Steve Hepburn

The English football season kicks off this weekend with the first round of the Premier League. Sports editor Steve Hepburn takes a punt on who is going to be top dog and who will be heading south...

Dunedin Technical coach Tony Martin is urging the new Southern League be expanded to two rounds next year and said it can only help the sport in the south.

The author of a new book on Keith Murdoch says the former All Black and Otago prop is overdue an apology from New Zealand Rugby for the despicable way he was treated.

The intensity for the Otago side will go up a notch or three when it takes on the cream of the crop and some untried youngsters in Christchurch tonight.

The Highlanders’ season ended last Saturday night with a forgettable second half against the Waratahs and a one-week playoff run. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks back at the season.

Former Southland prop Tuki Raimona has been banned for two years after admitting he took dianabol, a prohibited substance.

Is it time for New Zealand rugby to start doing something about the drain to Japan?

Lima Sopoaga has scored the most points for the Highlanders but he is not the leading points-scorer in Super Rugby for the team.

This was one that definitely got away.

School has been out for the past two weeks but training has continued for top school players, as the Otago premier school competition resumed on Saturday.

Kaikorai easily made it into the top four of premier rugby club competition after it defeated Harbour 48-21 at Watson Park this afternoon.

There was some big scores in the Otago Premier Schools rugby competition today.

Just over six weeks ago, Otago was home to two of the most important coaches in New Zealand sport — now neither of them are there.

The serious stuff arrives tonight for the Highlanders and the question is: which Highlanders side is going to turn up?

When Luke Whitelock arrived in the South in 2016, the pulses of Highlanders’ fans were hardly racing.

Anne Wilson is entering something of a man’s world but to her it is just another day at the office — and an exciting one at that.

Janine Southby was left with little option but to resign yesterday, admitting not enough progress had been made and she had to take responsibility.

Super Rugby has come down to the quarterfinal stage and it is now win or go home. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn with the help of the Lamp, has a look as what side is going to be smiling come August 4.

Kaikorai will not change its approach when it heads to Watson Park to take on Harbour tomorrow.