Adrian Seconi

Bowls New Zealand has banned the Browns Bay triples team for a year after it failed to front for the final of the New Zealand Club Championships in Dunedin in March.

Highlandes chief executive Roger Clark is confident star winger Waisake Naholo will remain with the franchise if he stays in New Zealand next season.

The Highlanders are talking about the next four weeks as the ''golden month''.

Grant Innes will have to find something else to do with his Saturdays next winter.

Fast bowlers wanted.

The Dunedin premier club rugby semifinals may have to be moved from the University Oval due to the condition of the ground.

King's High School has firmed as favourite to win the Otago premier school competition after recording a second win against John McGlashan College on Saturday.

The Otago Gold Rush beat Tauranga City Coasters 84-77 to claim seventh place at the Women's Basketball Championship in Christchurch on Saturday.

The Otago Open has attracted another strong field this year but it could be Canterbury players who dominate the competition.

The Otago Gold Rush could not find its  offensive "mojo" and will have to wait another season for a shot at the Women’s Basketball Championship title.

When burly prop Mike Mata’afa leads Southern out against Kaikorai tomorrow he will be a bundle of nervous pride.

It might have only been a friendly but the Highlanders’ 33-12 win against the Crusaders will boost the team’s confidence.

The Otago Gold Rush will have to beat Taranaki this morning to reach the semifinals of the Women’s Basketball Championship in Christchurch.

The Steel extended its winning streak to 20 and booked a place in the final of the Super Club tournament with a 16-goal win against the Pulse in Nelson last night.

Molyneux Park needs a new groundsman after Andrew Douglas accepted a position to prepare the playing surface at the Sir John Davies Oval at the Queenstown Events Centre.

Captaincy suits Nat Smith.

Southern-Pirates - has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

Sam Wells has had a few months to think about his decision to retire and has no regrets.

The champion Steel team is starting to unravel, as star defender Jane Watson goes home to rejoin the Tactix next season.