  Star-disc coupling is considered in numerical models where the stellar field
is not an imposed perfect dipole, but instead a more irregular self-adjusting
dynamo-generated field. Using axisymmetric simulations of the hydromagnetic
mean-field equations, it is shown that the resulting stellar field
configuration is more complex, but significantly better suited for driving a
stellar wind. In agreement with recent findings by a number of people,
star-disc coupling is less efficient in braking the star than previously
thought. Moreover, stellar wind braking becomes equally important. In contrast
to a perfect stellar dipole field, dynamo-generated stellar fields favor
field-aligned accretion with considerably higher velocity at low latitudes,
where the field is weaker and originating in the disc. Accretion is no longer
nearly periodic (as it is in the case of a stellar dipole), but it is more
irregular and episodic.
