Tim McCowatt

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Hawke's Bay United
23 Nov 2026
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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

Back issues
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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.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

3 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nkonzenhle Hlongwa gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nkonzenhle Hlongwa has just signed for Hawke's Bay United, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Jai McCowatt 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.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Hawke's Bay United spend $2.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $2.0K for Liberato Garbett, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nkonzenhle Hlongwa signs on for more

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

Jai McCowatt gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market17 Aug 2026

Hawke's Bay United sign Liberato Garbett, one for the future

Liberato Garbett is 18, and Hawke's Bay United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

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