Steve Hepburn

Former All Blacks assistant coach Tony Gilbert is to manage the Otago team this season.

He is the only All Black captain to lift the World Cup, albeit 22 years ago. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn caught up with David Kirk as the former halfback returned to Dunedin to celebrate the Otago University club's 125th celebrations.

In his second year as Highlanders coach, Glenn Moore says his side has made progress and believes winning more games comes down to being able to handle pressure. He talks to rugby writer Steve Hepburn.

Alhambra-Union captain Matt Clutterbuck is heading home to Northland and will play his last game for the club tomorrow.

The New Zealand Rugby Union has given its clearest signal yet its main domestic competition is to be cut back.

Seth McPhee is doing something he loves - sometimes for 30 hours a week, and almost always unpaid.

Pete Oakden got back on his bike to lose weight all those years ago.

Malcolm Farry is not seeking re-election to the Highlanders board.

Stephanie Patchett tagged along with a friend to the Dunedin Ice Stadium a few years ago.

A lucrative payday may be in the offing but Otago cricket captain Craig Cumming says money is not the focus.

The Highlanders started slowly, built up some momentum but then finished weakly in a season which at one stage looked very promising. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks back at the side's efforts in 2009. The Highlanders started slowly, built up some momentum but then finished weakly in a season which at one stage looked very promising. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks back at the side's efforts in 2009.

The Otago University club has produced more All Blacks than any other club in New Zealand. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn takes a look at a couple of dream teams which have been named on the eve of the club's 125th celebrations next weekend.

The loss of sponsorship for the New Zealand PGA and the subsequent scaling down of the tournament will have no impact on the New Zealand Open played at Arrowtown.

The Island Park Golf Club's course is now into its third week of closure and sport in Dunedin continues to be curtailed by the wet weather.

Progress has been made on the future structure of the Air New Zealand Cup but it appears there is still plenty of work to do before any new competition is unveiled.

Highlanders captain Jimmy Cowan says the side did not get the rewards on the field this season for all the effort it had put in off the field.

The Super competition will be expanded to 15 teams in 2011, will involve three conferences with more derby games, and each side will have a guaranteed eight home games.