Rugby: Must-win game for Spirit
Rugby: Must-win game for Spirit
The Otago Spirit simply has to win today against the all-conquering Auckland line-up to stay in this year's competition.
Steve Hepburn
Rugby: Cowan a 'better person'
Rugby: Cowan a 'better person'
All Black halfback Jimmy Cowan has moved on from incidents earlier in the year and become a better person, one of his employers said yesterday.
Rugby: Jury still out on new laws, Bray says
Rugby: Jury still out on new laws, Bray says
The jury is still out on whether awarding free kicks is the appropriate way to police the breakdown, says the country's refereeing boss.
Rugby: ORFU seventh on union table
Rugby: ORFU seventh on union table
Otago, supposedly a top five union, came in seventh in the rankings of unions in the review of the Air New Zealand Cup released yesterday.
Rugby: Donnelly to post half century for Otago
Rugby: Donnelly to post half century for Otago
Tom Donnelly cannot remember much about his first game in an Otago jersey.
Rugby: Players' break keeps Thomson out of team
Rugby: Players' break keeps Thomson out of team
Otago's only All Black will be barely sighted for his province this season.
Rugby: Pain of Cardiff receding
Rugby: Pain of Cardiff receding
The All Blacks' domestic season is finished and rugby writer Steve Hepburn reviews the All Blacks performance.
Rugby: Start of something new for Aldworth
Rugby: Start of something new for Aldworth
For Jeremy Aldworth it was a new experience in the blue and gold jersey last weekend.
Golf: Otago clubs in no hurry to embrace membership initiative
Golf: Otago clubs in no hurry to embrace membership initiative
Otago golf clubs have been lukewarm over a New Zealand Golf-promoted project aimed at halting the slide in club membership.
Expert eye on the oval ball
Expert eye on the oval ball
Duncan Laing was a rugby coach of the old school - training could last more than two-and a-half hours, and players got fit by running the roads.
Rugby: Otago not playing to its potential
Rugby: Otago not playing to its potential
Otago coach Steve Martin wants to be in charge again next year, but admits his side has not yet played to its full potential.
Rugby: Hard road for Spirit after loss
Rugby: Hard road for Spirit after loss
The Otago Spirit conceded a last-minute try to go down to Manawatu in Palmerston North on Saturday, and faces an uphill battle to make the semifinals.
Rugby: Otago snatches draw at the death
Rugby: Otago snatches draw at the death
Otago left it late - very, very late to snatch a draw against Tasman in their Air New Zealand Cup match in Nelson on Saturday.
Destiny still in team's hands after opportunities dropped
Destiny still in team's hands after opportunities dropped
Otago still controls its destiny and just needs to nail its opportunities, coach Steve Martin said yesterday.
Swimming: Laing humbled by Phelps' best wishes
Swimming: Laing humbled by Phelps' best wishes
Dunedin swimming coach Duncan Laing has lauded United States Olympic star Michael Phelps, and is humbled he has been thought of by the champion swimmer.
Rugby: May the best team win - i.e. the All Blacks
Rugby: May the best team win - i.e. the All Blacks
In the 1980s, New Zealand had a reasonably successful cricket side - largely thanks to one man.
Rugby: Time has come for Otago Spirit to produce 80min performance
Rugby: Time has come for Otago Spirit to produce 80min performance
Otago Spirit coach John Kyle knows his players have a good performance in them, and for the sake of their future he hopes it comes today.
Simple equation: Otago must win
Simple equation: Otago must win
This really is must-win. It is just that simple. Otago has to beat Tasman this afternoon in Nelson if it wants to stay in the reckoning for the Air New Zealand Cup.
Tasman not going without a fight
Tasman not going without a fight
They are said to be doomed but Tasman officials are not throwing in the towel yet.
Rugby: Composure needed, Martin says
Rugby: Composure needed, Martin says
The axe has swung through the Otago team, with 10 changes to the side which takes on Tasman in Nelson tomorrow afternoon.