Ryan Nelson

Goalkeeper - Hawke's Bay United
8 Nov 2026
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Marked for Ryan Nelson

13 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alex Payne

78 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Jai Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Jai Stamatelopoulos 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.

Match24 Oct 2026

Hawke's Bay United come up short against Waitakere United

Waitakere United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Stefan Bell falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Deklan Boxall

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Cameron Kirwan: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Looking ahead26 Oct 2026

A test against the best for Hawke's Bay United

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Auckland City.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Dane Fenton

Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Deklan Boxall stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Deklan Boxall and Hawke's Bay United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Monty Boxall 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Ryan Wood falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Marco Smith

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

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Deklan Boxall 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

No place for Ryan Colvey in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ryan Colvey has his answer from Hawke's Bay United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

1 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Jake Payne 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Monty Boxall 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 targets3 Aug 2026

Auckland City tell Hawke's Bay United: Alfie Rogers 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Team Wellington watching Joe Nelson

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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ryan Nelson signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ryan Nelson commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 1 years.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Hawke's Bay United and Jai Stamatelopoulos

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Hawke's Bay United, another week without a signature from Jai Stamatelopoulos.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Hawke's Bay United

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

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Deklan Boxall 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 Deklan Boxall trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market3 Aug 2026

Tommy Just is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hawke's Bay United has been clear about where Tommy Just stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief