Craig Newby will not be joining his great mate, Nick Evans, at Harlequins but the Highlanders captain is nearly ready to reveal where he will be playing next year.
It might have come about nine or 10 weeks too late, but Glenn Moore believes the Highlanders may have taken a significant stride in their painful development process.
North Harbour chairman Gerard van Tilborg wants a second professional rugby franchise in the greater Auckland area but says that does not mean he wants the Highlanders disbanded.
Toby Morland and David Hall will get rare starts for the Highlanders when they play their crunch game against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Forget the poor decision-making, the occasionally shabby defence, the wonky goal-kicking and the rather awful record of nine losses from 10 games.
Flanker Alando Soakai will be the next injured Highlander to book an early flight home from South Africa.
Rugby was the last thing on Ben Nolan's mind when a razor-sharp, 6cm-long tusk sliced open his calf two years ago.
Daniel Bowden is a confident young man but he is keeping his head firmly screwed on as he reflects on the most difficult season of his career.
Highlanders backs James Wilson and Niva Ta'auso appear to have paid the price for the poor performance against the Bulls by being dropped for the Stormers game this weekend.
Southland first five-eighth Blair Stewart has raced to South Africa to replace concussed Highlanders rookie Daniel Bowden.
The Highlanders are struggling, there are no All Blacks in Dunedin and the Otago union has axed a third of its contracted players.
One step forward and a few giant leaps backwards. Just when it seemed the Highlanders were making steady progress in their bid to rescue a doomed season, they go and do this.
Highlanders forward Hoani MacDonald is reported to have signed for Welsh club Newport Gwent.
Highlanders coach Glenn Moore has seen hints of encouragement all season but he was feeling only dismay as he reflected on the abject loss to the Bulls yesterday.
Coach Don Sims hopes the Otago Nuggets will continue their resurgence and add to the Waikato Pistons' pain in Te Awamutu tonight.
In the third profile in our series looking at people behind the scenes in the Highlanders camp, Hayden Meikle talks to Wayne Inch.
Southern rugby fans will get to be first in, first served when tickets go on public sale in early June for the test between the All Blacks and the Springboks at Carisbrook.
Every few years, Otago University rugby seems to produce a Josh. There was Josh Kronfeld, the peerless All Black flanker, and then Josh Blackie, the Highlanders captain unlucky to wear the black jersey only at sevens level.
A Highlanders rugby player could face criminal charges after allegedly being involved in a street fight in Dunedin's city centre.
James Wilson and the Highlanders were hurting last night after they narrowly failed to seal a dramatic upset win against the Sharks at Carisbrook.
