Callum Singh

Centre Forward - Hawke's Bay United
25 Jan 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Callum Singh

24 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 49 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 49 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Hawke's Bay United sink to position 6

7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Clayton Rufer keeps Hawke's Bay United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

No end in sight to Hawke's Bay United's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hawke's Bay United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Loan watch

Dane Bell 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 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Monty Stamatelopoulos

Marked 8.06 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Hawke's Bay United and Team Wellington take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 56 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 56 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

The wait goes on for Hawke's Bay United

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Kosta Fenton

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Callum Singh

7.90, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Hawke's Bay United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Loan watch

Tommy Bell has seen enough of Newcastle Jets

“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 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Honours even between Hawke's Bay United and Southern United

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

No place for Sam Boxall in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sam Boxall has his answer from Hawke's Bay United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

19 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 84 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 84 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

A hiding for Hawke's Bay United

Beaten 2‑5 by WaiBOP United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Player ratings

Winston Tuiloma scores twice — 8.63

Two goals and a mark of 8.63 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Clayton Rufer

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Winston Tuiloma among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Winston Tuiloma on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Hawke's Bay United and WaiBOP United.

Squad

Nkonzenhle Hlongwa 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.

Squad

Chris Boxall signs on for more

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

Boardroom

Nobody left the Hawke's Bay United dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Loan watch

Tommy Bell wants to come home

“I did not go to Newcastle Jets to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hawke's Bay United and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

16 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Oliver Waine breaks a bone — 107 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 107 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Hawke's Bay United

Position 7 and 1 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Match

4 matches without a win for Hawke's Bay United

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Hawke's Bay United are no longer polite ones.

Match

Winston Tuiloma among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Winston Tuiloma on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Hawke's Bay United and Southern United.

Squad

Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United

Nkonzenhle Hlongwa 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Hawke's Bay United against Southern United

2‑4 to Southern United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

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.

Squad

No hiding place for Nkonzenhle Hlongwa

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nkonzenhle Hlongwa, and the manager let it.

Loan watch

Dane Bell 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 13 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

5 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Chris Van Hattum 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.

Squad

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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Clayton Wood

“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.

In brief