The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Matt Just puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kosta Smith in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hawke's Bay United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United rebuffed over Luke Bolton
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mansfield Town have kept their man, and Hawke's Bay United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Matt Kirwan goes
Team Wellington paid $4.0K and Hawke's Bay United took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Chris Smith 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
A loan move for Alfie Rogers is in the works
Hawke's Bay United have made the call to Auckland City. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Squad No place for Jake Fenton in the new shape
- Market Oliver Colvey runs his contract down
- Squad Questions about Marco Boxall on the training pitch