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11 All Whites on board for the Tokyo Olympics, but long-term planning has led to the omission of the country's most talented youngster.

Phillip Rollo12:04, May 25 2021 Wellington Phoenix Academy player Ben Old striving for more games after surprise Wellington Phoenix debut. As he was not an official member of the Wellington Phoenix squad and only joined the team for training when they arrived home last week, Ben Old was reluctant to jump in their team photo with the Hurricanes last Thursday. The 18-year-old academy player was overheard saying “this doesn’t feel right” as he was ushered back onto the field in between the teams’ respective training sessions at Sky Stadium before trying to hide away on the edge of the f...

A huge crowd turned out to welcome the Phoenix home, and what joy they had.

Wellington Phoenix celebrate homecoming with emphatic win over Western United. Wellington’s own Clayton Lewis was the hometown hero as the Phoenix marked their first game at Sky Stadium in 433 days with a scintillating 3-0 win over Western United on Saturday to keep their A-League finals series hopes alive. Playing his first game for the Phoenix in Wellington, Lewis got the club’s record regular season crowd of 24,105 on their feet when he took a pass from Steven Taylor, turned into space and let rip with a wicked left-footed strike. The shot took a deflection off Brendan Hamill and bea...