Steve Hepburn

Otago has set the benchmark for the season; now it needs to head upwards.

Otago has scored its first win of the Mitre 10 Cup this afternoon, beating Manawatu 40-30 at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

A push has started to try to get a Central Otago colts team playing in Dunedin next year.

Otago plays its first home match this afternoon and will want to make it a successful appearance as it looks to give its campaign some impetus.

Kelly Brazier and Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali are now among the best in the world.

Otago will be hunting for its first win of the season tomorrow but will have to overcome a speedy and tricky-looking backline to get it.

For a guy who moved to Dunedin so he could get out of home, Aki Seiuli has done rather well.

Life is simple.

Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has laid out the welcome mat for the title-winning Black Ferns but he may have to get in the queue.

It turns out the All Blacks won the series against the British and Irish Lions after all.

Well, at last, a contest. Sure, the All Blacks finally found their mojo in the second half to win the game but wasn’t it a pleasure to get a game involving an Australian team where it was ...

All Black coach Steve Hansen says one of the men in black’s most memorable victories of recent years came to mind when his side was working its way to victory on Saturday night.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika wears his heart on his sleeve.

Composure was the key for the All Blacks on Saturday night.

It can be a cruel game — just ask the two Otago teams which contested the two Highlanders finals on Saturday.

Dunedin Technical gave it a good shot but in the end class won out as Glenfield Rovers triumphed 2-0 in the women’s Knockout Cup semifinal at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.

In the space of a few hours over the weekend, New Zealand Rugby bolstered its trophy cabinet by two.

Strong competition is being played out to host tests but the unique Dunedin venue has led to the stadium attracting another test next year.

That second jog in the park is always harder. The follow-up album, the book after the best-seller.

It is not often pleasure comes from defeat but Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper admits it is not all gloom from last week's loss.