The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United
Matt Barbarouses and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Hawke's Bay United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dane Waine was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tommy Cacace signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tommy Cacace commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United and Bill Waine are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United try to borrow Adam Bell
Auckland City have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Connor McGrath knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hawke's Bay United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Marco Nelson told to find a new club
- Squad Bill Waine keeps his options open
- Market Nobody at Hawke's Bay United has picked up the phone to Tommy Cacace