The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad5 Oct 2026
Deklan Singh damages knee ligaments — 66 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 66 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Khanyisani Malinga is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Anderson Pico signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Anderson Pico and Hawke's Bay United agree another 2 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Clayton Colvey 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
Hawke's Bay United and Oliver Barnes are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
Stefan Smith has seen enough of Auckland City
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hawke's Bay United, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Market Anderson Pico brings the grey hairs Hawke's Bay United lacked
- Market Owen Payne placed on the list