The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market9 Aug 2027
Joe Rufer 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Joe Rufer is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hawke's Bay United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ítalo 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aaron Evans 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A late step up for Joe Rufer
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Monty Bell signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Monty Bell and Hawke's Bay United agree another 2 years.
In brief
- Market Ryan Cacace leaves for nothing
- Market Noah Just leaves for nothing