Southland Sports News

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel’s rematch with the Robinhood Stars has been postponed under the ANZ Premiership’s Covid-19 Match Postponement Policy. The Southerners were due to play the Stars in Auckland on Sunday but the home side has been forced to reschedule both of its round four games to a

Up and coming Prop Paula Latu is back for the next two seasons with the SBS Bank Southland Stags. Latu, who this year is playing for Woodlands in the Go Bus Southland Wide Premier Competition, made a powerhouse debut for Southland in 2021, earning the title of Stags Rookie of the Year and Supporters

After a week of reflection, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel returned to the winner’s circle with an emphatic 71-62 win over Robinhood Stars in Invercargill on Sunday. Stung by their 20-goal capitulation last week, the Steel of old returned against the Stars. Able to use all their bench, and revertin

With the borders open, a significant number of New Zealand cyclists are heading across the Tasman for a unique Oceania Cycling Championships. The championships comprise nine cycling categories which started with mountain bike downhill last weekend and finish with the road race on April 10, all in an

With a weather-eye on the immediate need for global points but with a desire to look to the future, Cycling New Zealand has selected a mix of proven and potential in the team to context next week’s track competition at the Oceania Championships in Brisbane. The Oceania Cycling Confederation has orga

Rugby and netball are starkly contrasting sporting codes but physiotherapist Andrew Mackintosh is discovering plenty of similarities. Mackintosh has joined the ranks of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel this season, tasked with keeping the players in peak shape as the demands of the ANZ Premiershi

For the first time in ANZ Premiership history, the MG Mystics have defeated the Ascot Park Hotel Steel at home in Invercargill, with a comprehensive display on both attack and defence to win 70-50. After allowing the Mystics a 10-goal advantage in the first quarter, the Steel couldn’t pull it back d

The final day of the Track National Championships was highlighted with an impressive New Zealand record in the women’s team sprint at the Grassroots Trust Velodrome in Cambridge. The women’s team sprint combination of Rebecca Petch, Olivia King and Ellesse Andrews (Waikato BOP) broke the national re