CLASSY SWEEPER: Tamati Samuels will be a key player for Napier Technical at this weekend's National Club Sevens in Hamilton. PHOTO/WARREN

HB Utd v Auckland CityPark Island, NapierBy Anendra Singh Ask Jamie Dunning to describe himself as a coach and he pauses, thinks momentarily

BIG CHALLENGE: Mutu Ngarimu lines up some more drills during his Taradale premier rugby team's pre-season training. PHOTO/WARREN BUCKLANDPremier

Hastings trainer Kelly Burne was burning up the roads around Gisborne while her horse Saint Kitt was powering to victory in last Saturday's

Down on their hands and knees, the three wise men in red shirts and black slacks pushed and prodded with a stump before scuffing certain

Croppers won't break into a smile anytime soon after yesterday's persistent drizzle and neither will cricket tragics but the irony

GENEROUS GESTURE: Rachael Shaw, left, and Sport Hawke's Bay chief executive Mark Aspden with Hawke's Bay athlete Georgia Hulls. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Two

Nelson Park across the road was hunky dory for an hour after the scheduled 2pm start so what happened to McLean Park? That's what

Napier City Council and NZ Cricket to take urgent action after second Chappell-Hadlee one-day international was abandoned today.

His name is on just about every cricket fan's lips and there's no disputing Marcus Stoinis can get gungho about hitting a ball. It's

The runs drought is not over but the dream of a consecutive treble of one-day titles certainly is for the Central Districts Stags. Rain

GLORIOUS GOLD: Hawke's Bay's gold medal winners at the North Island champs from left: Brooklyn Bayly, Harriet Wiliams, Morgan Davies

McLean Park has been the backdrop to reminisce about one of cricket's greatest travesties.

For Phil Stoyanoff, preparing a pitch for tomorrow's Black Caps v Australia ODI has been "from one extreme to the other".

TARANAKI-BOUND: Ricky Riccitelli will return to his home province of Taranaki for Mitre 10 Cup play after his Super season. PHOTO/FILEMitre

Brisbane 10sRugby Way to make the most of a limited window of opportunity Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby speedster Jonah Lowe. The Magpies

In the mythical world of deities, demons and dragons, legend has it just one firebird feather can light up a room if not covered up. Fantasy

Apparently it's called the Wellington Sevens because that's how many tickets were sold. Financially beleaguered for the past few

If you frowned and asked "Marcus Stoinis who?" while staring at the TV yesterday watching the Black Caps v Australia ODI in Auckland

COACH Colin Schaw sounded cool as a cucumber but that sense of composure didn't surface until about 5.30pm last night in Ongaonga. "We're

It was a vow of silence for Hawke's Bay United but oddly enough captain Finlay Milne was in the middle of an interview with a scribe

ROLL CONTINUES: Napier Old Boys Marist celebrate their New Zealand Marist Sevens title. PHOTO/SUPPLIEDNZ Marist SevensWellingtonBy

CRUCIAL CHORE: Hawke's Bay's Duane Todd removes clay from his tyres before his first championship heat on Saturday night. PHOTO/DUNCAN

Okay it's time for some realism in the Central Districts Stags' one-day campaign and the quest for a magical three consecutive crowns

Hawke's Bay United came away with three points in their first match played in Palmerston North today. The Thirsty Whale-sponsored

Opinion THE chant of "Off! Off! Off!" from your own boorish home fans is something Hawke's Bay United coach Brett Angell is undeniably

Hawke's Bay tennis player Finn Reynolds was too disappointed to talk after last Friday night's under-18 doubles final at the Australia

FRANKLY they come across like blokes who are skiving on the cricket field, loitering outside the off stump within earshot of a wicketkeeper

Mitre 10 CupRugby Magpies co-coach Craig Philpott regularly labels Jonah Lowe and Mason Emerson as the future of Hawke's Bay rugby. So

It's a match between the two bottom teams but all it takes is a couple of wins and that could catapult either into playoff contention