Waitaki Boys' High School put on its best performance of the season in beating South Otago High School 27-18 in Balclutha on Saturday in the Highlanders First XV competition.
The Junior World Championship kicks off in Auckland on Monday. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the competition, and picks the likely contenders.
Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has not got the calculator out yet and is concentrating on one game at a time.
It would be easier to steal food off the plate of Kim Dotcom than pick the teams which will make it through to the playoffs in Super rugby. Steve Hepburn looks at which five New Zealand teams may survive to see some finals action, and assesses the Highlanders' chances.
In one can take a lifetime for many golfers.
Ma'afu Fia just keeps battling away.
The Highlanders are not banking on a kick-and-chase game from the Crusaders tomorrow.
The Crusaders are invading, so the message to Highlanders fans is to get out and ''repel'' them.
Tackle after tackle after tackle.
Last year was annus horribilis for the Highlanders. But things have improved markedly this season. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the two years and wonders what has changed.
One saw it one way. The other - not surprisingly - saw it the other.
Two Clyde-Earnscleugh administrators have been issued a two-year ban and the club has had points stripped after fielding an illegible player in a Central Otago premier game earlier this month.
Every week at Highlanders headquarters, coach Jamie Joseph jokes about yet another must-win game.
No doubt about it - this was a great game of rugby.
Big brother is coming to town, but his usual swagger and confidence may be tempered somewhat.
He was born in the Canterbury heartland.
There is plenty of hype around today's clash between the Highlanders and the Crusaders. But it is still a game of rugby, where the winning of key areas will decide the result. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at where the game will be won or lost.
Joel Stevens has come a long way since he first played fifth grade for Caversham.
Plenty of big names will be in action at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin tomorrow.
The Crusaders have dropped their All Black front row to the bench for Saturday's match against the Highlanders in Dunedin.
