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Edition
The Hawke's Bay United Courier
12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Noah Garbett is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Bill De Vries was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Oliver Boxall has improved at 30, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
In brief
- Squad Sam Van Hattum falls out with a teammate over standards
- Loan watch Ryan Cacace wants to come home