Southland Sports News

Rugby Southland wrap up weekend May 12 – PREMIER Marist 19 – Blues 24 Blue skies greeted Kelvin Hotel Marist as they took on Blues on Saturday. Marist started the better of the two teams stringing together multiple phases before Phil Halder went over from close range to take a five-nil lead. Blues s

Two familiar names in New Zealand motor racing are set to join forces with the country’s newest sports car racing outfit ITM MIKE Racing. 22-year-old Brendon Leitch and 30-year-old Christina Orr-West will race an ITM-backed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 in this year’s North and South Island Endurance Se

Huge congrats to our Southland Junior Open Champions Mitchell Kempton & Anna O’Connor – both from Makarewa Squash Club. Massive thanks to the crew at Squash City for running yet another fantastic event.

Southland Cup Round 3 hosted by Southland Motorcycle Club at Teretonga Park wih a great turnout of riders. There will be a break during the winter and round 4 will be held in September. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography.

The first game of the day was to have been between Winton/ City combined team and South Pacific Raiders . South Pacific Raiders declared a default  so there was no game. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography. The second game for the day was between Cooks RLC and Otago University RLC . The game was playe

Athletes and coaches from a wide range of sporting codes have been included in the first year intake of Academy Southland’s 2018 programmes. Ten codes are represented across the Academy Southland athlete programme and coach development programme, including Menzies College pupil Beth Scott, the first

Fresh from victory at the Oceania Rugby U20 Championship, Head Coach Craig Philpott has named the squad including Southlander’s Flynn Thomas & Jay Renton that will travel to France to defend the World Rugby Championship later this month. The squad is: Forwards: John Akau’ola-Laula – Auckland Sione A

The 17-match winning streak of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has come to an end, toppled by pre-season favourites Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse, 62-51, in Palmerston North. The Steel could find no answer for the Pulse’s young shooting duo of Aliyah Dunn and Tiana Metuarau, who showed an incredibl