Ben Miller has signed up to be a Hawk, and he is already flying high. Ben, a year 13 pupil at Otago Boys' High School, has been awarded a scholarship by Australian rules football side Hawthorn,...
A result this weekend will decide when the two members of the Highlanders plying their trade in Japan will become available for the franchise.
One former Otago front-rower is about to start playing overseas while another one is returning home, although he will not be taking the field again.
The Crusaders have named a powerful backline for their first pre-season match of the season, against the Highlanders in Greymouth on Friday.
It is becoming a familiar and very depressing story for the Otago Volts.
Otago may well be struggling to hold up its scrum this year with props James McGougan and Halani Aulika moving on from the region.
Terry O'Brien tried out a new bat on Saturday - and it would be fair to say it more than met expectations.
What really went on between Anton Oliver and Laurie Mains will probably go with them to their graves. Suffice to say neither of them are on the other's Christmas card list.
Auckland and Taranaki loom large as the teams to beat as this weekend's national sevens tournament in Queenstown.
It's hot. The ground is hard - damn hard.
The Otago Sparks went down to the Northern Spirit at Lincoln last night and wrote their own demise thanks to a wayward bowling effort.
The Otago Volts fell to a 28 run loss against the Central Stags in a twenty/20 match in Nelson tonight.
Otago kept up its topsy-turvy twenty/20 campaign with a loss against Central Districts in Nelson last night.
Otago Volts coach Vaughn Johnson has given a ringing endorsement to his captain, Brendon McCullum, saying it was a mistake not to make him the national skipper.
Otago will have the bonus of Buxton Popoali'i in its side when it plays at the national sevens tournament in Queenstown this weekend.
The Otago Sparks bagged their second win in a row with a comprehensive 21-run victory over the Central Hinds at the University Oval yesterday.
A win at last - although it could have not been any closer.
The new year could have not started any better for Central Hinds captain Rachel Priest.
Mark, set, now go, go, go.
The Rugby World Cup final at Eden Park climaxed a great six weeks in the country. The Otago Daily Times asked All Black physiotherapist Pete Gallagher for his memories of October 23, while reporter Steve Hepburn and photographer Craig Baxter relive the day and night.