The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Adam Bell
62 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Hawke's Bay United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market19 Oct 2026
Clayton Colvey 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 The request is on a desk at Hawke's Bay United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Kosta 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.
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Hawke's Bay United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Hawke's Bay United against WaiBOP United
1‑2 to WaiBOP United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market19 Oct 2026
Tim Bell steps up from the Hawke's Bay United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Bell 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Hawke's Bay United promote Tim Cacace from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tim Cacace has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Oct 2026
Hawke's Bay United promote Kosta Smith from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kosta Smith has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Owen Colvey 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Francis Stamatelopoulos runs at them all day
- Squad Hawke's Bay United count the cost of losing Bill Rufer
- Squad Marco Payne stays put