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The GoSweetSpot Mystics are the most successful team in ANZ Premiership history, and it is not particularly close anymore. They beat the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 56-46 in the Grand Final in Auckland on Saturday, claiming a record fourth title — one more than any other side in the competition&

The Southern Steel are heading to the ANZ Premiership Grand Final, and head coach Wendy Frew is finally allowed to smile about it. All season the Invercargill-based side has run on a game-by-game mantra, refusing to look further ahead than the next match. That discipline paid off Sunday when they

The SBS Bank Southland Stags have bolstered their squad ahead of the 2026 NPC season, signing three players including a third-generation Southland rugby family member. Gregor Rutledge joins as a product of the Rugby Southland pathway system, completing a remarkable family hat-trick. His grandfather Leicester Rutledge made 113 appearances for

The Tour of Southland turns 70 this November — and it's bringing back the legends to prove it. Australasia's longest-running multi-stage cycling event, the SBS Bank Tour of Southland, will hold its 70th edition from November 1 to 7, less than a year after the rescheduled 69th

The Southland Stags are heading bush this July, visiting eight rural clubs across the province in a single day. The annual Rural Roadie runs on Tuesday July 7, with the Stags squad splitting into four groups to cover ground from Drummond to Tokanui. The initiative is free to attend and

Cormac Buchanan finished 18th at the Autodrom Brno circuit in Czechia on Sunday, but he's not dwelling on it. He can't — the next race is already here. The Southland teenager had a rough weekend in the Moto3 World Championship from the start. Set-up problems limited his

The Southern Steel are one win away from the ANZ Premiership grand final — and head coach Wendy Frew has been here before. The Steel host the Tactix in an Elimination Final at ILT Stadium Southland on Sunday, with a spot in next weekend's decider against the Mystics in

Southland basketball has a new single boss covering both the grassroots game and the Sharks' national league campaign. Rod Bannister has been appointed General Manager of the Southland Basketball Association and the Southland Sharks, combining what were previously two separate roles into one. The move is a deliberate restructure