Callum Colvey

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25 Dec 2026
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21 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Dec 2026

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 70 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 70 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Chris Van Hattum 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Jai 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.

The terraces21 Dec 2026

The crowd has taken to Clayton Rufer

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad21 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Callum Colvey

“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.

Loan watch21 Dec 2026

Noah Kirwan has seen enough of Waitakere United

“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 15 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

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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

11 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 142 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 142 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Noah Van Hattum at Hawke's Bay United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Noah Van Hattum is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A late step up for Callum Colvey

At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 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.

In brief

7 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Sep 2026

Noah Van Hattum is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Callum Colvey has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Jai 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.

In brief

4 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Tim McCowatt 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Monty Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Chinanu Victor signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Chinanu Victor and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Callum Colvey signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Callum Colvey and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Monty Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Jai 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Marco De Vries signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marco De Vries and Hawke's Bay United agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Monty Stamatelopoulos 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.

Squad3 Aug 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.

In brief