First five-eighth Ricky Stewart was the hero of the Taieri team that bounced back into premier rugby in style when it beat Green Island 21-18 before a vocal crowd of 600 local supporters at Peter Johnstone Park today.
The New Zealand Ice Blacks kept their cool after tempers flared up and a fight erupted in the final minutes of a bruising match in Dunedin last night.
It was not pretty, but it was effective.
The two oldest clubs in Otago rugby will meet in the final of the Dunedin Speight's premier championship at Carisbrook next Saturday.
Situations vacant: one or two new props are needed by the Taieri Rugby Football Club, as it returns to Dunedin premier rugby this year.
Talented teenage Canterbury sprinter David Ambler wants to stop Dunedin's Chris Donaldson from becoming the second sprinter to win six senior 100m titles at the New Zealand championships at Wellington today.
The long rugby tradition in Otago will be highlighted when six clubs celebrate their 125th anniversaries this year.
Taieri gained promotion to premier one rugby when it outclassed bottom placed team University B 42-17 in a seven try romp at Tahuna Park on Saturday.
Dunedin premier coach Ed Baker has been suspended for two weeks for abusing referee Doug Rodgers in last Saturday's premier rugby match against University A at Kettle Park.
Taieri has fallen at the last hurdle for the past four years and missed the chance of having a crack at a promotion-relegation game against University B to get back into premier rugby.
The Fred Strachan-coached Otago Boys High School squad continued its domination of interschool rowing in Otago when it won the annual Head of the Harbour regatta at the weekend.
Alison Shanks wants a podium finish at the world championships in Pruskow, Poland, but it will be difficult for her to crack the 3min 30sec barrier.
Anna-Lisa Uttley (Bayfield) battled the rain and wind to shoot up to fourth on the national ranking list at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
An encouraging run by Shireen Crumpton (Hill City) suggests she could add another New Zealand championship medal to her collection in Wellington at the weekend.
Former international Jim Scott gained his 19th Bowls Dunedin title when he skipped North East Valley to a comfortable win in the champion of champions triples yesterday.
Bill Clements (Alexandra) has reached a rare milestone in New Zealand bowls, putting himself on a pedestal with only one other bowler.
A weeklY coaching group for athletes with disabilities in Dunedin has the potential to promote some of its athletes on to the international stage.
Millers Flat dag crusher Kath Kelly hopes she has put all her gremlins behind her as she defends her Goldrush title this weekend.
Paula Whiting (Hill City), who has never won a medal at national athletics championships, is expected to break her duck at Wellington next week.
Shaun Scott (North East Valley) displayed determination and tenacity to win the Bowls Dunedin champion of champions singles title and gain his fifth title and gold star on Monday night.
