The Waitakere United Sentinel
Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Ben Fenton out for 110 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Waitakere United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad19 Oct 2026
3 goals for Liberato Tuiloma
The match ball belongs to Liberato Tuiloma, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market19 Oct 2026
Only the photograph left for Jai Lockyer
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jai Lockyer will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Waitakere United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Kosta Nelson is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Waitakere United
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Liberato Tuiloma among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Liberato Tuiloma on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Waitakere United and Team Wellington.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Waitakere United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Liberato Tuiloma
Marked 9.27 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
The crowd has taken to Liberato Tuiloma
At 23 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.
In brief
- Market Waitakere United promote Dane Garbett from within
- Market Chris Boxall steps up from the Waitakere United academy
- Market One of our own: Michael Reid joins the Waitakere United first team