Squads Named for Phoenix Men’s A-League Match Against Perth Glory Wellington Phoenix captain Alex Rufer is set to return for Saturday’s A-League clash against Perth Glory at Hnry Stadium. The midfielder missed last week’s 1-1 draw in Adelaide due to suspension but is now available for the match. Fellow All Whites players Sarpreet Singh and Nathan Walker remain sidelined due to injury, leaving them as the only absentees from interim head coach Chris Greenacre’s provisional squad. The Perth Glory squad includes several former Wellington Phoenix players, including Scott Wootton, Sam Sutton, Nicholas Pennington, and Stefan Colakovski, who now play for the Glory. Former Phoenix assistant coach Adam Griffiths has taken charge of the Glory side. Greenacre emphasized that the rivalry will remain professional, stating, “We need three points, and they need three points. They’ll have a beer together afterwards, but it’s business as usual for us. We don’t want it to be a happy stay in Wellington for them.” The match will be broadcast live and free-to-air on Sky Open and Sky Sport 1 in New Zealand, and on Paramount+ in Australia. Wellington Phoenix (two players to be omitted) Josh Oluwayemi (Gk), 3. Corban Piper, 4. Manjrekar James, 6. Tim Payne, 7. Ifeanyi Eze, 8. Paulo Retre, 10. Nikola Mileusnic, 11. Carlo Armiento, 12. Dan Edwards, 14. Alex Rufer (captain), 15. Isaac Hughes, 16. Sander Kartum, 18. Lukas Kelly-Heald, 20. Ramy Najjarine, 23. Luke Supyk, 25. Kazuki Nagasawa, 27. Matt Sheridan, 28. Bill Tuiloma, 29. Luke Brooke-Smith, 30. Alby Kelly-Heald (Gk). Unavailable: 9. Sarpreet Singh (injured), 19. Nathan Walker (injured). Perth Glory (two players to be omitted) Charbel Shamoon, 3. Sam Sutton, 4. Scott Wootton, 7. Nicholas Pennington, 8. Michael Henshaw, 10. Stefan Colakovski, 11. Matthew Thompson, 12.#wellington_phoenix #chris_greenacre #perth_glory #alex_rufer #adam_griffiths
