Southland Sports News

Top seeds Kaitlyn Watts and Matthew Lucente have made their way through to tomorrow’s finals with relative ease winning their semi-final matches 3-0. In the Boys Open, second seed Lwamba Chileshe took a 4 set win over his brother Temwa to book his place in the final. while in the Girls Open it was t

The Southern Dragways crew are excited to confirm a special guest for this weekends event at Teretonga Park on Sunday 22nd April. So folks after some ringing around and a few messages, for something completely different that you haven’t seen before and a total crowd pleaser, Southern Dragways in ass

Recovering from Saturday and looking for something to do this Sunday? Make sure you head down to the Marist Rugby Club to watch round two of the Rugby Southland Senior Women’s 10’s.  Action kicks off at 1pm and will see all teams play each other for the second week. Round one saw Blues take the […]

Southland rugby has always relied heavily on family connections – think the Dermodys, Hendersons and Rutledges amongst a host of others – and now a host of brothers could potentially pull on the maroon jersey in 2018. It’s already been announced that hooker Brayden Mitchell will line up alongside li

A new name and three returning locals are the feature of the final SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks roster, named today for the 2018 New Zealand National Basketball League. Head Coach Judd Flavell has confirmed Connor Coll, Jordan Murphy and Andrew Wheeler will all return to the squad this season, alo

If you missed last weekends Demolition Derby at Riverside Speedway here are some of the action photos from Faded Photography. Club legend Steve Dryden won the Demolition Derby with a record number of cars entered, seventy eight in total. Dryden battled it out with Youth Saloon driver Anastezea Ladbr

IT’S official: the Ford Mustang is coming back to the Supercars Championship in 2019. And just as importantly, so is Ford Australia. The Broadmeadows brand, which has for several years blocked the iconic model’s use, announced Tuesday that the legendary ‘pony car’ will replace the Falcon FG X as its

Wrap up of Southland club rugby thanks to Rugby Southland. PREMIER RUGBY Woodlands 57 – Star 24 With both teams missing some key personnel, Woodlands were very pleased to take back the Scruffy Butt Memorial Shield with a win over Star at Waverly Park, 57 – 24. Conditions were great for running rugby