The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Clayton Lewis again
The phone has started ringing about Clayton Lewis again, and this time the name on the line is Auckland City. Hawke's Bay United are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Max Parker signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Max Parker and Hawke's Bay United agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chris Stamatelopoulos 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Liberato Waine 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hawke's Bay United promote Francis Payne from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francis Payne 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Chris Nelson joins the Hawke's Bay United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chris Nelson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Jai Rufer steps up from the Hawke's Bay United academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Max Parker
- The dugout Sam Rufer knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Liberato Waine is not doing himself any favours