Southland Sports News

New Zealand has continued to dominate all aspects on rugby on the world stage and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens is no exception. While the New Zealand Men’s and Women’s 7s teams took out the win at the San Francisco tournament, the competition’s referees were all under the watchful eye of their So

Congratulations to the Gore Bowling Club for being accepted by Bowls NZ as one of the six clubs nationwide to compete in the Bowls3Five competition that will screen live on Sky Sport for six weeks from the 23rd October. The Gore team will include two of Southland’s top men’s players in the form of S

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel emerged from the darkness to close out Super Sunday with a convincing 75-58 win over WBOP Magic in Auckland today. Play was delayed after the stadium was plunged into darkness due to a lighting fault, but it had little effect on the defending champions. In a conti

New Zealand’s growing endurance racing scene has been given a boost with the arrival of a McLaren 650S GT3 to the country. The ex-Tony Quinn car is now in the hands of SBT Motorsport owner Glenn Smith. The car will race this weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon where Smith and co-driver John de Ve

A refreshed SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags team is heading into the season with a great mixture of new and experienced players. With a squad of 26 to begin the 2018 pre-season campaign; 11 are born and bred Southlanders, 20 have made Southland their home and play club rugby, as well as the likes of [

Bernie, Donna, Lesley, Adine … the list goes on! Souther Steel predecessor the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Sting is back for one game only! Raising funds for the Tania Dalton Foundation to support our young sporting stars, game entry is by donation at the door. Circle July 21 in your diary! As a bonus

Exciting news Southlander Our Alena Saili has been named in the Black Ferns squad! A huge congratulations to our very own Alena Saili who has been named in the Black Ferns squad to take on Australia in two tests in August. Another great achievement following on from her success in the Sevens format

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