Sports

BOP U19s look real deal in Jock Hobbs tourney

Bay of Plenty rugby's rampaging under 19 team have opened the Jock Hobbs Memorial tournament in Taupo with a staggering 90-0 demolition of Hawke's Bay, underlining... Read More

Kelly to open up at Tauranga gala dinner

Guests at this year's Tauranga Gala Dinner can expect a rare insight into the experience of women in rugby from Black Ferns star Kelly Brazier. The highly experienced... Read More

The case for a sports stadium

If you've travelled along Cameron Road in the centre of Tauranga recently you may have noticed a monument to the chronic municipal inertia we face in this city. A... Read More

AIMS Games LIVE: Day 2

Day two of the 2018 Anchor AIMS Games International Sporting Championships is about to get underway in Tauranga. There are 10,851 competitors from 326 schools... Read More

Jones eyes worlds after finals break-through

Luuka Jones had a much-needed World Cup canoe slalom break-through overnight but also knows she's got more work to do before the upcoming world championships in... Read More

Tauranga International Marathon makes comeback

Tauranga International Marathon runners will be getting ready to lace up their sneakers all over again, as the event makes a comeback. Following a hugely successful... Read More

Valuable lessons learned from a kicking

It was the Coastline Mariner's first representative rugby league outing for two or three years, and they got ‘pumped' 46-10. But the score didn't matter... Read More

Near miss for kayaker Jones

Tauranga canoe slalom star Luuka Jones has narrowly missed making her first World Cup final of the year in Spain after finishing 12th in her K1 semi-finals. The... Read More

Bay under 19s take big hopes to tournament

Bay of Plenty rugby's under 19s head to Taupo for the annual Jock Hobbs Memorial tournament with big hopes of a strong showing - including perhaps going all the... Read More

Wickliffe to debut for Volcanix

Bay of Plenty's Black Fern Renee Wickliffe will make her long-awaited debut for the Volcanix today. The star winger, who made her name in the Auckland and Counties... Read More

AIMS Games: fifth and final

For as long as Isaac Schuler can remember, September has always been about the AIMS Games. Sure, there was a bit of rugby thrown in during his early years, when... Read More

Team options good place to be for Steamers coach

Competition for places is giving Bay of Plenty head coach Clayton McMillan plenty of the right kind of selection headaches as the Mitre 10 Cup season unfolds. He's... Read More