Southland Sports News

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

Fernando Alonso celebrated a winning start to his World Endurance Championship career as he and teammates Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima won the 6 Hours of Spa-Francochamps in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid. In the first race of the 2018-19 WEC they led the vast majority of the race to head home the

On Sunday 22nd April Southern Drags hosted their final day of the season at Teretonga Park, weather did cause some disruptions, otherwise a great day for all involved. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography.

Nick Cassidy lies fourth equal in Japan’s Super GT Series after finishing seventh in the second round, the Fuji 500 kms, on Friday night in his Lexus LC 500. After qualifying ninth, his co-driver Ryo Hirakawa started the race, which was won by former champion Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda. H