The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad23 Nov 2026
Timothy Shaw decides it from twelve yards
3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Liberato Just damages knee ligaments — 107 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 107 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.
Match18 Nov 2026
Hawke's Bay United march on in the cup
Canterbury United are out and Hawke's Bay United go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Winston Nelson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Monty McCowatt could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.24
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.24, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Squad23 Nov 2026
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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Whatever happens, Hawke's Bay United do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match21 Nov 2026
Hawke's Bay United find a way past Team Wellington
Team Wellington made Hawke's Bay United work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
Hawke's Bay United supporters have found a favourite in Ben Colvey
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ben Colvey has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Player ratings The kick that got away from Dane Singh
- Player ratings Ben Colvey takes the honours
- Squad Ryan Bell falls out with a teammate over standards