The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Chris Nelson asks to leave Hawke's Bay United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Aug 2026
Auckland City watching Monty Boxall
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hawke's Bay United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Liberato Lewis signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liberato Lewis commits to Hawke's Bay United for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United
Cameron Van Hattum and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
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 Lewis 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
One of our own: Kosta Tuiloma joins the Hawke's Bay United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kosta Tuiloma 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 Hawke's Bay United promote Callum Tuiloma from within
- The dugout Liberato De Vries gets it from the manager
- The dugout Liberato Lewis knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Questions about Ben Nelson on the training pitch