The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad7 Sep 2026
Deklan Singh damages knee ligaments — 94 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 94 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Cameron Nelson 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Cameron Nelson at Hawke's Bay United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Cameron Nelson is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A late step up for Stefan Payne
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market7 Sep 2026
Eyes on Owen Payne again
The phone has started ringing about Owen Payne again, and this time the name on the line is Canterbury United. Hawke's Bay United are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Khanyisani Malinga 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.
In brief
- Market The market said no: Ben Singh stays put
- Market The shop window has Deklan Garbett in it