The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Monty Nelson 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Chris Reid out for 37 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hawke's Bay United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tommy Tuiloma agrees terms with Southern United
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Hawke's Bay United people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Winston McCowatt 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United
Alex Lewis and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market31 Aug 2026
Southern United watching Ryan De Vries
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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Marco Waine
- The dugout Clayton Stamatelopoulos keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Deklan Smith back in training