The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Marco Singh 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.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United spend $16.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $16.0K for Monty Nelson, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ryan Payne gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Joe Tuiloma 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United sign Monty Nelson, one for the future
Monty Nelson is 17, and Hawke's Bay United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Ryan Barbarouses 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.
In brief
- Market Callum De Vries told to find a new club
- Squad Somebody is after Ryan Payne’s shirt