Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
Plenty of sport to delve into in this week's Spotlight on Sport. Enjoy the read.
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition offering. We’ll be back with our Sunday Sports Special in a couple of days.
Familiar faces to line up in all-Rata premier club final
A couple of ANZ Premiership netballers will feature in what’s expected to be an intense all-Rata showdown in Invercargill Netball Centre’s premier club final on Saturday. (READ MORE HERE).
Six young Southland Stags players on the rise
The 2023 National Provincial Championship kicks off tonight. Logan Savory puts the spotlight on six young Southland Stags players who may be destined for higher honours and are worth keeping an eye on. (READ MORE HERE)
Coach’s Comment: Where was the mass of Southland participants?
Running is a mass-participation sport. Where was the mass of Southland participants? Do only likely medal winners or top finishers compete in national events go? Or are championships for the thrill of competing, the camaraderie of being with like-minded people and the challenge of pushing your own limits? (READ MORE HERE).
Joshua La Rosa makes his mark in drift series
Invercargill driver Joshua La Rosa has made a successful start to his motorsport career by winning the 2022/2023 Drift South Development Series. La Rosa was also presented with a Special Recognition Award for the achievement by the Southland Sports Car Club, of which he is a member, at their recent prizegiving. (READ MORE HERE).
The Roaring Pen podcast is back….
HAVE A LISTEN:
The Roaring Pen podcast - where the Southland Stags are the focus - was launched by Nathan Burdon and Nick Jeffrey last year for the 2022 NPC season.
Good news Stags supporters, after some encouragement from the Stags’ No 1 fan Lindsay Beer, the podcast is back for a second season.
Hosted by Jeffrey and Burdon - with The Tribune’s Logan Savory joining in as well - the podcast will again shine a light on all things the Stags throughout the 2023 NPC season.
In podcast No 1 in season two we take a look back at 2022, look at the season ahead, and delve into the makeup of the 2023 Stags squad ahead of the competition opener in Invercargill on Sunday.
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(Out & About)
Invercargill Netball Centre club premier final - Saturday, 2pm - ILT Stadium Southland
It’s finals day at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Saturday with the headline act the premier A grade final.
The premier final will be contested between two Rata teams, Rata A and Rata Tatas.
The Tatas team includes ANZ Premiership players Aliyah Dunn and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit.
Well worth a watch.
(Out & About II)
SBHS v King’s High School first XV rugby - 11.15am, Saturday - Les George Oval, Invercargill
It’s semifinal time in the Otago Secondary Schools first XV rugby competition which Southland Boys’ plays in.
SBHS finished top of the table and will host King’s from Dunedin at the Les George Oval at Oreti Park.
Go out and cheer on SBHS before heading home to put the feet up at watch the All Blacks-Wallabies game on TV at 2.35pm.
In case you missed it….
Next-generation leaders: Close to 14 years ago Matt Saunders, David Hall, James Wilson, and Josh Bekhuis, were part of something special. Fast forward to 2023 and that quartet of 2009 Southland rugby heroes have united in a quest to try to spark some more special rugby moments in the south. (READ MORE HERE).
Was the scoreline as bad as it looked? “We just had [to defend] so many 5m lineouts and no matter who you are playing, if they’ve got that many they are going to rack up some points.” (READ MORE HERE).
Four wins in a row: “I think it moves the goals, in terms of building towards next season. We are under no illusions that we are the little side from Invercargill punching above our weight.” (READ MORE HERE).
