Steve Hepburn

New Otago Rugby Football Union life member Wayne Graham admits he had become disillusioned with the game and the amount of money which went into the professional side of the sport.

Players in the Mitre 10 Cup have taken a 20% pay cut, with the wage subsidy and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) relieving some financial pressure.

A Scottish side made it to Forsyth Barr Stadium after all — well, sort of.

Sanctions, including missing games, may hit some of the Highlanders caught up in a naughty weekend in Queenstown.

Former All Black Wayne Graham has been made a life member of the Otago Rugby Football Union.

There  will be plenty to celebrate at Island Park’s 50th anniversary festivities later this year.

Highlanders players caught up in an incident in Queenstown have slipped below what is expected of them and will face the consequences, the franchise says.

It was a poignant and memorable win for Philip Morris at the Barnes cross-country yesterday.

Arrowtown timed its run to perfection to win its crunch match against Upper Clutha at Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown on Saturday.

The dogs are coming back earlier than first thought but the future still remains cloudy.

It is well hidden, stuck deep in Mosgiel suburbia.

The future of Invercargill’s Rugby Park will be up for debate next week, but a suggestion has been made to move top-class rugby to another ground.

Not bad for a guy who was too light and small and was seriously ill nearly three years ago.

We all had best-laid plans for this year.

As the Highlanders players put their feet up and have a well-deserved break, there will be plenty of head scratching going on by the coaching team.

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The first man to play 100 games for Otago, a man who has given his all to the 15-man game, turns 90 today.

The Highlanders co-captains have spoken of the charms of South Africa and questioned whether a heavily New Zealand-based Super Rugby competition would be sustainable.