Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
The Southland Tribune wraps up some key moments in the Southland sporting weekend. Enjoy.
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Strong start to Tour de France….
Southland’s very own Corbin Strong has made an encouraging start to his Tour de France debut.
The 110th edition of the tour started on Saturday night [NZ time] and while many of us slept back in Southland Strong rode himself to a 15th-place finish in the first stage of the tour, 33 seconds behind the stage winner. His Israel Premier Tech team mate Michael Woods finished fifth in the stage.
Hours before Strong was making his Tour de France debut Southland’s Marshall Erwood again highlighted his status as a rising star when he won gold in the time trial at the South Island Schools Road Championships.
Fellow Southlander Magnus Jamieson picked up bronze in the same event. The pair will both head to the Junior World Track Cycling Championships later this year.
Club Rugby: Late extra-time drop-goal decides semifinal
We’ve found our 2023 Galbraith Shield finalists with the Eastern-Northern Barbarians and Pirates-Old Boys to square-off at Rugby Park on Saturday. It comes after two hard-fought semifinals with plenty of drama mixed in. Logan Savory wraps up the two games. (READ MORE HERE).
Stags 2023 countdown: Who might be playing in the midfield?
We are now five weeks out from the start of the 2023 National Provincial Championship season. The best time on the rugby calendar. Today Logan Savory assesses who might be playing in the midfield for the Stags. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Southern netball legend to switch to specialist coaching role
Southern netball legend Te Huinga Selby-Rickit will not be part of the 2024 Steel squad - as a player at least. The Steel revealed on Friday the veteran defender will now focus on a career switch to specialist coach in 2024. (READ MORE HERE).
Nelson: Facts don't back up regional NBL salary cap theory
Former NBL boss Justin Nelson says the facts don’t back up the theory regional National Basketball League clubs are hindered by the current salary cap system. And he’s also suggested the Southland Sharks has some work around its local player development in its push for long-term success in the league. (READ MORE HERE).
Cross-country titles dished out as runners brave the cold
Snow blanketed Invercargill Saturday morning and the Hokonui hills overlooking the Waimumu venue for the Southland cross-country championships had more than a sprinkling of white. (READ MORE HERE).
SBHS 1st XV let lead slip….
The Southland Boys’ High School first XV has been beaten 22-18 by Otago Boys; in a top-of-the-table Otago Secondary Schools rugby competition showdown.
The two teams had already met earlier in the season in Invercargill which OBHS won 21-19.
In the return game in Dunedin on Saturday Southland Boys’ put itself in a good position earlier in the second half when at one point it lead 18-8.
However, two converted tries lifted Otago Boys’ to a 22-18 victory.
Meanwhile, in Southland’s U18 competition the combined Menzies College/Gore High School team run up a 51-0 win over James Hargest College, while Central Southland College beat the SBHS ‘Dogs of War’ team 40-0. The SBHS 2nd XV v St Peters College game was postponed.
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In case you missed it…
Grassroots coach/Rugby Southland board member: Volunteers are grassroots sport’s kryptonite, and Michael McKenzie provides a shining example of that with what he has offered up the sport of rugby. (READ MORE HERE).
Q&A: There is no doubt talent has a lot to do with Kennedy Taylor and James McLeay’s success. But not everything. Ahead of talent comes versatility and commitment. (READ MORE HERE).
