The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market24 Jan 2028
Kosta Tuiloma hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hawke's Bay United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Ítalo 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liberato Singh 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Bill Barbarouses is the weekend's best young player
At 17 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
Squad24 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Alex Smith
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Smith, and the manager let it.
Market24 Jan 2028
The Jake McCowatt story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Jake McCowatt signs something — a contract at Hawke's Bay United or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Noah Just leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Hawke's Bay United keep producing them