Steve Hepburn

New law interpretations were supposed to mean more running and less kicking this season.

Sharks coach John Plumtree is in a place he has never been before and he does not like it.

Former Highlanders scrum coach Steve Cumberland is extending his Japanese stay but says plenty of players and coaches have fallen by the wayside.

It will not only be the Highlanders and Sharks treading the turf at Carisbrook tomorrow night.

South African sides may be sitting at the top of the Super 14 table but Highlanders assistant coach Peter Russell says their true ability will not be known until they leave the country.

It was a long return journey for the Highlanders but vice-captain Jamie Mackintosh says they are excited to be home and now need to focus on getting some payback against the Sharks.

From running to rugby, it was all action at Kaikorai Valley College yesterday.

The merger of men's and women's golf in Otago appears to be only a few weeks away, though there are still a few hurdles to jump.

Otago will get a dry run against Southland only weeks before it takes on the same side in a Ranfurly Shield challenge in August.