Steve Hepburn

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.

North Otago rugby clubs will be required to video tape their games and there will be a zero tolerance of referee abuse as the union clamps down on poor behaviour.

Arise, Sir Colin. New Zealand's greatest rugby player Colin Meads has decided he will take a title.

Highlanders coach Glenn Moore had a meeting yesterday with refereeing bosses to talk about the officiating in the past couple of games, saying the refereeing in last week's loss to the Lions was "very, very, poor."

The Highlanders can see the space to attack and score but it is getting the ball there that is the issue, captain Jimmy Cowan says.

It will be the usual faces for the Highlanders in their last game of the Super 14 season.

Highlanders lock Tom Donnelly insists the side is not far away from a win.

After giving a side a 23-point head start, the probability of winning a game is not high.

COMMENT: The Highlanders have one game left but the season is gone, with the question as to whether enough progress has been made this season hanging over the team.

Toby Morland says it is a bit surreal to think he is about to start a Super 14 semifinal.

It was a mixture of some of the best and some of the worst of the season, Highlanders coach Glenn Moore said after yesterday's match against the Force.

He has a tournament named after him, may have coached everyone in the tournament, and probably has more experience than all the competitors put together.