Jeremy Curragh says the Otago Rugby Football Union needs to raise revenue and get the professional side of the game to turn a profit.
The Highlanders Schools First XV competition is due to start in April and three games in the competition will be televised.
The Otago Rugby Supporters Club is still hunting for new premises and will stay at Carisbrook for now, despite games being played on the other side of town.
The cash-strapped Otago Rugby Football Union intends to slash its future player wage bill - which was $1.1 million last year - by $400,000, chairman Wayne Graham revealed yesterday.
Otago Rugby Football Union chairman Wayne Graham admits the union's financial situation is "tender" but a full picture will not be known for another couple of weeks.
The $1.2 million debt incurred by the Otago Rugby Football Union when it sold Carisbrook more than two years ago is now weighing heavily on union finances, board deputy chairman Laurie Mains says.
As the Otago Rugby Football Union continues to struggle to balance its books, rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at how it got there and finds it is not alone.
The man brought in to help sort through the finances of the Otago Rugby Football Union is to have an extended stay.
Hosea Gear will get his first outing in a Highlanders jersey tomorrow while a couple of King's High School old boys will patrol the midfield.
The engine inside Nasi Manu does not know the off button.
Playing consistent golf throughout the weekend, Matt Tautari was a convincing winner of the Dunedin strokeplay championships at St Clair.
Hoani Macdonald never thought he would be seen again in the Highlanders jersey, but it is one chance he intends to take.
The Chiefs jumped out of the blocks and managed to keep out a fast finishing Highlanders outfit in Queenstown today.
Coach Jamie Joseph says competition for places should make the Highlanders better, although time is running out to get everyone fit.
What came first, the chicken or the egg? The same sort of question could be levelled at professional sport in this, or any, country.
The perception cricket is basking in an Indian summer while other codes are battling a global economic storm is just that - perception.
One of the most frequently heard criticisms of professional sport is that the players are paid too much. But does that argument stack up? Steve Hepburn (rugby) and Adrian Seconi (cricket) investigate.
The Highlanders are aiming to sell out the first game of the season and are about to open a zoo.
The Black Caps have beaten Zimbabwe at Dunedin today in the first one-day international in a match which never rose to any heights.
James McGarry has become the latest Otago product to join the Asia Pacific Football Academy, and will join a United Nations of talent.