Ryan Smith

Striker - Hawke's Bay United U18
10 Oct 2026
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10 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Chris Bell

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hawke's Bay United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A fracture rules Ryan Smith out for 24 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hawke's Bay United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Skhanyiso Ncwane at Hawke's Bay United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Skhanyiso Ncwane is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief

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9 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

Jai Rufer damages knee ligaments — 73 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 73 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Ryan Smith out for 31 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hawke's Bay United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Kosta Fenton is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.

In brief

8 Edition

The Hawke's Bay United Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Sep 2026

Jai Rufer damages knee ligaments — 80 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 80 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Ryan Smith out for 38 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hawke's Bay United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Liberato De Vries at Hawke's Bay United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Liberato De Vries is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief