Rome was not built in a day and neither was getting the Otago Rugby Football Union ticking all the right boxes a simple job. Otago Rugby Football Union chief executive Richard Reid tells rugby writer Steve Hepburn the union is on the right track.
Keith Cameron says there is only one plan for the Otago side this week.
Former All Black Wayne Graham has blasted those in charge of Otago rugby.
The quarterfinals of the Air New Zealand Cup may be a couple of weeks away but knockout rugby will start this week, Waikato coach Tony Hanks says.
Otago playing numbers are mirroring a national trend, with an increase of 3% from last year across Otago, meaning 7000 participating in the sport.
The Otago Spirit showed plenty of fight but was outclassed by top-of-the-table Auckland at Carisbrook on Saturday.
Otago's backline ranks have been decimated and reinforcements called in for a virtual knockout match against Waikato this Friday.
Otago's painful Ranfurly Shield loss to Canterbury 14 years ago played its part in the successful challenge by Wellington against Auckland on Saturday night.
The new experimental law variations (Elvs) have been with us for most of the year. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the new rules and why a game which stemmed from someone picking up a ball is now being dominated by the kicking of a ball.
In a classic game of two halves at Carisbrook, Taranaki came storming home in the second stanza to grab a win which might have dealt a fatal blow to Otago's season hopes.
The Otago Spirit simply has to win today against the all-conquering Auckland line-up to stay in this year's competition.
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.
The jury is still out on whether awarding free kicks is the appropriate way to police the breakdown, says the country's refereeing boss.
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.
Tom Donnelly cannot remember much about his first game in an Otago jersey.
Otago's only All Black will be barely sighted for his province this season.
The All Blacks' domestic season is finished and rugby writer Steve Hepburn reviews the All Blacks performance.
For Jeremy Aldworth it was a new experience in the blue and gold jersey last weekend.
Otago golf clubs have been lukewarm over a New Zealand Golf-promoted project aimed at halting the slide in club membership.
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.
