The lights that once lit up Carisbrook will light up the Crusaders.
New Highlanders signing James Haskell says the Highlanders are the perfect set-up for him to develop his game.
Tony Brown and Phil Young were not named as Otago coaches yesterday, although it appears only paperwork is getting in the way of the duo stepping into the roles.
There will be an incentive to get your tickets early for the A-League football match between the Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar at Forsyth Barr Stadium next month.
Former Highlanders scrum coach Steve Cumberland is back in Japan and says he left the franchise of his own free will.
The City of Dunedin Legends Pro-Am event will not be played next year, with Dunedin losing out on seeing former top golfers such as Mike Harwood and Rodger Davis in action.
This is the Hillary step, the final surge to get to the top of the mountain.
One more match, and it will - hopefully - be ours.
So this is it. This is bigger than big. Bigger than the hole in the navigational charts on the Rena.
Everyone loves a good parade, especially when there is something shiny and gold at the end of it.
Steve Hansen looks set to step into Graham Henry's shoes but who he will take along for the ride is still up in the air.
Stephen Donald says the criticism over the years has never got to him, that it is not his job to prove people wrong.
If anyone has got any nails left after that game last night then they must have ice running through their veins.
It was the arm wrestle to beat all arm wrestles but, All Blacks, you are World Cup Champions.
Otago Daily Times rugby writer Steve Hepburn has been on the Rugby World Cup trail since the opening game. He looks back on the tournament.
The new stadium in Dunedin is a boon for the region and was a highlight of the World Cup, Martin Snedden says.
Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport. No 18: Otago wins first NPC title (1991)
Bring on the real final. In the battle for third place at the World Cup, Australia ran out a 21-18 winner over Wales at Eden Park last night in a game which will disappear into the night quickly.
Surely it is our time. We have waited and waited a long, long time.
When Israel Dagg arrived in the South he was a fresh-faced 20-year-old who was a bit of an unknown.