Otago Girls’ High School are through to the national secondary school finals thanks to a comfortable 50-run win against St Hilda’s Collegiate in the Bates Cup final at Bayfield Park on Monday.
The victory means that New Zealand will be attending the FIFA World Cup for the third time, the first since 2010 when the side drew all three of their pool matches.
Arrowtown might be about to lose its medical centre, but a season-opening 66-15 thrashing of Matakanui Combined on Saturday suggests the town’s rugby club is in good heart this year.