New Otago coach Phil Mooney admits it is up to him to prove himself, and he has been impressed with what he has seen of the Otago side.
You can run but you cannot hide - not with modern technology on the sports field.
Chris Dickie has a golden glow.
Wind has been in abundant supply in Dunedin this summer and competitors in this week's national windsurfing slalom championships will be hoping it stays around for a while yet.
The Highlanders got exactly what they wanted in their match against a Suva President's XV in Lautoka on Saturday.
Tom Donnelly has had a great past few months and now laces up his boots for the 2010 season. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn talks to the All Black lock.
Angus Bradshaw has resigned as from the Highlanders board, the fifth member of the board to leave in the past year.
The Highlanders will be wanting it hot for today's match against a Suva President's XV in Lautoka.
Top Australians Craig Parry and Peter Lonard highlight the field for the New Zealand Open, though for the second year in a row the defending champion is not returning.
Mike Mullins has been dumped as North Otago coach, and Barry Matthews floated as a possible replacement.
New interpretations of rules should hopefully make the game more entertaining, acting Sanzar referee manager Lyndon Bray says.
As a start, most, if not all, Highlanders fans would take it.
It will be more about what happens on the field than what happens on the scoreboard in today's pre-season warm-up match between the Highlanders and the Chiefs at Carisbrook.
Dunedin youngster Elise Mamanu-Gray has a big year ahead of her after overcoming a disappointment which nearly saw her quit the sport.
Highlanders coach Glenn Moore said nothing should be read into the team he has named to take on the Chiefs at Carisbrook tomorrow.
It will be a combination of the codes at Carisbrook on Saturday, as first rugby and then football get their time on the ground.
Trampolining, once seen as part of a warm-up for gymnastics, is now a fully fledged sport, with Olympic medals at stake and there is hope that the sport will get a base in Dunedin.
A game in Fiji was not what the Highlanders wanted to do, but the side was left with little option after two of its traditional pre-season opponents decided to play overseas.
Millbrook will next month host the richest senior tournament seen in New Zealand as a three-senior-tournament swing emerges in the South.
Andy Boyens sometimes has to pinch himself about the past few months. The former Kavanagh College pupil is back in Dunedin as the Major League Football season takes a break. He talks to reporter Steve Hepburn.