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.
The Otago union would gladly welcome Carl Hayman back to the province but any return to New Zealand for the big prop will be driven by the national union.
For the first time in its history, the national sevens tournament in Queenstown got a drenching at the weekend.
Otago had a day to remember followed by a day to forget at the national sevens tournament in Queenstown at the weekend.
A team from the North Island looms as the favourite at the national Sevens in Queenstown this weekend, but national coach Gordon Tietjens is lamenting the number of players who will not be on show.
The Highlanders swung back into training yesterday.
There will be rugby talent on and off the park at the national sevens excitement tournament in Queenstown starting tomorrow.
Otago does not get a lot of time to digest its first twenty/20 loss of the season as it faces up to Canterbury in Christchurch today.
Otago has been handed a tough draw at the national sevens tournament in Queenstown this weekend.
Fairfield bowler Ken Walker says he was a centimetre away from national glory.
Plenty has already been written about the 2011 Rugby World Cup. But who will run out on to the field with the hopes of four million sitting on its shoulders? Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the men who will be trusted to get their hands on the much prized silverware after 24 long years.
The sport: Rugby The event: Otago v North Harbour The place: Carisbrook The date: October 5, 1991
On the face of it, Dawn Ibbotson and Ross Taylor do not appear to have much in common.
Tim Colling admits he has a big job ahead of him but it is one he is looking forward to. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn finds out what Colling hopes to do in his new role as the Otago union's player development manager.
North Otago will get the first challenge for the Ranfurly Shield next year, but it will probably not be until the new year before it is known whether Otago will get a crack at the elusive log o' wood.
They are a rare sight these days - Pakistan fans able to watch test cricket live.
Despite suffering outright losses in its first two games, Otago coach Mike Hesson feels his side is making progress and wants to continue that upward swing against Central Districts starting today in Napier.
The decision review system has undergone two changes, which third umpire Rudi Koertzen says will be warmly welcomed by umpires in the middle.
