The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United say no — this time
The offer from Canterbury United for Noah Tuiloma was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alfie Rogers is a medical away from Hawke's Bay United
The deal with Auckland City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kosta Sutton signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kosta Sutton and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Hawke's Bay United
Kosta Sutton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United rebuffed over Noah Just
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canterbury United have kept their man, and Hawke's Bay United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clayton Colvey 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of David O'Neill
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Kosta Sutton knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kosta Sutton trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Clayton Colvey is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- Market The Alex Sutton talk will not go away
- Market Joe Fenton goes looking for football