Adrian Seconi

Wind the clock back 12 months and Pirates was planning on using its big forward pack to set the platform against University in the premier women's final at Hancock Park.

It has been 16 years since the Highlanders have made a Super rugby final and we all know what happened - those Crusaders spoiled the party that crisp afternoon at Carisbrook. The occasion is still fresh in the minds of three former Highlanders. Sports writer Adrian Seconi reports.

For the first time since 1976, someone other than Alistair McMurran was the main Otago Daily Times club rugby writer. Adrian Seconi reflects on his debut season.

Has the first domino been tipped over with the axing of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT)?

Otago all-rounder Josh Finnie and seamer Michael Rae have a new job description.

University A has won the Speight's Championship Shield with a convincing 31-15 win against Taieri at Forsyth Barr Stadium this afternoon.

Taieri captain Charlie O'Connell offered an honest appraisal of his team's effort against Southern in the semifinal.

Taieri blasted aside University A 51-6 this time last year but tomorrow's final shapes as a much more even contest. Club rugby writer Adrian Seconi reports.

There is only so much joy you can take from being the first person to score 300 points in a season when your team has just lost the final.

Behemoth Otago Boys' High School prop Sione Asi is hard to miss.

For a bloke whose sport of choice involves grappling with an opponent and forcing them to submit, Jonas Grace sure is nice.

If there were such a thing as two and a-half conversions, that is all it would take for Taieri first five-eighth Josh Casey to reach 300 points for the season.

Taieri will be hoping history repeats.

Basketball Otago remains committed to attracting top-level games, chairman Grant Roydhouse said.

With the first round of provincial contracts scheduled to be offered tomorrow, cricket writer Adrian Seconi looks at what changes we might expect to see on the Otago list.

Taieri and University A will contest the Dunedin premier club rugby final after recording victories in the semifinals at Forsyth Barr Stadium today.

Kilted Kiwi John Leslie has only one piece of advice for new Scottish convert John Hardie - shake off the criticism and get on with proving yourself to your new team-mates.

The future of University-Grange's senior team hangs in the balance.