The dropping of Adam Thomson and Michael Hobbs from this week's Super 14 match has just made a hard job even harder, Highlanders chief executive Richard Reid says.
Otago United captain Tim Horner is set to lead his side into uncharted territory.
Sir Eion Edgar has been appointed vice-president of the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Phillip Johnstone has just put his name in the school record book, seeing off some illustrious company.
North Otago is still waiting to appoint a coach for this year but has named an assistant coach.
Two former All Blacks will lead the Otago Rugby Football Union board. Wayne Graham was elected chairman last night at the first meeting of the new board, while former All Black coach Laurie Mains is the new deputy chairman.
Murray McCully says he is impressed by progress made at the Forsyth Barr Stadium and feels the Rugby World Cup is on track.
Conceding penalties through their own indiscipline was extremely costly says Highlanders coach Glenn Moore as he was left to rue his heaviest defeat while in charge of the side.
The Highlanders will have to do without captain Jimmy Cowan when they play the Bulls in Pretoria this weekend.
Plenty of possession and plenty of territory all came literally to nothing for the Highlanders yesterday.
Waverley picked up its first win of the season and Dodgers took the easier path to the final in the penultimate day of senior men's softball at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Players come and go on the rugby paddock. However, for the past 12 months in Otago, there have been plenty of comings and goings off the field. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the mass change that has occurred at board level.
Otago captain Alando Soakai is staying with the province for the next two years.
The Highlanders have gained their first victory of the season - now they need to make winning a habit.
At last, a win. In a match where neither side could get well out in front until the death, the Highlanders beat the Cheetahs 31-24 in Bloemfontein yesterday morning.
The Highlanders have named an unchanged starting 15 to take on the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZ time).
Look out - the Russians may be coming.
Edgar Centre manager Russell Lundy is moving on but believes the centre has turned into a wonderful asset for Dunedin.
Michael Hobbs has made a lightning start to this year's Super 14 but Highlanders coach Glenn Moore believes the inside back has plenty left to give.
It was a day to forget for Otago United in Christchurch yesterday, going down 2-0 to Canterbury with two of its key players stood down before the game for disciplinary reasons.
