The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market24 Aug 2026
Aidan Hall 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Auckland City join the queue for Bill Payne
Add another name to the list: Auckland City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bill Payne. The answer from Hawke's Bay United has not changed — yet.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Joe 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ben Lockyer joins the Hawke's Bay United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ben Lockyer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ben Boxall steps up from the Hawke's Bay United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Boxall has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Deklan Fenton 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United ask about Deklan Just
A loan enquiry to Canterbury United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Reid is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Sam Singh asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Kosta De Vries on the training pitch
- The dugout Callum Stamatelopoulos keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Callum Murphy back in training