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Fans won't go away hungry
The usually quiet residential suburban roadway which runs behind the McLean Park embankment will be transformed into a buzzing food court when the All Blacks hit town.
Rugby treat for attacked schoolboy
Azaleas Quenton, the 12-year-old victim of an unprovoked attack in Hastings last week, will receive the VIP treatment from the Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby team tonight.
Carnival opens with Daffodil Race Day
The J B Organics Spring Racing Carnival is fast approaching and aims to donate up to $20,000 to the Cancer Society this year.
Rugby gets Deco buses rolling
Napier's Art Deco buses are back in business today - transporting spectators to tonight's rugby match is new owner Mark Scofield's first paying job.
Rugby: Evans finally faces Naki
Here's a quirky ITM Cup rugby stat related to Hawke's Bay Magpies No8 Gareth Evans.
Racing: Witty Myers shatters silence
He is known in thoroughbred racing circles as Dummy and, my word, Kevin Myers has spat the dummy a fair distance in his enviable career.
Bay misses one-dayers
Hawke's Bay doesn't feature on the Ford Trophy map this summer but there's nothing sinister about it.
Cricket: Bracewell helps bowl over Scotland
It was the Bracewell show in Edinburgh yesterday after New Zealand beat Scotland by 97 runs to open an unassailable 2-0 lead on their cricket tour.
Cup vital in spawning Super stars, says Cooper
Colin Cooper doesn't have any qualms about the international rugby calendar stealing the thunder from the domestic ITM Cup competition.
Rugby: Magpies eye strong finish
No matter how long the winter, they say, spring isn't too far behind.
Anendra Singh: Knocking on door of common sense
In precisely 26min 44 sec into the opening Bledisloe Cup test match in Sydney last Saturday night, a nation must have held its breath.
Rush to buy tickets for Napier test
Tickets are selling fast for only the second All Blacks test match at McLean Park, organisers say.
Football: New Zealand juniors make history
The Junior Football Ferns made history yesterday, becoming the first New Zealand women's age-group side to qualify for the knockout stages of a Fifa tournament.
Rugby: Coaches play cards close
A 'show me your's and I'll show you mine' scenario has added some extra spice to the Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby team's ITM Cup opener against the Tasman Makos in Blenheim on Sunday.
Kayaking: Young hold key to beef up paddler numbers
Having faces with magnetic attributes can become a creative force in boosting numbers for any sport, especially fledgling ones.
Racing: Makfi or Windsor for mare?
Call it a seasonal allergy, if you must, but Lance Noble prefers to draw on a rugby analogy to put his horse in perspective.
Anendra Singh: The Shag and Link Show
I'm so over whether Ritchie McCaw did or didn't do something in that dying-minute ruck that cost the Crusaders the Super Rugby title against the Waratahs in Sydney a fortnight ago.