The fact Napier City Rovers midfielder Luca Barclay is playing Central League football while still at secondary school is an achievement in itself. But the fac...
Talk about one hell of a wake-up call. Yes, Thirsty Whale Napier City Rovers received one today when thrashed 5-0 by Wairarapa United in their third-round Cent...
Centre forward Kailan Gould celebrated his Napier City Rovers Central League football debut with two goals on Saturday. Playing against his former club, Wainui...
Had the Covid-19 pandemic not played havoc with New Zealand sport during the past 12 months Hawke's Bay football keeper Oscar Mason would have been Auckland-bas...
The 17-season history of the Hawke's Bay United football franchise had a painful ending with today's 2-1 loss to Eastern Suburbs at Napier's Bluewater Stadium...
Shut out the emotion, play to your potential and the chances of finishing the season with a win are high. That's the best advice one can give to the Thirsty Wh...
Hawke's Bay's Aleesha Heywood is the sole Central Region coach selected for New Zealand Football's 2021 Female Coach Mentorship Programme. The nine participant...
Hawke's Bay United football team's co-coach Bill Robertson was a man of mixed emotions after today's 2-0 loss to Waitakere United in Auckland. "I'm proud to br...
Hawke's Bay United shook off the threat of a bottom-of-the-table finish in the New Zealand Football Championship with today's 3-2 victory against the Wellington...
Check out the above photo of Hawke's Bay United footballer Cameron Emerson. Yes you could be forgiven if you thought he was a rugby player rather than a regula...
Oh the pain! Any faint hopes Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United had of reaching the playoffs in the New Zealand Football Championship disappeared with yesterday'...
Talk about drama in the New Zealand Football Championship! Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United's ninth round 4-1 ISPS Handa Premiership victory against Hamilton W...
Hawke's Bay United football forward Jorge Akers delivered a belated wedding present for his father and former All White Marty Akers today. "I couldn't score a...
Zac Madsen has had a taste of New Zealand Football Championship play and is hungry for more. The 19-year-old wide forward got the final five minutes of Thirsty...
Take a bow Gavin Hoy! Before leaving the Bay with Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United for today's seventh round New Zealand Football Championship clash with Easte...
Wind the clock back to Hawke's Bay United's sole win in this season's New Zealand Football Championship on December 20. Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United midfie...
Hawke's Bay United footballer Jesse Randall got the winning farewell he was after today. The 19-year-old forward, who was playing his final match for Thirsty W...
After five rounds in the New Zealand Football Championship Jesse Randall remains Hawke's Bay United's sole goal scorer. Naturally the 18-year-old forward would...
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. Most of us have heard this saying from our parents at various stages in our lives. Good coaches often take this appr...
Hawke's Bay United co-coach Chris Greatholder had every right to question his troops hunger and desire after today's New Zealand Football championship loss to C...