Steve Hepburn

Four All Blacks have come back into the Highlanders starting side but Liam Squire will continue to cool his heels.

Queenstown ski racer Alice Robinson has been crowned Junior World Champion in Giant Slalom.

Macaela Turfus is eyeing up a big year and hoping it starts well at the New Zealand Championships, which begin on Lake Ruataniwha today.

Any talk of World Cup trials and selection questions have been swatted away by Black Caps spinner Todd Astle.

Liam Squire is the latest All Black to confirm he is heading off to Japan at the end of the year.

Josh Ioane is not getting ahead of himself.

The Highlanders may not have been beaten at home for nearly two years but it means nothing when every game kicks off.

Highlanders midfielder Sio Tomkinson is due to face a hearing tomorrow night over his red card in the match against the Chiefs, and he looks certain to spend time on the sideline.

Newcomer Josh Taylor came from nowhere to win the Taieri Classic on the Taieri Lakes course yesterday.

Cometh the hour, cometh the Garbhan.

The Highlanders rose off the canvas to steal a win off the Chiefs in Hamilton last night.

Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger paid tribute to his new players and his old ones for the side's comeback victory over the Chiefs in Hamilton last night.

What started out as something of a joke has led to a summer escape for some young American rowers.

The conference system is doing a disservice to the New Zealand teams in Super Rugby and gives a clear advantage to teams from Australia and South Africa.

The World Cup always signals change for the sport in New Zealand, as players head away and others rise up.

Players from the South have been selected in New Zealand development teams set to head to Japan next week.

You can talk about luck. You can talk about the referees. You can even find some sort of conspiracy theory in the draw.

Everyone was available to play for the Highlanders, but it will be a mixed team which clashes with the Chiefs in Hamilton tomorrow night.