University A beat Momona A 2-1 in a fierce contest this weekend in the premier women's competition.
Ben and Owen Franks are the latest set of brothers to play for the All Blacks, a trend which started more than 125 years ago.
Spectators will be breath tested at a school rugby game in Christchurch later this month but the practice will not be heading south.
The rain has stopped and the fields are drying out for the annual Taieri junior seven-a-side tournament to be played at Peter Johnstone Park on Monday.
Otago players will be going back to the grassroots and passing on tips to junior players this season.
Otago back Ben Smith is not out of the All Black picture for the early-season internationals, and it appears versatility may be the ace in his pack.
Souhtern stalwart Mike Reggett has been picked as one of 20 team liaison officers for next year's World Cup.
The hunt for volunteers for next year's World Cup begins next week, with a national campaign to enlist helpers.
North Otago will have plenty of work to do to make it back into the Meads Cup this year after the draw for the Heartland Championships was released yesterday.
There is no doubt the Super 14 is a hard competition.
The Highlanders have come up with a "recovery plan" to steer the franchise into the future but their chairman is remaining tight-lipped about what it involves.
The first All Black team of the 2010 international season will be announced tomorrow. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn gets past the walking wounded and comes up with a 26-player squad to battle the Irish and then the Welsh.
The Highlanders have their 2010 season awards evening next week. It would be fair to say it will be a short affair.
Southland coaches David Henderson and Simon Culhane are keeping their cards close to their chests on whether they want to coach the Highlanders next year, while Jamie Joseph looks a long shot to move south.
The Highlanders' season has drawn to a close on the field and now the off-field investigation begins, with coach Glenn Moore saying he is keen to continue in a job about which he cares passionately.
The Highlanders are about to finish their sixth straight year as the bottom-placed New Zealand team in the Super 14. But hope is on the horizon as the New Zealand Rugby Union moves to allow franchises to directly contract players.
The southern invasion is taking shape with a sold-out train set to journey to Invercargill on the day of Otago's Ranfurly Shield challenge.
Otago prop Keith Cameron dislocated his shoulder in a game on Sunday but should be right for the representative season.
A South Island competition has been set up this year for sides below first-class level.
Heriot hooker Fraser Fletcher has had his ban reduced from four weeks to one week and will play tomorrow against Owaka.