Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
Welcome to The Southland Tribune's Sunday sports offering. Enjoy.
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Stags coaches visit rugby mastermind in Japan
Southland Stags coaches Matt Saunders and James Wilson are in Japan on a fact-finding mission alongside one of the world’s most astute rugby minds. (READ MORE HERE).
Injury to promising looseforward mars latest club rugby round
Just Star and Pirates-Old Boys remain unbeaten after two rounds of Southland’s 2024 premier club rugby competition. Logan Savory wraps up how round two played out which included a nasty injury, a big comeback at Woodlands, and another good performance from a young Stags hopeful. (READ MORE HERE).
Returning Withy hopes others may follow
Sean Withy hopes other Southland lads aligned to Otago may in the future join him in returning to their provincial roots. Withy has been one of the Southland Stags’ most important signings in sometime with the Highlanders looseforward deciding to return home to play his NPC rugby with his home province. (READ MORE HERE).
Undermanned Sharks drop third straight game
Mark it down as a challenging eight days for the Southland Sharks organisation. There’s only way direction from here - up. Southland lost its third straight game to start the 2024 Sal’s National Basketball League when it was beaten 107-80 by Hawke’s Bay on the road on Sunday night. (READ MORE HERE).
'We have got the depth': First-up win for Queens Park
Queens Park has shown some promise in the ODT Men’s Southern Premier League in recent seasons after stepping up from Southland’s Donald Gray Cup. On Saturday Queens Park yet again reaffirmed that. (READ MORE HERE).
Southland's remarkable double-double at South Island champs
The South Island Secondary School Track and Field Championships gave Southland a middle-distance double-double with wins in both boys and girls U15 800m and 1500m races, and a couple of records as well. (READ MORE HERE).
Tribune Shoutout…
Two Southland teams advanced to the finals of the 2024 National Interclub Sevens. The Invercargill Bowling Club progressed to the final of the women’s competition before being beaten by Carlton Cornwall Bowls in the decider.
The Gore Bowling Club advanced to the final in the men’s section before being beaten by the Auckland Bowling Club.
It was yet another big and exciting weekend of bowls for Southland.
Q&A: The latest in a long line of Southland jumps medallists
What made a now 15-year-old Southlander take up such highly technical events and what was her reaction to medalling at her first national championship outing? We put it to her. (READ MORE HERE).
In case you missed it…
Stags coaching team: Matt Saunders has stepped in to coach the Southland Stags this year alongside James Wilson, with their former Stags team mate Kane Thompson, as well as Daryl Thompson, appointed assistant coaches. (READ MORE HERE).
