The Highlanders started their 2009 campaign yesterday with coach Glenn Moore saying the next three weeks would be about the squad "putting money in the bank".
Otago Golf Club professional Shelly Duncan coached the New Zealand side to victory at the Aaron Baddeley International Junior championships in China over the weekend.
A Dunedin club is questioning the reappointment of Steve Martin as Otago coach while another is wondering what direction Otago rugby is taking.
Saints stayed on top of the competition ladder but only after a tight win over Cardinals in Dunedin on Saturday.
So the Grand Slam has been won.
A report about the proposed number of home Super 14 games to be played at the Otago stadium, should it be built, was premature and the future format of the competition has not yet been decided, the Highlanders chairman says.
There will be plenty of silverware on display at the Queenstown National Sevens tournament early next year.
Steve Martin and Bruce Carvell were reappointed Otago coaches as they were the best candidates, Otago Rugby Football Union chief executive Richard Reid says.
David Latta just wants to stop the hurt.
Otago first five-eighth Daniel Bowden has transferred to Auckland but will still play for the Highlanders next season.
The national B competition has been scrapped, a casualty of the national union's belt tightening.
Kaikorai Valley College will make its third trip in as many years to the national touch championships next month.
Imagine Benji Marshall taking on Dan Carter. Or Richie McCaw having to stop Nathan Cayless.
The bad luck continues for Otago all-rounder Warren McSkimming, who re-aggravated a calf injury on Saturday and will not play for the Volts in the match against Canterbury, starting in Invercargill today.
If this was a movie, there would be accusations of plagiarism flying around.
Otago loose forward Paul Grant has been named in the New Zealand sevens squad to play in tournaments in Dubai and South Africa over the next couple of weeks.
It's difficult to ignore the message when almost 98% of rugby fans voted this week for the return of midweek matches on All Black tours.
The announcement on who will coach the Otago team next year has been delayed.
Steve Martin is expected to be reappointed Otago coach today, along with assistant Bruce Carvell.
Dunedin came under the microscope yesterday as a venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, although there was no discussion about the Awatea St stadium.
