Ben Lewis

Right Midfielder - Hawke's Bay United
15 May 2027
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The Hawke's Bay United Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market14 Sep 2026

Canterbury United watching Clayton 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.

Market14 Sep 2026

Ben Lewis hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hawke's Bay United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Oliver Stamatelopoulos pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The step up is real for Jake Stamatelopoulos

At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Door shut on Ryan De Vries

Hawke's Bay United asked and Southern United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Marco Just 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.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

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 targets17 Aug 2026

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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

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 targets17 Aug 2026

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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

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.

Market17 Aug 2026

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