Steve Hepburn

Four Otago clubs have made the long trek to Lake Karapiro for the national championships which start today.

The Otago Rugby Football Union is not boosting its numbers and has one of the smaller staff of provinces around the country.

The New Zealand Masters Games wrapped up yesterday with plenty of pride and panache,  and organisers happy with how the nine-day sporting festival ran.

Southern United was made to pay for a couple of sloppy plays on defence as it fell 3-1 to a clinical Team Wellington at Sunnyvale yesterday.

The Highlanders performed the worst of the New Zealand sides at the Brisbane Tens during the weekend but will not be too down about it.

There were a couple of contrasting wins in the Otago 5000m championships at the Caledonian Ground  in Dunedin on Saturday.

Bryan Williams says watching all the competitors take part at the New Zealand Masters Games  motivates him to get involved. However,  a third hip replacement and  other commitments...

The lure of  Otago was too great for James Doleman to ignore.

Tim McLennan is trying to make the best of a late start.

The Highlanders have bagged a win and a loss on the opening day of the Brisbane tens.

The Highlanders will not go into the tens tournament totally blind but they will still be feeling their way as the action gets under way this afternoon.

Former All Black and Otago forward Gary Seear was ahead of his time.

Former All Black and Otago forward Gary Seear has died.

The Halberg Awards take place tonight  and always create a bit of excitement. Sports editor Steve Hepburn takes a guess at who is going to win what.

A gold medal came the way of an Auckland accountant but it was not in the sport he envisaged.

Paul Galland knows every player he comes across is not going to be an All Black.

The Highlanders will head to Brisbane today for the tens tournament and it is fair to say they are not overtraining for it.

Peter Welsh wanted to come back and play golf at the New Zealand Masters Games as it was where it all first started with him.

Eu Ho Siew is an example of many competitors who have turned up for the Masters Games.

In this day and age you  would think there would be a drone involved. Or some flash mechanical digger.