Hayden Meikle

Highlanders forward Hoani MacDonald is reported to have signed for Welsh club Newport Gwent.

Highlanders coach Glenn Moore has seen hints of encouragement all season but he was feeling only dismay as he reflected on the abject loss to the Bulls yesterday.

Coach Don Sims hopes the Otago Nuggets will continue their resurgence and add to the Waikato Pistons' pain in Te Awamutu tonight.

In the third profile in our series looking at people behind the scenes in the Highlanders camp, Hayden Meikle talks to Wayne Inch.

Southern rugby fans will get to be first in, first served when tickets go on public sale in early June for the test between the All Blacks and the Springboks at Carisbrook.

Every few years, Otago University rugby seems to produce a Josh. There was Josh Kronfeld, the peerless All Black flanker, and then Josh Blackie, the Highlanders captain unlucky to wear the black jersey only at sevens level.

James Wilson and the Highlanders were hurting last night after they narrowly failed to seal a dramatic upset win against the Sharks at Carisbrook.

After a win and a near-win against South African sides, Highlanders coach Glenn Moore is confident his side will find success on the road.

The success of the New Zealand Open at Arrowtown has contributed to a dramatic swing in financial fortunes for New Zealand Golf.

Adam Thomson is delighted to have a single digit on his back tonight and has vowed to make the most of a rare start for the Highlanders.

Glenn Moore has made one of the boldest selection calls of his brief Highlanders tenure by demoting experienced halfback Jimmy Cowan to the bench for tomorrow's game against the Sharks.

Things are going from bad to worse for the slumping Highlanders, who can now add a loose forward crisis to the shame of being last in the Super 14.

James Ryan has terminated his Otago contract and revealed he will take an indefinite break from rugby to allow his battered body a chance to recover from surgery.

It has been a tough season but the Highlanders, hoping to avoid a sixth consecutive defeat against the Chiefs tonight, have not lacked success stories.

Ian Foster is not being patronising when he says he knows just how the winless Highlanders are feeling.

Matt Dallow's nickname is Cougar, but to the Highlanders he can often seem more like a raging bull. Dallow is the member of Highlanders management the players most love to hate.

Tom Harding is the quintessential rugby nomad.