Rugby: Buoyant Highlanders raring to go
Rugby: Buoyant Highlanders raring to go
There was a spring in the step of the Highlanders yesterday as they started preparations for what they hope will be a memorable Super 14 season.
Hayden Meikle
Rugby: Mooney, Smith likely in mix
Rugby: Mooney, Smith likely in mix
Former Queensland Reds coach Phil Mooney and former Bay of Plenty coach Greg Smith may be surprise contenders for the Otago coaching job.
Rugby: Witt back to league after failed romance with Otago
Rugby: Witt back to league after failed romance with Otago
Otago's Michael Witt experiment lasted nine months.
Video game stocking fillers
Video game stocking fillers
Ho, ho, ho. My goodness, there are some great video games out this Christmas. Hayden Meikle picks out half a dozen for your stocking.
France beats All Blacks as it happened
France beats All Blacks as it happened
Cricket: Otago skipper sparks success
Cricket: Otago skipper sparks success
Katey Martin is the Daniel Vettori of Otago women's cricket and she showed over the weekend she is relishing extra responsibility.
Cricket: Five-wicket bags not enough
Cricket: Five-wicket bags not enough
Jamie Murley and Sam Jones celebrated fine individual performances but had to suffer collective defeat in franchise club cricket on Saturday.
Football: Time of his life for ex-Tech defender
Football: Time of his life for ex-Tech defender
Like any good defender, Alex Chiet has an impeccable sense of timing.
World Cup tickets on sale in April
World Cup tickets on sale in April
Organisers are confident Rugby World Cup games in Dunedin will be played at the new Forsyth Barr Stadium, but have unveiled a ticketing scheme that covers the possibility of Carisbrook being used.
Rugby: Prices for cup tickets fair, Snedden says
Rugby: Prices for cup tickets fair, Snedden says
Martin Snedden is smart enough to know he can expect some grumbling over the next few days but is confident he can answer any critics.
Softball: Families playing the generation game
Softball: Families playing the generation game
Meet the Mathiesons and the Ludlows.
Softball: Runs aplenty in club games
Softball: Runs aplenty in club games
Two wins gave the Dodgers bragging rights but most of the action was in other games in Dunedin softball on Saturday.
The Last Word: Marauding baboons a worry
The Last Word: Marauding baboons a worry
Sign up for Alison Are you angry? I am.
Softball: Saints, Dodgers dominate first doubleheader
Softball: Saints, Dodgers dominate first doubleheader
It was doubleheader day for the first time in Dunedin club softball on Saturday and the big guns took the opportunity to dominate.
Rugby: Carvell rules himself out of coaching race
Rugby: Carvell rules himself out of coaching race
Assistant coach Bruce Carvell has ruled himself out of the contest for the top Otago job and hopes the new coach will get support from the union.
The Last Word: Greatest moment in NZ football since...
The Last Word: Greatest moment in NZ football since...
• Ranking achievements . . .
There is nothing left to say about the All Whites except, maybe, considering where they now rank in modern New Zealand sport.
Rushing to compile lists comparing one sport to another, one athlete to another and one era to another can be as pointless as debating the respective merits of chocolate and cheese.
Football: NZ-raised All Whites our boys
Football: NZ-raised All Whites our boys
Paston, Nelsen, Fallon, Sigmund - their names can now rank alongside those of Sumner, Rufer, Almond and Wooddin. But there is a major difference between the 1982 and 2010 All Whites, as sports editor Hayden Meikle discovers.
Hayden Meikle: All Whites wipe floor with rugby
Hayden Meikle: All Whites wipe floor with rugby
Are we dreaming? That's how it seems.
All Whites' golden goal
All Whites' golden goal
All Whites football coach Ricki Herbert hopes the money that comes with his team's qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa will not be squandered.
Cricket: Cumming gets chance to impress
Cricket: Cumming gets chance to impress
Otago captain Craig Cumming will have a chance to press for a test recall when he plays Pakistan in Queenstown this week.