The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Nobody could get near Liberato Tuiloma
Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad18 Oct 2027
33 days out for Clayton Just after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Hawke's Bay United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Hawke's Bay United's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Hawke's Bay United has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
James Tuiloma: 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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
Sam Payne signs on for the long haul
Hawke's Bay United moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Sam Payne, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Hawke's Bay United
Jake Lockyer 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.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Hawke's Bay United
7 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Hawke's Bay United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guti 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Hawke's Bay United promote Deklan Rufer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Deklan Rufer 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.
In brief
- Market Francis Payne steps up from the Hawke's Bay United academy
- Market Hawke's Bay United promote Deklan Barbarouses from within
- Market Tommy Lockyer steps up from the Hawke's Bay United academy