Tag: Sports

Around 2500 students delivered a powerful haka to mark the official opening of the long-awaited Bentley Pavilion at Macleans College last week. The haka, which...

As rush defences continue to strangle what was once enterprising back play, rugby’s beautiful swan is turning into an ugly duckling. That, and the horrendous...

Nominations are open for the annual sports awards. One of the major changes this year is that the Pakuranga United Rugby Club (PURC) is organising...

Before Beauden Barrett scored four tries and accumulated 30 points in the All Blacks 40-12 second rugby test walloping of the Wallabies at Eden...

Bayley Main scraped home against his older brother Corey by only 0.01s in the final of the men’s 50m backstroke, at the 2018 Aon...

Former Saint Kentigern College footballer Matthew Ridenton is leaving the Phoenix after signing a two-year contract with last season’s grand final runner-up Newcastle Jets...

Under seige Super Rugby coach Tana Umaga would have breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Blues held on to beat the Waratahs...

New Zealand's men's and women's sevens wins against Olympic champions Fiji and Australia respectively provided a happy Commonwealth Games final day for the Kiwis...

Two young local women are set to play for the New Zealand Maori Women's Football team as they take on the Indigenous Australian Women's...

Somerville Intermediate placed first in the schools division at the recent Steelformers Around The Mountain relay. The team of 17 runners each took at least...

Local schools performed strongly at the Anchor AIMS  (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools) Games held in Tauranga last week. The AIMS Games is...

Against a fast moving, in-your-face defence, I believe Lima Sopoaga and Ryan Crotty would form a better All Blacks combination than Beauden Barrett and...

Saint Kentigern College’s Senior A boys cycling team are Auckland cycling champions. The team placed 2nd in yesterday’s race to win the overall Auckland team...

There is just one change to the Auckland starting XV as they kick off their home Mitre 10 Cup programme this Saturday at Eden...

Asafo Aumua, Caleb Clarke and Will Jordon are three classy superstars from the world champion NZ Under 20 rugby team capable of making a...

The Pakuranga United Rugby Club's premiers went down 39-12 to College Rifles at the weekend. The prems were down 27-12 at half-time. Club results Premiers (12) vs...

Samuel MacKay has competed in Taekwon-Do since he was 12-years-old. Now, he’s off to the International Taekwon-Do World Championships, held in Ireland from October 9-15,...

Images from Times Newspapers photographers.

Pakuranga United Premier rugby team ran onto the field wearing pink jerseys as part of the Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser being held at the...

The International Taekwon Do National Under 18 Tournament was held at Rosehill College, Papakura, on Sunday March 26. Photos: Wayne Martin