Sport + Motorsport

Renowned for his flamboyant driving style, Andrew Hawkeswood won the NZ Rally Championship at the wheel of a heavily modified Mazda 2 engineered by his own team. One hundred and forty-six tyres is a telling statistic. That’s how much rubber Thames-born Andrew Hawkeswood chewed through during the six

PREMIER Woodlands 12 – Blues 22 Motivated Blues were the victors over Woodlands on Saturday. Woodlands kicked off and Blues immediately broke the first tackle. Unfortunately, this was a sign of things to come. Greater urgency on defence and attack allowed Blues to get on the front foot and find fiel

New Zealand Under 20 Coach Craig Philpott has rung in the changes ahead of their second Oceania Rugby U20 Championship match, with six players set to pull on the black jersey for the first time and a total of 18 changes to the squad. The team face Fiji tonight at 5pm (NZT) at Bond University, […]

Dave Loudon has the weekend’s rugby league wrap up plus photos. Two premier grade games of Southland District Rugby League were played at the Elles Road grounds at Invercargill. The games were part of a combined Otago/Southland competition round. The first game saw Winton/City play Dunedin Bears RLC

A record number of 15 rising race drivers will do battle for two prized seats in the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship on Monday. To win one of two drives, members of the squad will go through on-track familiarisations, fitness tests, interviews in front of the CareVets judging panel, and track drivi

Just four weeks ago Shannon Goldsmith was undertaking a trek to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal. This weekend he will be competing in the   at Sandy Point on the outskirts of Invercargill. It is quite a transition and former Southlander Goldsmith says the best thing is that rather than struggling to

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks added the final piece of its 2018 roster today and the team’s third import player finds it ironic New Zealand is to be his latest basketball destination. Canadian international forward Conor Morgan was a key part of his country’s upset Silver medal-winning campaign

Study Southland is gearing up to crouch, bind and set with international students at the upcoming Rugby Give it a Go day. The International Students Rugby Give it a Go Day will be held Saturday, 5 May between 9:00m – 1:00pm at Rugby Park. The event is part of the International student wellbeing stra