Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
Welcome to The Southland Tribune's Sunday sports offering. Enjoy.
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Five potential future homes for the Southland Stags
Questions have surfaced around where the Southland Stags should play their home games in the future on the back of the Invercargill City Council voting to stop putting any money towards the venue. Logan Savory takes a look at five potential options for the Southland Stags’ long-term home. (READ MORE HERE).
Club Rugby: Spinks sparks Star's stunning win
We have a new competition leader in Southland’s premier club rugby competition, and it’s all unfolded in pretty ruthless fashion. The top four also now look pretty well sorted with the return of a 14 gap between fourth place and fifth on the competition standings. Logan Savory wraps up round eight of the competition. (READ MORE HERE).
Sav's Sidelines: Stag hopeful's cruel training moment
Welcome to this week’s Sav’s Sidelines column which covers off a variety of offerings from the grassroots to Super Rugby and beyond. This week Savory points to a cruel training injury that’s halted a Stag hopeful’s momentum, a look at some of the Stags’ midfield options, a coaching quest, and reflects 30 years on from a great Southland rugby moment. (READ MORE HERE).
Dermody: 'Well-resourced, big, athletic, extremely fast'
Southland Boys’ High School coach Jason Dermody isn’t sure many realise how advanced Japan schoolboy rugby is at the moment. (READ MORE HERE).
Tactix dominate Southern Steel in South Island derby
Rebounding strongly, the Tactix dominated the southern derby while returning to winning ways with a well-constructed 53-44 win over the Southern Steel in Christchurch on Sunday. (READ MORE HERE).
Sharks push competition leaders before final quarter fail
Don’t let the fulltime scoreline fool you, the Southland Sharks deserved better than that. The bottom-of-the-table Sharks hosted the top-of-the-table Auckland Tuatara in Invercargill on Saturday in a fixture that on paper had the potential to turn very ugly for the lads in orange. (READ MORE HERE).
Superfast's win honours Washington VC
Superfast ran the race of her life at Ascot Park on Saturday to honour the passing of her sire Washington VC. The mare charged out of the pack to win for owners Keith and Tracey Norman who stood Washington VC in Southland during his incredible siring career. (READ MORE HERE).