Steve Hepburn

It seems like every week, sport and its integrity take another hit. Reporters Steve Hepburn and Rob van Royen go back over the past few years and find doping in athletics and corruption in Fifa are not the only scandals around sport.

The appointment of Janine Southby as Silver Ferns coach is another appointment of a wise southern sporting brain to a national coaching role. Mike Hesson is another, while All Black coach Steve Hansen has southern links. Sports editor Steve Hepburn looks at some top coaches from the South who have had some success and also asks whether the South does do better than other regions in producing excellent coaches. 

Otago has produced its fair share of trailblazers in the coaching ranks. Lois Muir, Vic Cavanagh and Glenn Turner come to mind.