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After a quick turnaround, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel held their nerve to post a hard-fought 49-47 win over a tenacious Robinhood Northern Stars at the Auckland Netball Centre on Sunday. In unfamiliar territory at the bottom of the table, the Steel had to wait until their fourth match before sec

Consistency is a key theme in the Dunedin flat of twin Heffernan sisters Kate and Georgia as they take aim at the rebooted ANZ Premiership. The duo is part of a new-look Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel team and with a double-header looming at the Auckland Netball Centre this weekend – taking on the

The Otago Nuggets are the early pacesetters in the Sal’s NBL Showdown, presented by SKYCITY, thanks to a second win inside 24 hours, defeating the Nelson Giants 107-82 to back up their win over the Jets last night. While the Giants showed glimpses of what they will bring to the Sal’s NBL once the ro

Australia and New Zealand have won the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the FIFA Council. Their joint proposal beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams. Japan, who had also put forwar

The Mitre 10 draw has been announced and the Sit Zero Fees Southland Stags will once again hold 5 home games and 5 away games over 10 weeks, before the finals in late November. As of 23 June 2020 All details are subject to change, home team is listed first. (RS) Ranfurly Shield match. We […]

Highlanders prop Siate Tokalahi has signed for the SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup Season. Formerly of the Chiefs, prop Siate Takolahi, strengthened the Highlanders’ prop stocks in 2017 and has since accumulated over 67 Super Rugby Caps. Tokolahi sustained a significant knee

Rugby is back and boy is it good! Last weekend’s pre season hit outs were a sign of things to come, and the weekend lived up to expectations. The sun may have been noticibly absent for our men on Saturday, but our women had perfect conditions for their pre season games in Gore. 36 senior […]

New Zealand’s ‘home of netball in the Deep South’ will host the 2020 ANZ Premiership Finals Series with all six teams converging on Invercargill in August. The revised season comes to a conclusion with a triple-header Finals Series played on Sunday 23 August at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill.