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The Hawke's Bay United Courier
14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Deklan Singh damages knee ligaments — 87 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 87 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Owen Payne 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Sep 2026
Canterbury United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hawke's Bay United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
In brief
- Squad Tommy Sutton is a better footballer than he was
- Squad A late step up for Kgwadi Molepo
- Squad Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
- Market The market said no: Cameron Nelson stays put