Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
Plenty of sport to delve into in this week's Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition. Enjoy the read.
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition offering. We’ll be back again on Sunday with our “Sunday Special”.
Phillip Norman: Surfers Paradise tour to 200-game milestone
Phillip Norman will on Saturday bring up game No 200 for the Wyndham Rugby Club’s senior team. He will become just the 10th player in the club’s 123-year history to do so, and just the third back. The other two backs are Selwyn Winter and Aaron Davidson. (READ MORE HERE).
Stags 2023 countdown: Who are the first five-eighth contenders?
We are about six weeks out from the start of the 2023 National Provincial Championship season. Logan Savory is taking a look at some of the Southland Stags’ playing prospects for the 2023 campaign. Today he looks at the first five-eighths (READ MORE HERE).
Tribune Super Rugby picks panel….
Overall standings: Scott Eade (396 points), Jason Rutledge (362), Matt Saunders (351).
Five points are allocated for each winner picked, and a bonus point if the margin is also correct.
Q&A: The behind-the-scenes role as an athletics coach
Scott Cole's athletics journey started with wife Andrea spotting an ad for St Paul’s “give it a go day”. Now he's a driving force behind the Athletics Southland Development Squad. (READ MORE HERE).
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(On the Couch)
New Zealand v Wales Under-20 rugby - 2am, Sunday - Sky Sport
If you’re not a big fan of sleep, or maybe just coming home after a late one, settle in and watch Southland’s very own Jack Taylor line up in the Under-20 World Cup Championship in South Africa.
Taylor will start at hooker for the New Zealand Under-20 team against Wales in their first pool match of the tournament.
Another Southland lad, Will Stodart, (who unfortunately is attached to Otago) will start at lock for the New Zealand U20 team against Wales.
All the best.
(Out & About)
SBHS v John McGlashan College first XV rugby - 11.45am, Saturday - at Southland Boys’
They say the best rugby to watch is at a school level, and it’s hard to argue that. Check it out for yourself.
The Southland Boys’ High School first XV is hosting John McGlashan College from Dunedin in an Otago Secondary Schools clash on Saturday at 11.45am.
This is where you’ll spot some next generation players emerge, with names like Rutledge and Muliaina in the mix.
In case you missed it….
Steel troubles: The Southern Steel’s awful 2023 has just got much worse with two key players heading to rival ANZ Premiership teams. (READ MORE HERE).
National success: A group of Southland runners headed to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships and the results were...well...pretty impressive we don't mind saying. (READ MORE HERE).
The future: Scott Eade is developing an ever-growing reputation as a significant asset for Southland rugby, in its attempt to produce more Super Rugby players and move the Stags up the NPC standings. (READ MORE HERE).
