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Edition
The Hawke's Bay United Courier
7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Deklan Just
27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hawke's Bay United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Bill De Vries is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market7 Sep 2026
Deklan Smith 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.
In brief
- Squad Bill De Vries in a row with a teammate
- Squad Noah Garbett falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Clayton Garbett placed on the list
- Market The market said no: Joe Reid stays put