Alex Lewis

Defensive Midfielder - Hawke's Bay United
19 Sep 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Alex Lewis

7 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Real improvement from Alex Lewis at Hawke's Bay United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alex Lewis is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United

Alex Lewis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Waine 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

Back issues
4 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Chris Singh puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United

Alex Lewis 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.

Squad

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Waine 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for John Green

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John Green, and the manager let it.

Squad

Matt Cacace stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matt Cacace and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Matt Cacace asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

3 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Team Wellington come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Hawke's Bay United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United

Alex Lewis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

No hiding place for Tim Waine

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tim Waine, and the manager let it.

Squad

Noah Garbett stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Noah Garbett and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Cacace 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.

Market

John Green runs his contract down

7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Hawke's Bay United money.

Market

John Green's people are making calls

“He needs to be playing at a level that matches him, and we are open to conversations.” Nobody says that by accident, and nobody at Hawke's Bay United misheard it.

Market

Chris Singh placed on the list

Hawke's Bay United have made Chris Singh available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

The dugout

Noah Garbett 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

1 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alex Lewis 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.

Market

Team Wellington watching Kosta Sutton

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hawke's Bay United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

A row about effort at Hawke's Bay United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chris Fenton was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Owen Bell signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Owen Bell and Hawke's Bay United agree another 1 years.

Market

Hawke's Bay United and John Green 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.

The dugout

Tim Waine knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tim Waine trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief