Steve Hepburn

For four years, Black Sticks defender Kane Russell has had to re-live it nearly every day.

Nearly a 100 years of family racing history came to a close at Forbury Park, in Dunedin, last night, but it was not a fairytale finish.

Former Otago coach Cory Brown has answered the call and is helping lend a hand to the men in the middle.

We wait everywhere these days.

There is nothing to pick between the Highlanders and the Brumbies as the visiting side looks to keep its final dreams alive.

Football South will wait to learn more details before any decisions are made after a Chatham Cup match in which 13 yellow cards and three red cards — including one to a member of the sideline staff...

The Highlanders are not going to go straight to bonus-point mode in their must-win match against the Brumbies in Canberra on Friday night.

The Bush Pigs have marked their debut with a win.

In this day and age where it is all about skin folds, bench presses and broncos, Michael Collins is a rarity.

It was the sign of a rise in fortune when Tap ‘n’ Go won the last at Wingatui yesterday.

The Waratahs are the equivalent of the Italian army: they are always beaten, fold like a pack of cards and possess a defence more leaky than a National Party caucus.

The club is 150 not out and plenty are coming to celebrate.

Olympic-bound swimmer Erika Fairweather will get the full — and that means full — use of the 50m pool at Dunedin’s Moana Pool for a week as the Tokyo Games come into focus.

Former Otago winger Gavin Stark is the toast of his French club, which was making headlines off the field last week.

The Highlanders did enough — but it was still not enough.

Forget about having the flashest boots — it is about flash mouthguards for a select group of Dunedin rugby players.

History never repeats - and it better not for the Highlanders.