Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
The Southland Tribune wraps up some key moments in the Southland sporting weekend. Enjoy.
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Midfielders impress in solid day out for Southland rugby
Logan Savory wraps up the action from the Southland Stags' first preseason hitout, including outlining five players who impressed in what was a good day out for Southland rugby. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
The player-turned-coach-turned-commentator….
Scott Eade is a handy rugby player. You don’t play over 50 games for the Stags and lead a team to a couple of Galbraith Shield titles if you’re not.
He’s now doing a stellar job as Rugby Southland academy manager developing the next generation of Southland rugby stars.
Some say Eade’s future as a coach is very bright.
But if that’s not enough, he’s got a future as a commentator as well if he ever wanted to make a career of that.
In the modern digital world, many games that would have otherwise been exclusive to those at the venue, are now live-streamed.
That was the case on Saturday in Te Anau when Rugby Southland and The Pits Media again teamed up to provide coverage of the Stags’ “game of three haves” preseason hitout.
Eade assumed the role of play-by-play commentator throughout the 120 minutes and it’s not a stretch to suggest he’s actually a natural at it.
Congratulations to Eade and The Pits Media, with the help of injured Stags Grayson Knapp and Mike McKee as comments men.
Q&A: Mary Fraser's dream FIFA World Cup role
Former New Zealand under 20s footballer and SBS Academy Southland graduate Mary Fraser has landed a dream role during the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Nathan Burdon caught up with the Southlander to find out more about her early days in Invercargill, her time playing collegiate football in the United States and what she’s up to now. (READ MORE HERE)
Queens Park AFC bank important win….
Queens Park AFC propelled itself up the ODT Southern Premiership standings with a 3-1 victory over Timaru-based club Nothern Hearts on Saturday.
Queens Park is the sole Southland club in the Southern Premiership and sat second last heading into Saturday’s game against bottom-placed Northern Hearts in Invercargill.
The Paddy Murphy-coached team got the job done setting the tone early when Cameron Johnson scored after just five minutes.
Ryo Okuyama made it 2-0 at the 20-minute mark which remained the score at halftime.
Hearts closed it to 2-1 through a Ryan Bagrie goal at the 72-minute point but Dylan Hawkes iced the Queens Park victory with a third goal to make it 3-1.
The victory pushed Queens Park to sixth in the competition standings.
Its next assignment will be against Dunedin City Royals in Invercargill on Saturday.
The Royals sit three competition points behind Queens Park.
It was a good weekend for the Queens Park club considering its Southland Express Premier League team also banked a 5-1 win over Jeff Walker Old Boys.
Southland Express Premier League results:
Queens Park 5, Old Boys (Jeff Walker) 1
Gore (Laser Plumping) 10, Southern United 0
Winton 5, Waihopai 4
Balclutha 4, Te Anau 3
Thistle (Auction House) 2, Thistle (Allan Contracting) 1
Old Boys (Southern Steel) 8, Gore (TM Brumby) 0.
Coach: Satisfying victory, but player commitment needs to lift
The Southland Hinds notched up a confidence-boosting win on Saturday, although their coach has sounded a warning suggesting more player commitment is needed in the province. (READ MORE HERE).
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World Champs selection: Southland cyclists Corbin Strong and Tom Sexton will both line up on the road at the UCI World Championships in Glasgow next month. The pair have been included in the 29-strong Cycling New Zealand road squad - largely comprising World Tour riders and European-based professionals - for the World Championships. (READ MORE HERE).
Football: Sammy Murrell is a former New Zealand Junior Football Fern from Southland who now lives in the United States after playing and studying at Havard University. Murrell has joined The Tribune team as a columnist for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. (READ MORE HERE).
parkrun: The parkrun tattoo on Tom Williams’ upper arm is a giveaway. The Englishman is a true believer in just what Parkrun has become since its inception at Bushy Park in London close to 19 years ago. (READ MORE HERE).
