Marco Waine

Central Midfielder - Hawke's Bay United
15 Mar 2027
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Marked for Marco Waine

31 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces1 Mar 2027

The mood at Canterbury United has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom1 Mar 2027

Pressure builds in the Canterbury United boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Chris De Vries keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Canterbury United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market1 Mar 2027

Stefan McCowatt is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Canterbury United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Tim Just 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.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Canterbury United

James Smith 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

Back issues
14 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Nov 2026

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 121 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Marco Waine keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hawke's Bay United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jai McCowatt is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Marco Waine 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.

Match31 Oct 2026

Hawke's Bay United draw a blank against Auckland City

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Auckland City defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Nobody could get near Noah Van Hattum

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

In brief

5 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad31 Aug 2026

Chris De Vries damages knee ligaments — 16 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market31 Aug 2026

Marco Bell 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 Canterbury United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market31 Aug 2026

Southern United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Canterbury United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

In brief

5 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Chris Van Hattum asks to leave Hawke's Bay United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Jai McCowatt 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Clayton Wood

“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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Canterbury United Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tim Just stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Tim Just and Canterbury United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tim Just 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 Canterbury United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Hawke's Bay United watching Marco Waine

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Canterbury United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Canterbury United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dane Stamatelopoulos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad10 Aug 2026

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.

Market10 Aug 2026

No place for Marco Bell in the plan

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

In brief