The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
30 days out for Tim Waine after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hawke's Bay United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Chris Cacace asks to leave Hawke's Bay United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Real improvement from Kosta Reid at Hawke's Bay United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Kosta Reid is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Chris Bell goes
Auckland City paid $83.0K 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matt Barbarouses is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Francis Stamatelopoulos signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Francis Stamatelopoulos and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout Bill Waine gets it from the manager
- The dugout Sam Boxall knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Sam Bell keeps his manager's vote