In less than impressive fashion the Hawkes Bay Hawks ground their way to an inevitable victory against the Otago Nuggets at the Lion Foundation Arena in Dunedin on Saturday night.
The Southern Steel was touted as a play-off contender by many, but midway through the inaugural ANZ Championship it is clear the Otago-Southland combined side has struggled to match the billing. Netball writer Adrian Seconi casts an eye ahead.
The Otago Rebels have gone and the Otago Nuggets could be the next franchise to disappear from Dunedin.
The Otago Nuggets' season of discontent mercifully came to an end with a 63-68 loss to the Canterbury Rams in Christchurch on Saturday night.
Melbourne Vixens coach Julie Hoornweg has called for more consistency from the umpires after she was left bewildered with some of the calls during her side's 46-47 loss to the Southern Steel at Stadium Southland on Saturday.
Former Silver Fern turned television commentator Tania Dalton has made a surprise comeback from retirement to help the injury-plagued Southern Steel today.
The Otago Nuggets' tumultuous season has taken a turn for the worse, with general manager Warrick Diack quitting after a dispute over money.
It is too late for Don Sims to work miracles this season but he backs his ability to turn the ailing Nuggets franchise around.
Highlanders bookend Jamie Mackintosh will be propping up the entertainment during the half-time break of the Southern Steel's ANZ Championship match against the Melbourne Vixens at Stadium Southland on Saturday.
If there is a positive side to Brent Charleton's season-ending knee injury, it is that the Otago Nuggets have just one game left.
The Auckland Stars will play the Otago Nuggets' leftovers in the biggest mismatch since a three-legged blind corgi barked at a rottweiler.
The last time the Southern Steel and the Central Pulse met overtime was needed to separate the sides.
The Otago under-17 girls basketball team won the South Island zone and is eyeing up a spot in the final of the national tournament which begins at the Edgar Centre today.
A flexible whistle blower? Surely not. But that is how Dunedin-based umpire Jono Bredin describes himself.
Otago opening batsman Aaron Redmond hopes history repeats itself - but not all of it.
His selection on Saturday for the Black Caps' tour of England gives him an opportunity to add to an intriguing family story.
Questions which have been brewing for the past few months will be answered when the Southern Steel plays its opening game in the ANZ championship against the NSW Swifts in Sydney tonight.
The spoils were shared evenly but off-spinner Nathan McCullum claimed the coveted cricketer of the year title at the Otago Cricket Association's awards at the University Oval last night.
Get out of the paint. That is the message from the Otago Nuggets latest American import Antoine Tisby.
American centre Antoine Tisby is the latest import to pass through the Otago Nuggets' revolving door as the franchise searches for its opening win this season.
Steel shooter Julianna Naoupu has not made the move south from Christchurch to Invercargill to spend the next three months on the bench.
