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Rovers striker hopes brains will rule today
Suggest to Napier City Rovers Central League football side's veteran striker Josh Stevenson he is in hot form and you get the thumbs up. "Five goals from as ma...
Pre-season rugby tourney for youngsters this weekend
When it comes to passion for rugby former Magpies midfield back Sam Giddens is right up there. The 36-year-old is a former Havelock North, Napier Old Boys Mari...
Loosie poised for Central rugby premier record
Loosie Warwick Slingsby will set a Central Rugby and Sports record when he plays his 250th premier match for the club tomorrow. "It's good to be the first to a...
Third Autumn Nationals superstock title a carrot for Ryan
Expect members of the Hawke's Bay Hawkeyes superstock team to be on a redemption mission during Saturday night's Autumn Nationals event at Meeanee. Their title...
Bay's Tamati to play in NRL women's under-19 final
Hawke's Bay's first women's NRL player Courtney Tamati will dedicate Saturday's grand final match to her late aunty Lynne Mareikura. Tamati, 18, will be the st...
Another win for Taradale women's footballers
It was Wembley Park in Whanganui ... not Wembley Stadium in London. But it didn't matter ... Taradale Women's Federation Cup football side (pictured above) sec...
Rovers dealt cruel blow in capital
It was a cruel loss but it also showed how close Napier City Rovers are to the top two teams in the Central League football competition. Third placed Thirsty W...
Toala's all class as Hastings Rugby and Sports remain unbeaten
Hurricanes midfield back Danny Toala was classy as his Hastings Rugby and Sports team won the clash of the unbeaten teams in Hawke's Bay's premier club comp...
Emotional touch to pivot's 200th premier club rugby clash
Napier Old Boys Marist premier rugby side's first five-eighth Ioane (or Johnny as he is better known) Lauano admits his 200th match for the side will be an em...
Hawke's Bay Jet Sprint team crowned Group B 1NZ
Hawke's Bay Jet Sprint team The Link ECU of John Verry and Leila Burder won the Group B class of the PSP NZ Jetsprint Championship this season, They finished s...
Bay's Shepherd wins Toyota 86 Championship
When Hawke's Bay motorsport driver Rowan Shepherd announced his engagement to Mel Hinton last month some of his mates teased him. They suggested the 29-year-ol...
Rovers teenage defender relishes step up
It's no secret Napier City Rovers Central League football team's starting XI is good enough to compete with the best sides in the competition. If Thirsty Whale...
Another Paewai joins villagers centurions list
Havelock North premier rugby team's midfield back Kalin Paewai hopes his 100th match doesn't become a distraction for the team. "All the boys are making a fuss...
Bay's Watts captures first national cross-country title
It was celebration time for Hawke's Bay's Tommy Watts at the weekend, with back-to-back wins in the South Island earning him his first national motorcycling cro...
New head coach for Central Stags
The Central Stags will take the field under new reins next summer with Rob Walter appointed as the team’s Head Coach. The highly regarded Walter (picture...
Hurricanes to play Force in Napier
The recent travel bubble announcement between New Zealand and Australia sees rugby in Hawke’s Bay as a beneficiary being able to secure a Super Rugby Tran...
Taradale Women's Federation Cup footballers post victory
Taradale's Federation Cup Women's Football team had a 3-2 win today in their away game at Memorial Park Park in Palmerston North. The day didn’t go to pl...
Todd claims Hawke's Bay TQ championship title
Two weeks after winning the North Island TQ title Hawke's Bay's Duane Todd won the provincial championship at Meeanee last night. "I've been fast all year an...
Striker scores four as Rovers bounce back in style
One doesn't have to be a genius to work out Napier City Rovers football striker Kailan Gould was rapt with his four goals during today's 7-0 drubbing of Petone...
Mother and daughter shine for Clive women's rugby side
Mother and daughter combo, Laurae and Raedeen Blake, helped Clive win their first round fixture in Hawke's Bay's women's club rugby competition yesterday. Laur...
