The Warriors sparked into life in the final quarter to beat the Broncos 16-10 in the NRL pre-season game at Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight.
Big-time rugby league. In Dunedin.
Some refer to Thomas Makea as the greatest outfielder in the history of New Zealand softball, but the Black Sox veteran is far too humble to accept that praise. Sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to Makea a week out from the world championships in Auckland.
The strength of the Brisbane Broncos can be measured by the players on their bench for Saturday's clash against the Warriors in Dunedin.
A rare Saints loss might have offered a skerrick of hope to the three chasing teams in the Dunedin premier competition.
It is at once the most prestigious and the most polarising night in New Zealand sport. The Halberg Awards are tonight held for a 50th time (well, not really). Sports editor Hayden Meikle looks back over the history of the awards and makes his predictions.
That was some Super Bowl.
The Fifa Under-20 World Cup, to be hosted by New Zealand in 2015, will feature the most talented footballers we have seen in this part of the world. For those scoffing that it is a ''junior'' tournament, Hayden Meikle selects a team of the world's best players aged 20 and under. Prepare to be impressed.
The establishment of a Dunedin-based centre linked to an English football club has gathered pace with confirmation of a base and trial dates.
A recent development in New Zealand sport has been both interesting and slightly dismaying.
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.
The South's most promising footballers will be given a direct pathway to a professional career when an English club establishes a development centre in Dunedin.
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.