The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad4 Jan 2027
Liberato Just damages knee ligaments — 63 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 63 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Marco Van Hattum out for 23 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Marco Lewis 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Timothy Shaw 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Hawke's Bay United against Southern United
0‑1 to Southern United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Monty Boxall out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Monty Boxall, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Market Oliver Nelson is free to find somewhere else
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Dane Stamatelopoulos
- Market Hawke's Bay United put Michael Sutton up for sale
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Joe Stamatelopoulos