Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
The Southland Tribune wraps up some key moments in the Southland sporting weekend. Enjoy.
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Southlander to make Tour de France debut
Southland’s Corbin Strong has reached the dizzy heights of cycling with confirmation he will line up in the 2023 Tour de France. (READ MORE HERE).
Club Rugby: Woodlands make statement ahead of semifinal
Woodlands has finished top of the table and will host fourth-place Pirates-Old Boys in one semifinal. While second-place Eastern-Northern Barbarians and Marist will square off at the Gore Showgrounds in the other. Logan Savory wraps up how the intriguing final Saturday of the round-robin season played out. (READ MORE HERE).
Club Rugby: Tribune's Premier Round-Robin Awards
With the completion of the 2023 Southland premier club rugby round-robin competition, we at The Southland Tribune have handed out our Tribune Premier Round-Robin Awards. It includes the competition’s MVP, Rookie of the Year, Round-Robin XV, Best Game Award, and much more. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Stags snatch 'powerful young fella' from Otago
It’s been months in the making but the Southland Stags have locked in a promising loose forward on a four-year deal. A move that’s expected to add a bit more spice to the Southland-Otago rugby rivalry. (READ MORE HERE).
Southern Steel lock in two international stars for 2024
The Southern Steel has moved quickly to calm some of the nerves amongst Steel fans. Steel confirmed on Friday that star English import George Fisher and Silver Ferns midcourter Shannon Saunders will wear the Steel dress in 2024. (READ MORE HERE).
Former Southland Sharks player drafted into NBA
Former Southland Sharks player Mojave King has been picked up in the NBA draft. (READ MORE HERE).
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In case you missed it…
Grassroots legend: 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 countdown: 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).
Q&A: 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).
