The Hawke's Bay United Courier
The dugout21 May 2029
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Squad21 May 2029
Tim Lockyer 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.
Squad21 May 2029
Owen Boxall falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad21 May 2029
Ryan Stamatelopoulos signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ryan Stamatelopoulos and Hawke's Bay United agree another 3 years.
The dugout21 May 2029
Owen Boxall 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.
The dugout21 May 2029
No hiding place for Clayton Garbett
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Clayton Garbett, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market The Oliver De Vries question follows Hawke's Bay United around
- The dugout Cameron Rufer asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom The Hawke's Bay United academy earns its keep
- Squad Tim Lockyer back in training