Steel co-coach Janine Southby will be part of the Silver Ferns coaching staff for the quadrangular series in Australia later in the year.
The Wellington Phoenix is again heading to Dunedin.
Otago loose forward Adam Thomson has earned a call-up to the All Blacks' starting XV for the second test against Ireland tomorrow night. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn wonders why Thomson has never won outright love from the All Black coaches.
Nice ground, good atmosphere. But jeepers, it was cold.
He has done most things in his career but Dan Carter experienced a first on Saturday night.
Kushla Glover is not letting breast feeding and dirty nappies get in the way of her sport.
Otago will name its squad early next month but is unlikely to have experienced lock Tom Donnelly in its ranks.
The injury problems keep mounting for the Steel with replacement defender Stephanie Bond now nursing a calf strain and looking in doubt for the clash in Invercargill next Monday.
Greg Henderson has finally made the start line of the Tour de France.
A hearing into an allegation of racial abuse by a referee at a Dunedin premier league game has been adjourned and details of any punishment have been kept under wraps.
Young Kavanagh College basketballer Richard Rodger is about to mix it with some Australian tall timber.
After eight years in the assistant's chair, Steve Hansen now becomes the director. But will he be Clint Eastwood or Michael Bay? Rugby writer Steve Hepburn takes a look at what the new All Black coach has to do.
Columba College won the Otago secondary schools netball championships at the Edgar Centre yesterday but it was a close-run thing.
New coach Steve Hansen is looking forward to playing in his home town this week and is fully aware of the expectations on his side.
Aaron Smith admits he had the longest day of his life on Saturday but boy, did it end with a bang.
They may be relaxed now - and there is only bragging rights up for grabs - but there will still be plenty of will to win among both sides tomorrow, North captain Luke Braid says.
Members of Parliament will strut their stuff on the rugby field and netball court tomorrow in a fund-raising venture.
There are plenty of doom-sayers out there, those who are questioning the point of reviving the North-South clash. But if nothing else, it is a game that can throw up the unexpected. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn winds the clock back to look at a couple of games which have lingered in the memory.
The Super 15 is on hiatus and the Highlanders' playoff hopes are teetering. But Jamie Joseph's men still have a chance of experiencing post-season play for the first time in a decade. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the options.
Less than two years ago, Aaron Smith was not even a professional rugby player - he cut and blow-dried hair in his time away from the paddock.