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ITM Cup: Happy returns, bro!
Not so perfect timing for Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby hooker Ged Robinson but perfect for his deputy Jesse MacDonald.
Racing: Local lady in waiting
Listening to Hastings trainer Guy Lowry describe Pimms Time you somehow get the impression she is a no-frills type of horse.
Jiu Jitsu: Bay fighters have surprising success
Fighters at the Zero Tolerance Gym in Napier will be the first to admit they've never had a reputation as jiu jitsu exponents.
Soccer: Hastings leaves Rovers
Pushed? Jumped? It seems all that hardly matters because Grant Hastings has resigned as Central League soccer coach.
League: Hard work pays off for fullback
Twelve months ago yours truly was at Napier Boys' High School interviewing Trinity Spooner-Neera.
Soccer: Higham's half-volley drive was up there
Anyone who has ever heaved a monkey off his back will know exactly how the villagers are feeling after their soccer feat.
League: Tamatea Arikinui rack up 100 in win
Hawke's Bay rugby league had its first 100-pointer in this year's Spring-season competition when regular women's champions Tamatea Arikinui beat Hastings Rugby and Sports at the Regional Sports Park in Hastings on Saturday.
Rugby: Buckman eager to tee up deal
Golf talk within the Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby team has got centre Richard Buckman fired up.
Soccer: Looking for clear knockout
They have never savoured the elation of claiming the bragging rights to Central Federation Cup soccer supremacy as a collective.
Rugby: Happy homecoming
Former Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby captain and assistant coach George Konia got the warning and predictably laughed it off.
Rugby: Coast lose points over ineligible Reid
East Coast Rugby has been fined $3000 and will lose two competition points after a New Zealand Rugby panel found it fielded an ineligible player.
Soccer: It's not over - Rovers
Is coach Grant Hastings stepping down or is someone giving him the shove from the helm of one of the marquee teams?
Rugby: Match fitness vital
Here's something for Hawke's Bay Rugby Union officials to ponder in the wake of the Magpies loss in New Plymouth last night.
Soccer: Brain fade confounds
What on earth was Ben Sigmund thinking when he did a rain dance on the knees of prone United Arab Emirates soccer player Ali Mabkhout?
Swimming: Choc powers Bay girl to success
Mention the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo and the face of Hawke's Bay swimmer Kate McKelvie lights up.
Rugby: Ioane ready to rock against old mates
Memo to Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby prop Willie Ioane's 11-month-old son Kenzo.
Rugby: Bad attitude stuck out like a sore thumb
I've slept on it for about 10 days now but that nagging feeling still isn't going away.