The Hawke's Bay United Courier
Squad14 Jun 2032
Oliver Colvey damages knee ligaments — 21 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 21 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Jun 2032
Tempers go at Hawke's Bay United
Isaiah David was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Jun 2032
Isaiah David 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.
Market14 Jun 2032
James Reid attracts admirers
The name of James Reid has come up in conversations Hawke's Bay United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad14 Jun 2032
Marco Lockyer has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Hawke's Bay United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market14 Jun 2032
Will Harris leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Will Harris leaves Hawke's Bay United the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Boardroom Hawke's Bay United keep producing them
- Boardroom The Hawke's Bay United board choose calm