Cricket: Otago the priority for Johnson
Cricket: Otago the priority for Johnson
Vaughan Johnson has confirmed his loyalties remain with Otago and he will not be applying for the role of Black Caps bowling coach.
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Rugby: Backs shine in Otago victory
Rugby: Backs shine in Otago victory
Tony Brown was an uncomplicated sort of player in his Otago heyday and he wants his unheralded young team to adopt the same approach.
Rugby: Otago opens ITM campaign with win
Rugby: Otago opens ITM campaign with win
Young first five Hayden Parker and his unheralded backline mates inspired Otago to a 46-34 win over Northland in Dunedin today.
Rugby: 'Other options' as Thomson eyes future
Rugby: 'Other options' as Thomson eyes future
Adam Thomson concedes the thought of finishing his career in New Zealand as a one-team man holds plenty of appeal.
Rugby: OBHS wins South Island title
Rugby: OBHS wins South Island title
Otago Boys' High School is through to the top four of the national First XV rugby competition.
The Back Page: The last word
The Back Page: The last word
Blue must be joking Look, we get it. Professional sport is a tough business. Good results are considered essential, not a bonus. Coaches and athletes are treated as dispensable. It's win or go home.
Henry book has little new but still a decent effort
Henry book has little new but still a decent effort
Not a single Olympic book among this group. Perhaps our golden girls and boys will have their stories out by Christmas.
The Back Page: The last word
The Back Page: The last word
After the party So, where were we? It is back to the non-Olympic sporting life, sadly. Time to find something else to fill the sports pages, the evening viewing and the workplace debates.
Rugby: OBHS official out for 4 weeks
Rugby: OBHS official out for 4 weeks
Long-serving Otago Boys' High School administrator Brian Ashwin has been suspended for four weeks for deliberately fielding an ineligible player.
Football: By the letter - a guide to the Premiership
Football: By the letter - a guide to the Premiership
Football fans have barely had time to take a break. Since the end of the last English Premier League season, the European Championship and the Olympic football competition have kept the beautiful game on our screens. And now, the big show is back. Hayden Meikle offers an A to Z of the new season.
Cycling: Young guns ready to fire
Cycling: Young guns ready to fire
The world junior track cycling championships are about to start in Invercargill and Hayden Meikle talks to four local contenders.
Fab five
Fab five
New Zealand rowing Gold Medallists Hamish Bond, Mahe Drysdale and Eric Murray, with their Gold Medals after they won, at Eton Dorney during the 2012 London Olympics. Photo from NZ Herald.
London called - and the New Zealand Olympic team answered.
Pocket rocket Lisa Carrington's gold medal sprint in canoeing on Saturday night capped a marvellous two weeks for New Zealand at the world's biggest festival of sport.
Carrington won the country's fifth gold medal and 13th in all, equalling the record haul of the 1988 team in Seoul.
Ice hockey: Back-to-back wins for Stampede, as charge to playoffs continues
Ice hockey: Back-to-back wins for Stampede, as charge to playoffs continues
The Southern Stampede has created some serious momentum as it stages what once seemed an unlikely charge to the playoffs.
A century of NZ Olympic success
A century of NZ Olympic success
New Zealand has won its 100th medal in Olympic competition. Hayden Meikle looks back over the century of success.
Rugby/rowing: Our new national sport?
Rugby/rowing: Our new national sport?
Rugby is New Zealand's national game, but the success of our rowers in London has taken that sport to the forefront of the public consciousness. Could Olympic glory lead to a long-term lift in status for the folks with oars? Hayden Meikle breaks down the appeal of the respective codes.
Are you ready, sports fans?
Are you ready, sports fans?
Too much advertising. Doping. The wrong sports. Obscene amounts of money being spent on too few people. Crass displays of national pride bordering on xenophobia. The chequered history of the IOC. It's all just a game, anyway.
Rugby: How Henry almost coached the Highlanders
Rugby: How Henry almost coached the Highlanders
One of the big what-ifs of Graham Henry's career has nothing to do with Wayne Barnes.
Johnson jumping back into Olympic coverage
Johnson jumping back into Olympic coverage
Tony Johnson has built a reputation as one of New Zealand's premier rugby broadcasters since starting in radio in Blenheim in 1978. But the Re:Union host will be watching horses, not halfbacks, at the London Olympics. Struck with a case of laryngitis recently, he protected his voice and answered some of sports editor Hayden Meikle's questions via email.
Young striker ready to stick it to 'em
Young striker ready to stick it to 'em
In no time at all, Hugo Inglis has gone from wide-eyed teenager to established Black Stick. He will soon be able to add Olympian to his list of achievements. The Southern striker talks to sports editor Hayden Meikle.
Rugby: Joubert fears career could be over
Rugby: Joubert fears career could be over
Luckless Otago captain Eben Joubert is out for the season and is facing the prospect his career is over.