Steve Hepburn

Two former All Blacks will lead the Otago Rugby Football Union board. Wayne Graham was elected chairman last night at the first meeting of the new board, while former All Black coach Laurie Mains is the new deputy chairman.

Murray McCully says he is impressed by progress made at the Forsyth Barr Stadium and feels the Rugby World Cup is on track.

Conceding penalties through their own indiscipline was extremely costly says Highlanders coach Glenn Moore as he was left to rue his heaviest defeat while in charge of the side.

Players come and go on the rugby paddock. However, for the past 12 months in Otago, there have been plenty of comings and goings off the field. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the mass change that has occurred at board level.

At last, a win. In a match where neither side could get well out in front until the death, the Highlanders beat the Cheetahs 31-24 in Bloemfontein yesterday morning.

Look out - the Russians may be coming.

Edgar Centre manager Russell Lundy is moving on but believes the centre has turned into a wonderful asset for Dunedin.

It was a day to forget for Otago United in Christchurch yesterday, going down 2-0 to Canterbury with two of its key players stood down before the game for disciplinary reasons.

David Latta will be the assistant coach of the Otago rugby team in 2010, saying he is over what happened last year.

Otago captain Alando Soakai has confirmed he is considering his future in the province, and has received an offer to play for Auckland.

The Otago Rugby Football Union looks set to have a new chairman, with former All Black Wayne Graham a leading contender to replace Ron Palenski.

Yet another match has slipped through the fingers.