Rugby: Otago Spirit hit by injuries
Rugby: Otago Spirit hit by injuries
Injuries to key players have hit the Otago Spirit for its national championship opener against Wellington today.
Alistair McMurran
Orienteering: Experience counts in schools event
Orienteering: Experience counts in schools event
Nick Hann (Onslow College) used his international experience to dominate the senior boys race at the New Zealand secondary schools orienteering championships in Dunedin yesterday.
Rugby: Whistle blower has lofty goals
Rugby: Whistle blower has lofty goals
Brigitte Tyler will control her first women's national championship games this year. But that is not enough for the budding rugby referee. She wants to break into men's representative games as well.
Orienteering: Bay schools favourites
Orienteering: Bay schools favourites
Hawkes Bay schools are expected to maintain their dominance at the New Zealand secondary schools orienteering championships that start in Dunedin today.
Athletics: Team effort nets national title
Athletics: Team effort nets national title
Tony Payne epitomised the team effort that helped Otago win the senior men's cross-country title for the first time in 53 years.
Rugby: Dunedin Premier results
Rugby: Dunedin Premier results
Southern took its opportunities well to comprehensively beat Kaikorai at Bishopscourt and finish the Dunedin Premier competition round robin unbeaten.
Rugby: From down and out, Fiji battles back
Rugby: From down and out, Fiji battles back
Fiji looked down and out at the break when it trailed the All Blacks 32-0 but came back strongly to score two converted tries in the second spell.
Rugby: Competition at crossroads
Rugby: Competition at crossroads
Next week's debriefing with representatives of the council of Otago Country clubs will determine the future of the countrywide rugby competition.
Rugby: All Blacks out and about
Rugby: All Blacks out and about
Shoppers at a supermarket in Roslyn were surprised to find All Blacks manning the checkouts yesterday.
Rugby: A matter of heart for Fiji in test, coach says
Rugby: A matter of heart for Fiji in test, coach says
The All Blacks need to be wary.
Darts: Matenga applies for her passport
Darts: Matenga applies for her passport
Rosemary Matenga has never been abroad and was speechless when named in the New Zealand darts team for the international against Australia next month.
Rugby : Eight from Otago in Southern Region team
Rugby : Eight from Otago in Southern Region team
The unbeaten Otago Boys' High School First XV has been rewarded by having seven players named in the Southern Region team for the national schools tournament in Hamilton next week.
Swimming: Godfrey dominant in backstroke events
Swimming: Godfrey dominant in backstroke events
Kate Godfrey (Otago Girls' High School) dominated the backstroke events at the South Island championships at Moana Pool at the weekend.
Rugby: University knocks out champion
Rugby: University knocks out champion
There is change at the top of women's rugby in Dunedin, with defending champion Alhambra-Union eliminated in the semifinals on Saturday.
Photographer keeps up with the play
Photographer keeps up with the play
Believe it or not, Peter Bush's favourite rugby picture is not of action on the rugby pitch.
Rugby: Pirates hot favourites for women's crown
Rugby: Pirates hot favourites for women's crown
Pirates will go into the final as hot favourites after beating Kaikorai 71-10 in the Dunedin women's rugby competition semi-finals yesterday.
Rugby: Zingari hand victory to Green Island
Rugby: Zingari hand victory to Green Island
Zingari-Richmond captain Chris Bell opted for glory and turned down the chance of an easy penalty goal in Dunedin club rugby today.
Rugby: Jackson ready for 100th club match
Rugby: Jackson ready for 100th club match
It has taken a long time but Cherie Jackson (nee Rickit) will finally reach the milestone of 100 rugby games for Pirates at Hancock Park today.
Greatest moments in Otago sport - Number 103
Greatest moments in Otago sport - Number 103
The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 103: Robertson helps win cross-country title (1975)
Waitaki favoured to beat St Kevin's
Waitaki favoured to beat St Kevin's
Waitaki Boys' is on target to gain its fourth successive win when it meets arch rival St Kevin's in the 77th annual First XV clash at Whitestone Contracting Stadium today.