Southland Sports News

Junior representative sport has been a hot topic of conversation lately, with many sporting organisations making decisions to cull junior representative programmes. Touch Southland have endeavoured to flip this script somewhat, in fact completely. Over the past seven weeks, more than 300 children ar

Rugby Southland are pleased to announce our Southland Men’s and Women’s Representative Sevens teams who will play at the Regional Sevens Tournament this weekend. Regional Sevens Tournament is at Alpine Energy Stadium Timaru, Saturday 30th November 2019 The tournament is the qualification round for t

New Zealand’s Chelsea Herbert is the first Kiwi to be confirmed for the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, and only the fifth female driver in the sixteen year history of the championship. Today’s confirmation that Herbert will run the full five round championship with Giles Motorsport under the gui

Fresh from the recent FIA Motorsports Games, 17 year old Waimauku racer Flynn Mullany is aiming to make a mark in this season’s Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship. The former karter and 2K Cup racer will compete in the Tony Richards Toyota entry and joins a field of the country’s best young racing tal

After two years as assistant coach of the Stags and two years in the deep South, Dale MacLeod is looking to the future of Southland rugby, with the aim of every Southland player getting the opportunity to prove their worth. The contracting process for the SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags is underway wi

The Pulse Energy Highlanders will have a fresh new look in 2020 with 15 players in their first season with the southern-most Super Rugby club. Head Coach, Aaron Mauger, and his coaches have worked hard in the off season to put together a talented squad of players capable of playing the Highlanders’

Results from Sunday’s Invercargill Truck Parade. Photos by Roidan Marc.

Rugby Southland and its board of directors are pleased to announce Dale Macleod has accepted the role of Southland Stags Head Coach/Director Of Coaching. He has been contracted for the 2020 and 2021 Mitre 10 Cup seasons, with an optional renewal in 2022. The selection process was thorough, with the