Sam Lockyer

Left Wingback - Hawke's Bay United U18
21 Nov 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Sam Lockyer

16 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Jake Lockyer 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.

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 Moisés was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Michael Fenton signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Michael Fenton and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.

The dugout

A door opens for Moisés

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Michael Fenton 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.

Looking ahead

Looking ahead: the trip to Southern United

Position 3 for the hosts, a long journey for the away end, and a fixture that will look ordinary on paper right up until it is not.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Jake Lockyer 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Jake Lockyer attracts admirers

The name of Jake Lockyer has come up in conversations Hawke's Bay United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Jake Lockyer 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.

Transfer targets

WaiBOP United tell Hawke's Bay United: Chris Colvey is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout

Clayton Nelson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Sam Lockyer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sam Lockyer and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.

In brief

3 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Hawke's Bay United say no — this time

The offer from Auckland City for Liberato Tuiloma was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Marco Just

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hawke's Bay United have done the hard part with Waitakere United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Jake Lockyer 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.

Transfer targets

Waitakere United tell Hawke's Bay United: Max Wilson is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Ben Lewis signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ben Lewis commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 3 years.

Market

Oliver Stamatelopoulos’s agent stirs the pot again

“Ambitious players need ambitious projects. Draw your own conclusions.” Oliver Stamatelopoulos’s representative said it with a smile, and made sure everyone wrote it down.

In brief