Rugby: Highlanders seek double over Chiefs
Rugby: Highlanders seek double over Chiefs
There are some things that just do not go together - oil and water, cats and dogs, Hone and Don. Another? The Highlanders and Hamilton.
Steve Hepburn
Rugby: Injuries a headache for Highlanders
Rugby: Injuries a headache for Highlanders
The Highlanders face an injury crisis in the outside backs and star loose forward Adam Thomson is out for a month, as the side's lack of depth starts to be exposed.
Rugby: Sopoaga returns for Highlanders in Hamilton
Rugby: Sopoaga returns for Highlanders in Hamilton
Lima Sopoaga comes back into the side while Robbie Robinson is slotted into fullback as the Highlanders look to get their season back on track after hitting a speed bump last week.
Rugby: ORFU confident 'Brook will be up to scratch
Rugby: ORFU confident 'Brook will be up to scratch
Carisbrook will be fit and ready for the test between the All Blacks and Fiji in July and a large video screen will be in operation.
Young rugby player staying positive after spinal injury
Young rugby player staying positive after spinal injury
Taieri teenager Austen Haig remains positive, despite a serious spinal injury suffered in a club rugby match last month.
Rugby: Atiga called up to reinforce injury-stricken Highlanders
Rugby: Atiga called up to reinforce injury-stricken Highlanders
Ben Atiga has joined the Highlanders and more reinforcements may be drafted in as the side sifts through its casualty ward.
Rugby: Bad habits of old back to haunt side
Rugby: Bad habits of old back to haunt side
It was like the Highlanders of a year or two ago. Inaccuracies, handling mistakes, brain explosions and, of course, a loss.
Rugby: Don't wait around, Rutledge urges team-mates
Rugby: Don't wait around, Rutledge urges team-mates
Hooker Jason Rutledge believes the Highlanders each need to start quickly tonight and not wait around for someone else to do something.
Rugby: OBHS steamrolled by Southland Boys'
Rugby: OBHS steamrolled by Southland Boys'
Southland Boys' High School saved its best for last when it won the Highlanders First XV competition with a thumping 50-14 win over Otago Boys' High School in Invercargill on Saturday.
Rugby: Highlanders First XV - the Southland teams
Rugby: Highlanders First XV - the Southland teams
Otago Daily Times rugby writer Steve Hepburn runs the rule over the Southland teams in the Highlanders First XV competition.
Rugby: Highlanders First XV - the Dunedin teams
Rugby: Highlanders First XV - the Dunedin teams
Otago Daily Times rugby writer Steve Hepburn runs the rule over the Dunedin teams in the Highlanders First XV competition.
Rugby: Referees in short supply in province
Rugby: Referees in short supply in province
They have been the centre of attention this week but the game cannot go on without them, and in some parts of Otago they are in short supply.
First XV rugby: The pride and the passion
First XV rugby: The pride and the passion
For many rugby players, it is the most exciting time in their careers.
Netball: Broughton's days as coach may be over
Netball: Broughton's days as coach may be over
It appears Robyn Broughton's days as the coach of the Southern Steel are over.
Rugby: Sopoaga back in running
Rugby: Sopoaga back in running
Lima Sopoaga has come back into calculations to wear the No 10 jersey for the Highlanders in their game against the Chiefs at Hamilton on Saturday.
Touch: No easy path, but Scotland awaits Burden
Touch: No easy path, but Scotland awaits Burden
Damian Burden just lives and breathes touch. He coaches, he studies, he plays, and he is also pretty darned good at it.
Basketball: Tough double-header in store
Basketball: Tough double-header in store
The Otago Nuggets will be facing off against a fellow cellar dweller on Friday night before taking on one of the toughest sides in the league the following day.
Rugby: Smith cleared of foul play
Rugby: Smith cleared of foul play
Highlanders halfback Aaron Smith will be free to play the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday night after he was cleared of foul play at a hearing in Wellington yesterday.
Rugby: Otago signs ex-Chief
Rugby: Otago signs ex-Chief
Former Chiefs prop James McGougan has signed for Otago for the next two seasons as the province continues to build a side for the upcoming ITM Cup.
Rugby: Blues defence proves too much for Highlanders
Rugby: Blues defence proves too much for Highlanders
In a tussle which went right down to the wire, the Blues won out over the Highlanders at Carisbrook last night.