The Waitakere United Sentinel
Match18 Nov 2026
Ryan Lockyer sends Waitakere United through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Ryan Lockyer obliged against Southern United. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Waitakere United.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A debut Ryan Lockyer will not forget — 8.08
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 8.08 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Market23 Nov 2026
Kosta McCowatt asks to leave Waitakere United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Dane Boxall signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dane Boxall commits to Waitakere United for another 4 years.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Waitakere United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cameron Tuiloma 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Monty McCowatt in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Waitakere United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Ryan Lockyer
At 16 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Sam De Vries was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.26. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tommy Smith
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Tim Colvey ran the game
- Market Chris Barbarouses runs his contract down
- The terraces The press have found their man in Dane Boxall