Steve Hepburn

Tony Brown and Phil Young were finally named as Otago coaches yesterday.

The All Blacks will face their oldest foe in their first match at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.

The Springboks are great, but roll out the green and gold mat for the Wallabies in 2013.

Jamie Joseph says he would be interested in coaching the New Zealand Maori side next year but he would have to know all the details before making a commitment.

Shane Warne made the announcement this week he is getting back into competitive cricket, albeit in the shortest version of the game. He is just one of many athletes who can not leave the changing room for good. Sports reporter Steve Hepburn looks at athletes who have tried to come back to relive former glories.

A rugby manager is being sought by the Otago Rugby Football Union as the union streamlines its staff to almost a third of what it employed five years ago.

The decision to build a temporary stadium in Christchurch effectively meant a bid by the Otago Rugby Football Union to get Ireland to play a test in Dunedin next year never gained traction, ORFU general manager Richard Reid said yesterday.

Graham Lowe says Australian league clubs will be eyeing up the new Forsyth Barr Stadium, and it is the best-kept secret in world sport.

Holding their nerve at exactly the right time led to the Otago Special Olympics football side winning the inaugural transtasman championship in Wellington last weekend.

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.