Adrian Seconi

Long-serving Otago Country Cricket chairman Malcolm Jones has retired from the board.

Matthew van Aardt went and ruined Otago’s unbeaten record.

Otago men rattled in three late goals to defeat Hawke’s Bay 5-1 at the National Championship in Dunedin yesterday.

Covid cost Dean Foxcroft one season of cricket.

Invercargill and Dunedin sides had to settle for the minor placings at the Netball New Zealand open championships in Palmerston North.

The Ranfurly Shield is safe in Hawke’s Bay for another week.

The Otago Whalers’ 30-point win looked good on paper.

Scientist. Sheep wrangler. Loosehead.

Otago needs to cast aside some underwhelming form and reach the potential of a squad which boasts 23 players with Super Rugby experience.

The Otago Whalers have named a much stronger line-up for their second South Island Championship game against the Aoraki Eels in Dunedin today.

John McGlashan College’s unbeaten season came to end in the semifinal of the New Zealand First XV Championship in Palmerston North yesterday.

It has been three years in the making, but the National Hockey Championship will finally get under way in Dunedin this weekend.

Southland is one win away from a ripper of a season.

Expect the expected.

No-one is owning up to dropping the ball.

It is about time.

Half the team might be new but the plan remains the same.

Get low. Push hard. Stay focused. Play to your strengths.