Hayden Meikle

Six Nations rugby resumes this weekend. Hayden Meikle identifies one player to watch from each team.

It is getting difficult to avoid the cliche of ''Saints march on'' in the premier competition.

You want my opinion on the issue of whether Dunedin should be doing what it can to be a part of the Fifa under-20 world cup? Of course you do.

Dunedin brothers Jake and Ben Hawker sailed away with the New Zealand Sunburst title yesterday.

Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes is confident of displaying the ''sold-out'' sign on Sunday.

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is hopeful All Black midfielder Tamati Ellison will return from an injury layoff for the crunch end of the Super 15.

Highlanders flanker John Hardie loves his horses but he won't be seeking to have some special shoes fitted on his feet this season.

They call him ''Llewy'' but someone is going to have to come up with a more imaginative nickname for Duntroon's Llewellyn Johnson.

Otago arguably fielded the player of the tournament but it was denied a fairytale exit from Queenstown yesterday.

Reviewers Hayden Meikle and Simon Bishop reflect on the best and the worst of gaming in 2012. -

Australian fast bowler Brett Lee is flying to Dunedin to play one game for the Volts next week.

Seven straight wins - and Otago will host the HRV Cup final.

Another day, another rising Otago star cracking a ton.

They do it for love, not money, and readers of the Otago Daily Times sports pages over the past few decades should be thankful for that. They are the long-serving ''stringers'', or contributing writers. In the final of three profiles, sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to tennis identity Dennis Radford.

Andrew Sloan's profile on the Balmacewen Intermediate website refers to him as an ''endurance sport junkie and fitness freak''.

Hello again. Trust you all had a pleasant Christmas-New Year and have not been too distressed by the weather (from obscenely hot to grey and drizzly) or the performance of the Black Caps.

Sports editor Hayden Meikle has suggested 12 must-read sports books, and a bonus 12 to fill those quiet summer days. He also asked some others for their favourite sports reads.