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Southland Stags centurion Josh Bekhuis is coming back to Stag Land and will be taking the field once again at Rugby Park. Josh has just come to the end of his season in Japan playing professionally. At 36 years old, with 115 games for the SBS Bank Southland Stags and 110 in Super Rugby, many […]

The Southland Sharks will have a new face at the helm on Thursday night following the news that Head Coach Rob Beveridge and Assistant Coach Leyton Haddleton are both isolating due to the Government’s Covid requirements. Veteran Sharks player Andrew Wheeler has taken over coaching duties this week a

A storming finish propelled the Robinhood Stars to a dramatic 62-60 extra time win over a gallant Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Invercargill on Sunday. Leading by as many as six goals early in the final stanza, the Steel could not close the door on an ever-persistent Stars in a do-or-die match

It’s crunch time for the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel as three must-win games loom to conclude a turbulent ANZ Premiership campaign. To round out the regular season, the Steel will face the fast-finishing Robinhood Stars at ILT Stadium Southland on Sunday before a rematch in Auckland on Thursday

SBS Bank Southland Stags 50 cap Tighthead Prop Morgan Mitchell is returning to Southland for the 2022 Bunnings NPC Season. Morgan, 28, last played for Southland in 2019 where he brought up his 50th game for the SBS Bank Southland Stags, a milestone that remains a highlight to this day. The former Go

Two young cyclists have led New Zealand UCI Continental team Mito-Q NZ Cycling Project to success on one of America’s leading road stage races in central Arkansas. Southland’s Josh Burnett, 21 and Wellington’s George Jackson, 22 have each won key categories in the 45th edition of the Joe Martin Stag

Playing for their season, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel rose to the occasion to complete the job with a comfortable 68-57 win over Splice Construction Magic in Invercargill on Sunday. Left looking over their shoulders during a threatening middle two quarters from the Magic, a strong opening an

2021 was homecoming and dream come true for Southland Born Grayson Knapp. The 26 year old Lock played junior rugby in Eastern Southland is a kid, before earning his stripes in Nelson at Nelson College. Fast forward to 2022, Grayson is looking to add to his 6 caps to date with a further season with [