A rugby player is fighting for his life after collapsing during a game at the weekend.

Jerry Collins was a genuine down-to-earth bloke, Zac Guildford says, and a player he looked up to in his younger days.

The chance to go fast is also likely to go fast at the 23rd Hastings Karamu Rotary Club's charity Cocktail Party auction event to raise funds for a Rescue Helicopter Service

The full stands at Napier's McLean Park stood silent last night as rugby remembered one of its biggest hitters.

Police are urging rugby fans and revellers to be on their best behaviour this weekend.

Naturally as a Hawke's Bay fan one would barrack for the Highlanders tonight in the wake of "visiting team" head coach Jamie Joseph's decision. But are the Hurricanes are too good ?

Paora Winitana says he always aspired to become a coach but that role has come much sooner than anticipated.

The Hawke's Bay basketball franchise yesterday sacked its new coach Liam Flynn just nine rounds into the national competition.

Leon Birnie isn't about to get too far ahead of himself but it's fair to say he is on a well-trodden track to become the Football Ferns coach.

When the Hurricanes visited Napier in April last year to play the Bulls Abbott, 25, trained with the side at their open training session at Taradale but didn't make the match day.

The Hawks' game tonight could not have come at a worse time as the Wellington Saints are like "wounded dogs" after a massive loss to the Southland Sharks.