Try time for Wakatipu
Wakatipu's Jaclyn Williams races down the field on her way to scoring a try in her team's game against Australia in the Queenstown Women's Tens rugby tournament at the Queenstown Recreation Ground...
Rugby
Clutha wins comfortably in first game
Clutha wins comfortably in first game
Reigning champions the Clutha Steamers started the season with an emphatic 79-15 win over Clinton at Clinton on Saturday.
Results go with form in expanded 12-team competition
Results go with form in expanded 12-team competition
The new-look Southland premier club rugby competition began on Saturday in scorching hot conditions.
Excelsior too strong for Athletic-Marist
Excelsior too strong for Athletic-Marist
Excelsior gave notice that it would be a contender for Citizens Shield honours this season with a comprehensive 63-15 win over Athletic Marist at Whitestone stadium in the feature game on Saturday.
Upper Clutha scores late to take game in warm conditions
Upper Clutha scores late to take game in warm conditions
Given that the temperature at kick-off was 26degC, you could excuse the champion Upper Clutha team for dozing off in the second half of its encounter against the Cromwell Rams on the opening day of...
Upper Clutha not playing in Wanaka until May
Upper Clutha not playing in Wanaka until May
Central Otago rugby administrators know how to launch a fresh season: they have paired off the teams that battled out the 2018 final - Upper Clutha and Cromwell - in tomorrow's opening round at the...
Champion Clutha again looks team to beat
Champion Clutha again looks team to beat
The Southern region season is upon us and the off-season was not short of drama.
Loosie Fakatoufifita big arrival for Valley
Loosie Fakatoufifita big arrival for Valley
North Otago correspondent Terry O'Neill previews the Citizens Shield season before this weekend's opening round.
Marist among favourites in new-look competition
Marist among favourites in new-look competition
Marist is going for a Galbraith Shield hat-trick when Southland club rugby kicks off tomorrow.
Clubrooms upgrade nears completion
Clubrooms upgrade nears completion
The large upgrade of the Upper Clutha Rugby Football Club clubrooms at the Wanaka Showgrounds is just two months away from completion.
Competition doubles
Competition doubles
There will be 12 teams in contention for the Galbraith Shield when the premier division kicks off on March 23.
Southland to double size of top club tier
Southland to double size of top club tier
Southland's club competition is doubling in size as the union tries to lift standards within the club game.
McKenzie's nomadic career comes full circle
McKenzie's nomadic career comes full circle
After a trip around the country, Marty McKenzie is coming home.
Stars turn out for charity rugby game
Stars turn out for charity rugby game in Winton
A simple bucket list request for a rugby match with mates turned into a game watched by 4000 people and attended by some legends of New Zealand rugby in Winton.
Walsh to coach South Canty
Walsh to coach South Canty
North Otago will start its hunt for a new coach in the new year.
Southland Stags starting to sort out 2019 roster
Southland Stags starting to sort out 2019 roster
Bit by bit the Southland Stags decision-makers are piecing together their 2019 Mitre 10 Cup squad.
Central Otago to move to 10-team competition
Central Otago to move to 10-team competition
Central Otago is set to move to a 10-team club competition next year with two clubs to field two sides.
Two-year ban for Kapene for doping violations
Two-year ban for Kapene for doping violations
Southland club player Shanan Kapene has received a two-year suspension from rugby after a New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee found him guilty of anti-doping violations.
Big changes planned for Southland club competition
Big changes planned for Southland club competition
Southland club rugby representatives will meet in Invercargill tonight to talk through what is expected to be the biggest shake-up of the premier competition in many years.
Queenstown-Omakau game washed out
Queenstown-Omakau game washed out
Heavy rain throughout the district caused the game at Omakau between home side Blacks Hill and Queenstown Ballarat to be abandoned, so there were only two senior games played in the Vincent...