The Team Wellington Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Alex Smith at Team Wellington
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alex Smith is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A late step up for Cameron Stamatelopoulos
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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Ben Smith 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.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Kosta Singh counts the days
“I watch every Team Wellington game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Auckland City runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market14 Sep 2026
A long bet from Team Wellington on Oliver Lockyer
He is 16, and nobody at Team Wellington signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
A long bet from Team Wellington on Jai Lockyer
He is 14, and nobody at Team Wellington signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Team Wellington sign Deklan Rufer, one for the future
- Market A long bet from Team Wellington on Tim Lockyer
- Squad Winston McCowatt keeps his manager's vote