Otago lock Josh Townsend is heading north, having signed for Auckland for two years.
Otago Colts lost 28-24 to Counties-Manukau in Pukekohe in the final game of their northern tour yesterday.
Queenstown will play host to 14 rugby teams this week as the resort stages its first age group rugby tournament.
Rugby is the most popular sport in Otago player-wise and coaching numbers are also on the rise.
Jessica Hamill is like a lot of New Zealand athletes going to the Commonwealth Games next month.
Otago B had a resounding 74-10 win over Southland Country at Carisbrook on Saturday.
Neither side will lack for motivation when Otago and Southland clash in a vital match in Gore tomorrow.
Players need to take individual responsibility for their play and when chances are on offer they simply must be taken, Otago captain Alando Soakai says.
Adam Thomson's season is over.
Brad Cameron had been out of the loop but now finds himself in the thick of things.
Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is happy with the draw his side has received in the Super rugby competition next year.
The three Rugby World Cup games to be played in Dunedin next year will all kick off at night, with the city hosting the final game of pool play.
Otago assistant coach David Latta admits his job is a lot more than he expected, but he is loving every minute of it.
Loose forward Adam Thomson says he wants to be involved in the new Highlanders regime and that, in the end, convinced him to stay.
It was a win but - to state the obvious - it was ugly. Extremely ugly. If it had been played on the front lawn, the curtains would have been drawn.
Carla Hohepa has come a long way since turning up at an Alhambra-Union training session five years ago.
The only way is up. After a 10-day lay-off, Otago takes the field tomorrow afternoon against Hawkes Bay knowing a win of any form or description is an absolute must.
A win at last. Otago scored its first victory of the ITM Cup season, winning 17-16 in a real arm wrestle at Carisbrook yesterday, played in a howling gale.
Wayne Graham says he is as frustrated as anyone about the Otago team's losing run but he is optimistic the side is not far away from getting a win.
Raylene Bates and Helen Littleworth say they excited, rather than apprehensive, about going to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games.