The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad16 Nov 2026
Liberato Just damages knee ligaments — 114 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 114 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.
Match16 Nov 2026
Hawke's Bay United up to position 1
8 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A defender's afternoon for Dane Lockyer
Defensive actions: 25. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Timothy Shaw 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.
Match14 Nov 2026
Hawke's Bay United find a way past Southern United
Southern United made Hawke's Bay United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Tim Payne
“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.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Deklan Just
- Player ratings Dane Singh takes the honours
- Squad Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
- Player ratings Joe Stamatelopoulos runs at them all day