A full review of the Otago secondary schools competition will be carried out after the season ends but it is unclear whether there has been an increase in violent incidents.
Dunedin loose forward Mark Atkins has been selected for a New Zealand sevens training camp in Mt Maunganui this week.
Reality has arrived for Otago.
The Highlanders beat the Chiefs in the first round of the Super 15 and it looked like it was going to be a long year for the Chiefs. But they turned it around to win the competition, while the Highlanders fell to ninth. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at four key differences between the Chiefs and the Highlanders.
Otago coach Tony Brown says his side needed the game against Tasman yesterday and now has an idea what is expected of it this season.
Jiujitsu royalty came to Dunedin yesterday.
There is likely to be one Steel game fewer in Dunedin next year.
If Rob Verbakel looks fresh on the rugby paddock, there is a good reason why.
In four years, the Olympic Games move to Rio de Janeiro and rugby will get involved. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks into the crystal ball and picks a New Zealand sevens team for the next Olympics.
Hayden Parker gets his chance to direct Otago around the paddock, while young Taieri prop Aki Seiuli gets to wear the blue and gold jersey in the team named to play Tasman on Sunday.
Otago will be sporting new threads this season.
New Otago women's coach Marty Gray is realistic about prospects this season but says the side should not lack team spirit and energy.
Shay Kerry with the tools of his trade.
For most young guys it comes down to two choices - rugby or football.
But not for Shay Kerry. He plays both and is making great strides in the two sports.
Kerry started out playing football when he lived in Folkestone in England.
He was good enough to get into the Millwall Football Club's system in London and played for that club's junior sides.
A hearing will take place tonight into an incident at a schoolboy game which led to it being abandoned late last month.
At this precise moment, thinking about rugby tests against South Africa, Australia and Argentina is as probably as distant as the length of a Bond-Murray victory.
Otago coach Tony Brown has not yet made a decision on who will be the new Otago captain but Eben Joubert will not be replaced in the squad.
Away from the London Olympics, the rugby season rolls on. The All Black squad for the new Rugby Championship is named tomorrow. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn takes a look at a possible squad and the chances of the Highlanders' players making the cut.
After a season in which they have overachieved inall departments, the Chiefs get the chance to win it all tomorrow night in Hamilton. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at three areas that will be key if they are to emerge victorious over the Sharks.
Paul Grant will captain a shadow Otago team which includes a schoolboy in its reserves as focus on Otago rugby finally gets back on to the field today.
As far as examinations go, this was not the toughest. For a side which is to play at the highest first-class level this was akin to a nuclear physicist lining up in the kindergarten maths quiz, but there can be few complaints when it scores more than a point a minute.