The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Marco Lockyer
Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Clayton Payne keeps Hawke's Bay United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market2 Nov 2026
Bill Lewis 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Clayton Payne 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.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
One of those days for Noah Fenton
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Marco Boxall signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco Boxall commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Ben Sutton named in the team of the month
- Match Hawke's Bay United and Auckland City take a point apiece
- Player ratings Jake Stamatelopoulos ran the game
- Player ratings Matt Barbarouses spends the afternoon fouling