The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
Deklan Singh damages knee ligaments — 101 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 101 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.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United sell a favourite for $14.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Deklan Reid was one of the reasons people came, and $14.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ryan Kirwan 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
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Matt Garbett 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Deklan Reid moves on
WaiBOP United pay $14.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Oliver Barnes 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
- Squad The manager makes an example of Clayton Colvey
- Market Sam Colvey told to find a new club