Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby halfback Brad Weber did his maths and he was gutted. As Weber, 26, sat on the sideline in a wheelchair

Keeping wickets is insightful and a great asset but it isn't always definitive in dismissing a quality batsman. Well, in this case

COMMENT: Before the re-signing of Smith and Dagg, Steve Hansen faced losing his two best fullbacks, writes Patrick McKendry.

All Black back Israel Dagg has announced he is staying in New Zealand rugby until 2019.

Just two balls into Bay of Plenty's second dig, Liam Dudding pulled up, hobbling off during the Hawke Cup cricket match at Bay Oval

When asked this week if Tom Bruce had gone off the boil after the twenty20 campaign, Central Districts captain William Young's breezy

EARLY STATEMENT: Hawke's Bay's Justin Lincoln and Adrian Orchard (obscured) enjoyed the early lead during heat four of the North Island

Softball By Shane Hurndell Hawke's Bay softballer Jovaan Hanley ranked the Black Sox TAB Challenge Cup 9-0 final win against Argentina

The last time there was so much commotion about McLean Park was in March 2009, when media speculated that a patch of fungal growth

Ford Trophy playoffsPukekura ParkBy Anendra Singh Just as individuals' character emerges when they are drunk, sport teams' temperament

TITLE HOPES: Joshua Lee, left, Reece Akuhata, Wesley Akeripa and Sam Henderson have the potential to win Ocean Beach Kiwi's second

The potent coaching alliance between Bill Robertson and Chris Greatholder is over after the latter switched his allegiance to another

TOUGH DAY: Hawke's Bay fielder Brad Schmulian reacts as Alex Lees is dismissed for Bay of Plenty at Bay Oval. PHOTO: JOHN BORREN 100217jb09bop CricketBy

When wicketkeeper Scott Schaw turned up to say he has started a teaching career that must go on the front burner, coach and father

Netball Taradale "Fantastic news for netball in Hawke's Bay." That was the reaction of Hawke's Bay Netball's business administrator

BAY HOPES: Troy Devery (left) and swinger Pete Steigenberger will be among the Bay's best hopes for the North Island Sidecar Championship

When William Young occupies the Gaza Strip of domestic cricket he is just one of the diggers in the trenches. And boy, oh boy, did

NO play? Says who? I don't know what you were watching but while perched in the corridor-like media booth of the Harris Stand last

TRAINING TIME: Harriet Lloyd-Jones hits the surf for another training session in the countdown to next month's national championships

HB Festival of HockeyHastings A WINDOW of opportunity has opened in "Home and Away" and Hawke's Bay is among protagonists to play

The proposed international FIH Home and Away League has the potential to become a global phenomenonin turfdom, according to Hockey

Peter Millar knew he was on to a Sure Thing but what wasn't a done deal for the Gisborne sailor was claiming a fourth national crown. As

Belief is all the Hawkeyes needed to tame the Great Britain Lions and the Palmerston North Panthers when push came to shove to retain

CD Stags v ND KnightsRd 7, Ford TrophyNew Plymouth Not only has he knocked the ball around and knocked over batsmen with his left-arm

Every so often, the outsiders prove the pundits wrong to overcome odds to produce monumental upsets and that's what makes an outcome

It was touch and go but Napier Technical Old Boys stumbled at the last hurdle at the Central Districts qualifying tournament of the

Hawke's Bay United have done the unthinkable when they beat powerhouses Auckland City in Napier today. Bay United came from 1-0 behind

It's people like Scott Styris who have the propensity to incite a running riot with premature and unsubstantiated assumptions whenever

What's up with Ben Smith in the Central Districts Stags stable? No, not the 44-year-old former Stag who arrived in Hawke's Bay from

BIG OPPORTUNITY: Magpie Tiaan Falcon will start for the Hurricanes in their first pre-season outing of the year today. PHOTO/FILEBlues