Southland Sports News

The SKYCITY Breakers are returning to ILT Stadium Southland where they will play Melbourne United on 16th November team management announced their 2018-19 schedule yesterday, confirming Spark Arena will again be the official home court for the season hosting 10 of their 14 regular season home games.

Auckland racer Connor Adam is first off the blocks in the chase for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship title and is highly motivated to put the disappointments of his last championship campaign firmly behind him and claim the top spot this time around. Entries for the championship – expected to be

Congratulations to Gina Crampton and Te Paea Delby-Rickit for being named in the new look Silver Ferns. Netball New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2018/19 Silver Ferns squad, along with the team to compete in next month’s Netball Quad Series. The national selection panel has confirmed a 17-stron

C’mon Southland, let’s get behind our sporting success and celebrate with the Southern Steel, Southland Sharks, and Southland cricket team in a fantastic ticker-tape parade! This Thursday, from 4pm, our trifecta of national champions will parade along Esk Street, from Dee Street, finishing at the In

The hills were alive with the sound of roaring engines over the weekend as the annual Catlins Coast Rally took to the hills behind Owaka. Over sixty drivers from far and wide pitted their skills and nerves, racing against the clock as they tore around the six-stage rally. Source: youtube

An opening round of the South Island premier rugby league competition  was played between the Southland Rams and Otago Photos thanks to Dave Loudon Photography. Otago and Southland players are no strangers to each other with players on both sides having met during the combined Otago / Southland comp

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have sent their captain Wendy Frew out on a dramatic high after coming from behind for a fairy-tale ANZ Premiership crown. They beat Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse 54-53 in the Grand Final at Fly Palmy Arena in Palmerston North on Sunday to claim back-to-back titles. It m

On the back of an emotionally-charged outing, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have advanced to Sunday’s Grand Final against Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse in Palmerston North. In honour of local legend Wendy Frew, who is set to hang up her bib at the end of the season, and with the stadium named aft