Previous || Next Upsets were the order of the day in Dunedin club rugby today with two of the top teams knocked off their perch. The accurate goal...
Rugby: Varsity A topple Taieri in day of upsets
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Rugby: Varsity A topple Taieri
Upsets were the order of the day in Dunedin club rugby today with two of the top teams knocked off their perch. The accurate goal kicking of Tim...
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Rugby: Smith and Nonu benched by Highlanders
All Blacks Ma'a Nonu and Aaron Smith will start on the bench for the Highlanders when they face the Blues in Dunedin tomorrow night. Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has made seven changes to the side which lost 19-18 to the Western Force in Perth last week....
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Rugby: Dunedin sneak home over Harbour
Dunedin's points-scoring maestro Liam Edwards played a key role in Dunedin's narrow 24-20 win over Harbour in Dunedin club rugby today. The fleet-footed Edwards was injured when playing for Otago...
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Rugby Chat: Can Kaikorai beat the Eels despite the Brad Thorn factor?
ODT rugby columnist Paul Dwyer...
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Rugby: Dunedin Premier round-up
Previous || Next University A kept up their try scoring mood when they added six tries to the tally when they beat Harbour 34-17 at the University Oval in Dunedin club rugby today. The...
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Rugby: Fenemor stars as students upset Taieri
Stephen Fenemor's magic boot burst Taieri's bubble as the defending champion sustained its second loss in four days in Dunedin premier club rugby yesterday. His last-minute dropped goal gave Taieri its first loss last season. Fenemor returned from a long injury lay-off yesterday with another dropped goal to break the deadlock when the scores were locked together and give the students the breathing space to beat Taieri 32-22. He scored 17 points with a try, three conversions, a penalty goal and dropped goal to again be a nuisance for Taieri. The other big upset yesterday came when Pirates beat Southern 22-19. Tim Cossens kicked 14 points for Pirates to become the third player this year to...
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Rugby: Thorn craves another win for Highlanders
Brad Thorn has won more things than most players, and now he is experiencing life at the other end of the table. It's not a feeling the former All Blacks' lock likes. As he said yesterday, he's had some tough years during his career but nothing that can compare with a season that has reaped...
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Rugby: Thorn going strong but string of losses weighs heavily
Brad Thorn has won more things than most players and now he is experiencing life at the other end of the table. It's not a feeling the former All Blacks lock likes. As he said yesterday, he has had some tough years during his career but nothing that can compare with a...
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Rugby: Hard work, local focus key to comeback
Previous || Next The smiles are a mile wide in Mosgiel as the Taieri club enjoys a rich run of success. But it was not always like that. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at where the Taieri club has come from and how it got there. Victory has 100 fathers but losing is an orphan. Never a truer word spoken, and for the Taieri rugby club, it has been a long road to get to where it is now. The club is the new powerhouse of the Dunedin premier competition, having lost just three of its past 38 games. There was a minor blip over Queen's Birthday - Taieri lost to both Dunedin and University A - but the Eels, bolstered by Highlanders Brad Thorn and Hayden Parker, rebounded with a big win over...
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Rugby: 52nd annual Taieri sevens tournament
Previous || Next Leah Stephens keeps the boys in line, on and off the rugby field. The 6-year-old Warepa School pupil was a standout player for the Clutha under-7 team at yesterday's 52nd annual Taieri sevens tournament, in Mosgiel. She was the only girl in the team, which also included her twin brother...
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Rugby: Thorn tosses up future options after roller coaster couple of years
As of next month, Brad Thorn will be unemployed. His contract with the Highlanders will be finished and he definitely won't play ITM Cup rugby this year. Instead, there will be a welcome rest, but with the prospect of more rugby to come. Another season at the Highlanders remains an option, but so does playing overseas. Remarkably, at 38, Thorn has this year been one of the most consistent players at the Highlanders despite a series of incredible ups and downs starting in February, 2011 - earthquakes, playing for the Crusaders in a losing final...
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Rugby: Thorn looking forward to a rest - then more rugby
As of next month, Brad Thorn will be unemployed. His contract with the Highlanders will be finished and he definitely won't play ITM Cup rugby this year. Instead, there will be a welcome rest, but with the prospect of more rugby to come. Where that is, he's not sure yet. Another season at the Highlanders remains an option, but so does playing overseas. Remarkably, at the age of 38, Thorn has this year been one of the most consistent players at the Highlanders despite a series of incredible ups and downs starting in February, 2011 - earthquakes, playing for the Crusaders in a losing final against the Reds in Brisbane, a World Cup victory,...
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League: All Black and Wallaby locks join together for Origin
For one night only, James Horwill and Brad Thorn will be on the same side at Suncorp Stadium. Cornerstones of the Wallabies and All Black forward packs, the second row rivals will unite behind the Queensland cause in tonight's State of Origin decider against New South Wales. The locks resume hostilities on the same turf on Saturday night when the Crusaders and Reds determine the inaugural holder of rugby's Super 15 trophy. They could potentially go head-to-head at the venue again in the final Bledisloe Cup clash on August 27 - the last transtasman encounter before...
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Rugby: Jack Hore Trophy safe with Southern
Previous || Next First five-eighth Ben Patston had his kicking boots on and landed six goals to help Southern retain the Jack Hore Memorial Trophy on Saturday. Patston scored 16 of his side's points as Southern claimed its 11th successive win in the fixture, beating Pirates 31-0. Southern remains unbeaten after three rounds of the Dunedin premier rugby competition and leads the points table with 14 points. Taieri won a bruising game against University A 28-20 to take second spot on the table with 13 points, followed by Pirates, University A and Dunedin on 10. Alhambra-Union beat Green Island 25-20 and Harbour downed Kaikorai 16-12 after a late try by Aleki Morris. Southern 31 Pirates...
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Thorn coup for Leinster
Leinster have agreed a short-term deal with World Cup-winning lock Brad Thorn. Thorn has been playing for Japanese club Fukuoka Sanix Blues since helping the All Blacks secure the Webb...
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Rugby: Leaders produce top game
Taieri retained its unbeaten record and moved a step closer to winning the Speight's Mug in a day of upsets in Dunedin premier club rugby on Saturday. Fullback Kori Rupene was on fire and scored three of the five tries when Taieri beat Southern 31-20 with a blistering display of controlled counterattacking rugby. The top-of-the-table clash produced scintillating rugby. Both teams were prepared to give the ball air and produced some classic tries. Wingers Harry Uffindell (Southern) and Kieran Moffat (Taieri) both scored two tries and lead the premier competition's try scoring with seven tries this season. Taieri leads the competition on 32 points and is followed by Dunedin 26, Southern 24,...
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Thorn looks to Broncos for Highlanders turnaround
Brad Thorn of the Highlanders is tackled during the round four Super Rugby match between the Highlanders and the Cheetahs at Rugby Park Stadium on March 9, 2013 in Invercargill, New Zealand. Photo: Getty Images The ''granddaddy'' of Super Rugby, Brad Thorn, is drawing inspiration...
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For Venerable New Zealand Star, Titles and Battles Keep Coming
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The joke making the rounds after Leinster won the Heineken Cup was that Brad Thorn was going to join the soccer club Chelsea because he wanted to add the Premier League and Champions League trophies to his pool room. Enlarge This Image William West/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Brad Thorn, with New Zealand’s national team, the All Blacks. Thorn, 37, has played professionally for 20 years. But first, Thorn, an imposing lock for New Zealand’s national rugby team, would have to check whether there was any room, given the trophy collection he has amassed in almost 20 years of playing professional rugby union and league. Thorn, 37, became the oldest...
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Rugby: Two semifinal spots still at stake
There are two rounds left in Dunedin premier club rugby and the final two semifinal spots are still up for grabs. Taieri and Dunedin are safe but the final two spots will be disputed by University A, Southern and Kaikorai. Taieri leads the Gallaway Trophy with 68 points and is followed by Dunedin 67, University A 53, Southern 50, Kaikorai 46, Alhambra-Union 37, Pirates 36, Harbour 26, Green...
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