In brief
- Squad Southern United lose Owen Fenton
- Loan watch Owen Colvey has seen enough of Auckland City