Steve Hepburn

The Otago Rugby Football Union believes the financial hole of 2012 is well behind it and is forecasting a return to profit next year. 

There is something about last games of the season which gets David Spencer going.

The Highlanders may be missing three first-choice players because of concussion but coach Jamie Joseph has fully backed the strict new rules around head knocks.

Seru Rabeni has been remembered as a happy person who had an impressive array of skills.

After three consecutive years of profit, the Otago Rugby Football Union recorded a loss of $162,000 last year, attributable, the union says, to declining gate sales, commercial revenue and not hosting an All Black test.

The Highlanders are training backs to play as forwards in light of the new stricter concussion rules.

If you catch Liam Coltman yawning during a game, don't worry, he is not tired.

Otago's Matt Faddes has been picked to fill some big shoes but those around him believe he can take it is his stride.

A win has given the Highlanders a lift but first five-eighth Lima Sopoaga says the side is wary of the Lions.

It looked as if it was never going to happen for the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday night.

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has shuffled his pack but it has plenty of riches as the side gets ready to take on the Lions.

A year ago, Matt Faddes was preparing for a club season for University and that was about the sum of his ambitions.

The Highlanders casualty ward just keeps getting bigger and the side has only five days before it faces one of the competition's top teams which is coming off a bye.

Joe Wheeler is not your ordinary lock.

Whoever becomes the next Highlanders coach - and the smart money must still be on Tony Brown - will go through a new process in his appointment.

Southern United putting its hand out for donations does not mean it is on its last financial legs, says its chairman.