Southland Sports News

New Zealanders Dave Holder and Jason Farmer have finished Rally Turkey, their final event of their debut FIA Junior World Rally Championship season, with two stage wins, the honour of being the fastest JWRC crew for Sunday, and a seventh-place finish in their class for the rally.   Of Sunday’s very

A gutsy performance from flanker Tony Lamborn was the individual highlight in a 43-24 Mitre 10 Cup loss to Otago at Invercargill’s Rugby Park this afternoon. Playing in his 50th national provincial championship game, Lamborn was courageous on attack and defence against the old foe. Despite a strong

The power of the Leitch brothers’ sibling bond was put to the ultimate test in the Carter’s Tyres South Island Endurance Series’ opening race, when Damon helped nudge Brendon’s stranded Dayle ITM Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 toward the finish line, to the delight of their hometown fans at Teretonga Park in

Results from the 34th NZ Men’s Netball Nationals played at Te Rauparaha Arena this week. Southland had 2 teams for only the second time in the history of the event [both in B Grade]. Southland Gold came through the B Grade Round Robin play undefeated. They won the Semi Final 33-28 over CHCH B and […

Outgoing Academy Southland strength and conditioning coach Cory Innes hopes to develop links between the Invercargill-based programme and his new home at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Innes, who spent a significant part of his career at the VIS before returning to New Zealand and joining Academy

Last year’s SBS Bank Tour of Southland cycling champion James Piccoli will be back in 2018 to defend his title. The popular Canadian became just the fourth international winner of New Zealand’s most prestigious stage race when he claimed a 35sec win over Michael Vink in the tour finale on Gala St. T

New Zealanders Dave Holder and Jason Farmer line up for their final FIA Junior World Rally Championship event of the season with this week’s Rally Turkey promising the challenges of rough gravel stages and high in-car temperatures. The 13-19 September running of Rally Turkey marks its first appearan

There were incredible scenes at the San Marino Moto2 as Italy’s Romano Fenati was given a black flag after attempting to grab compatriot Stefano Manzi’s brake lever on the straight at 140mph.  Fenati’s actions, which have been labelled ‘irresponsible’ and ‘outrageous’, appeared to come in response t