Southland Sports News

Returning Stags hero James Wilson can’t explain it but he believes he’s in better shape than when he first departed Southland to embark on what has become a storied overseas rugby career. Despite having just turned 35, and with 15 seasons of professional rugby behind him, Wilson is confident he’s a

New Zealand’s premier motor racing championship, the Castrol Toyota Racing Series will celebrate the start of its 15th anniversary season at the CRC Speedshow at the Greenlane Showgrounds on 21 and 22 July. Designed as a class to provide a stepping stone between junior single seater classes and inte

Premier Marist 41 – Blues Heading into the semi-final against Blues with some patchy recent form under their belt, Kelvin Hotel Marist were determined to put in a display that could help get them to the Galbraith Shield final. Playing at Rugby Park on a nice winters day the stage was set for a memor

The most competitive ENEOS North Island Endurance Series season to date comes to a close this weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. Any one of the top 16 teams in the title chase are in with a mathematical shot of winning the Three Hour Series. Atop the overall and GT–B class leaderboard are CRC S

A record field, featuring the cream of the country’s young up and coming motor racing talent is expected to contest this summer’s Toyota 86 Championship. “We’ve never had so many potential drivers three and a half months before the first round,” said Geoff Short, the category manager. When registrat

A huge congratulations to all the junior cyclists that attended the South Island Secondary School Champs in Timaru over the weekend. With what would have to be one of the best results ever from Southland Junior Road Cyclists at an event. Massive Medal haul across all ages with multi ages having seve

In a goal-scoring fiesta, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel notched up some impressive records as they beat the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, 76-60, in Hamilton tonight. Still on a high from their giant-killing victory over the Pulse last week, the Steel never relinquished the lead throughout the m

Premier Barbarians 12 – Marist 9 A fine but cool windy day and damp underfoot conditions meant for another Marist – Barbarians classic arm wrestle at the Gore Showgrounds on Saturday. The Barbarians started the better of the teams and asked plenty of questions early which resulted in a try to hit th