The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad22 Mar 2027
Oliver Just breaks a bone — 14 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 14 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Noah Cacace: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hawke's Bay United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market22 Mar 2027
Kosta Bell hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hawke's Bay United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United
Michael McCowatt 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Callum Boxall 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Dane Just stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dane Just and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Dane Rufer plays
- The dugout No hiding place for Tommy Smith
- The dugout Michael Sutton knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Matt Colvey placed on the list