The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Canterbury United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Hawke's Bay United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Owen Sutton 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Francis Barbarouses 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.
Squad17 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sam Just stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sam Just and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dane Sutton told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Dane Sutton has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Hawke's Bay United.
In brief
- Market Marco Singh placed on the list
- Market The clock does Liberato Just’s negotiating for him