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The Hawke's Bay United Courier
14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jai Rufer damages knee ligaments — 87 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 87 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Owen Singh is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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
A late step up for Owen Barbarouses
At 27 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
- Market The market said no: Francis Boxall stays put