The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jai Lockyer damages knee ligaments — 133 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 133 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market10 Aug 2026
Owen Lockyer 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Deklan Wood signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Deklan Wood and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Owen McCowatt in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jordan Green attracts admirers
The name of Jordan Green has come up in conversations Hawke's Bay United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Owen Reid 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.
In brief
- Market Noah Stamatelopoulos is free to find somewhere else
- Market The Deklan Wood question follows Hawke's Bay United around