Wakatipu and Cromwell Goats will contest the final of the Central Otago premier club competition at Queenstown on Saturday after qualifying in totally different ways.
The Black Sticks women kept their nerve to grab a 2-2 draw with China in their opening game of the World Cup at Wagener Stadium in Amsterdam yesterday.
Nick Kyrgios's Wimbledon prospects have soared after the Australian overcame an injury scare and a running battle with officialdom to upend Stefanos Tsitsipas in a drama-charged encounter.
The All Blacks will look to brush off a preparatory week disrupted by a Covid outbreak in the squad and reassert their ascendancy over Ireland in the first test at Eden Park.
New Zealand Rugby has announced the New Zealand Referees high performance squad for the 2022 provincial rugby season and it includes a couple of newbies from the South.