Alistair McMurran

Murray Clydesdale was a ball boy when he watched his first rugby test at Carisbrook 60 years ago.

Assistant coach Wayne Smith wants the All Blacks to be part of the official opening of the Forsyth Barr Stadium next year.

Varsity A regained the Cavanagh Trophy when it beat arch rivals Southern 25-20 in a tightly fought Dunedin premier rugby game at Bathgate Park today.

Lock Simon Chittock was in top form and scored two tries when Otago Boys beat Kavanagh College 49-7 in the Highlanders First XV rugby competition today.

Dunedin has not been downgraded and will get its share of the extra investment the Government is putting into high performance sport over the next few years.

The Otago Rugby Football Union has defended its decision to play schoolboy rugby outside Dunedin on test day.

Dunedin bodyboarder Ben Mackinnon mastered the tricky waves at Greymouth to win a trip to Hawaii next year.

Otago cyclists Greg Henderson and Alison Shanks are well-practised when it comes to receiving awards, but the duo had to share the limelight with two Cycling Otago stalwarts when BikeNZ handed out its annual bouquets recently.

Brent Best had to be the best to join an elite band of referees at the World Cup in South Africa.

What else does Roseanne Robinson (Hill City) have to do to become a carded athlete with Athletics New Zealand?

Emma Spratt's first international volleyball tournament was a tough learning experience and it gave her a fresh insight into the game.

Mosgiel retail business adviser Dave Archer (Taieri) is poised at the brink.

Dunedin runner Shireen Crumpton (Hill City) convincingly won the Christchurch half-marathon on Sunday to keep her Commonwealth Games hopes alive.

Prop Ngamamae Rapata gave herself an outside chance of making the Black Ferns World Cup squad after impressive games for the South Island in Hamilton at the weekend.

Nick Tyrrell (Neptune) won the head-to-head battles but Matthew Hutchins (Wharenui) accumulated more points and became the senior men's champion at Moana Pool yesterday.

Kaikorai caused a major upset in Dunedin club rugby today when it outplayed Pirates 35-13 at Hancock Park.

A strong contingent from Canterbury will test the abilities of Otago's top rhythmic gymnasts at the Otago championships this weekend.

It will be a head-to-head battle between Matthew Hutchins (Wharenui) and Nick Tyrell (Neptune) to be the top individual swimmer at the 27th annual Neptune Queen's Birthday carnival.