He will be at a loose end on Tuesday and Thursday nights, as well, and that is because for more than 20 years he has been managing a premier side.
This Saturday he will bring up his 400th game as manager of the Harbour premier side. The Hawks will host University at Watson Park and it is a fitting opponent for Innes to raise the milestone against. He chalked up 58 games as manager of University A in the early 1990s.
It is a staggering achievement and shows a level of commitment which is rare these days. And Innes, who is in his early 60s, has enjoyed most of it.
There have been many cold and miserable days during the years. But managing has kept him involved in the game he loves and there is one thing more than any other which has kept him coming back year after year.
''I just hope that one day the guys will pull off a final,'' he said.
Innes won two titles with University A in 1991 and 1992 and has been to three finals with Harbour.
''I was going to pull out last year but Lance Spence, the chairman, said to me 'it is the jubilee year, stay on. Then you can go'.
''This is going to be it.''
Innes, who is a car groomer, started out playing schoolboy rugby in 1960. He went on to play for the Port Chalmers club and eventually for its second grade team. But he picked up a nasty back injury in 1980 and retired from playing.
He asked if he could stay on with the team as manager and that is where he got his start. Innes managed the University A side in 1990-92 and had his first stint with Harbour in 1995-97.
He was assistant manager with Southern for a period before returning to Harbour under coach Bruce Carvell in 2000 and has been in the role since.
He has had representative stints as an assistant manager with Otago age-group teams and Otago B.
Innes' long wait for a title with Harbour might be rewarded this season. While most of the focus has been on Southern and its dominant forward pack, the Hawks have quietly got themselves into a strong position.
They boast a physical forward pack as well and arguably have more strikepower out wide. They beat Southern 18-12 in an arm wrestle in the mud at Bathgate Park earlier this season and have not lost since round 12.
''I'm just like the players, I'm taking it one game at a time,'' Innes said when asked about the team's prospects.
''Hopefully, they can get through to the final.
''It's our jubilee year and what a year it would be to win it.''
As for those Saturdays Innes will have free, well he is not sure what he will do with the time.
He will probably go to the games but he will not be filling out the team sheet, bagging up the playing kit or making sure everyone has got everything they need to run out and give it their best for 80 minutes.
''No, no, no. I'll go to the games but not until five minutes before kick off.''
