For Hawke's Bay couple Ashley and Denise Hartley, finding their seats for tonight's big Hurricanes/Highlanders clash in Wellington will not be a problem.

19-year-old Josh Adamson from Napier is counting his blessings after deciding a year ago to take his horse, Trigger, to Surrey, England, with him.

Hape Ngaronoa is the ideal bloke to ask who will win tonight's feature bout at the Combat Kings New Zealand Return of Legends show in Hastings.

Should the going get tough for Hawke's Bay's two-time world kickboxing champion Chris "The White Sniper" Johnson tonight, he will not have to look far for inspiration.

Luke Ottley chuckles as he recalls the days when he was on the top of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Referees Association's "Most Wanted" list.

Improving Hawke's Bay's national ranking of 23 will be the aim of the HBS Bank Hawke's Bay under-17 netball team at their July 13-16 nationals in Mount Maunganui.

It's a "bittersweet moment" but Hawke's Bay Racing general manager Jason Fleming is resigning at the end of next month after a six-year stint.

It's another Robinson father-and-son show ... this time in the other oval ball code.

Hawke's Bay-raised rugby league star Tohu Harris has turned to jersey-designing to create a special Melbourne Storm strip for next month's historic NRL game.

The foraging at the bottom of the points pyramid is well and truly over for the Hawks from tonight, writes Anendra Singh.

You can be excused for thinking there's a boxing connection with horses Counter Punch and Upper Cut with all the buzz lately around heavyweight sensation Joseph Parker.

I have already declared the Highlanders the 2015 champions regardless of who may go down in the history books as the titleholders, writes Anendra Singh.