The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Auckland City join the queue for Ben Boxall
Add another name to the list: Auckland City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ben Boxall. The answer from Hawke's Bay United has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Zaharaddeen Bello 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Liberato Kirwan goes
Southern United paid $1.0K and Hawke's Bay United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Owen Lewis falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Clayton Wood conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Southern United will make the call about Clayton Wood this week. Hawke's Bay United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tim Lockyer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tim Lockyer commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Ben Boxall has company in his position
- Market Hawke's Bay United borrow Owen Sutton