North Harbour have downed Southland 45-20 for a second straight NPC win.

It has been a long time since talent translated into trophies for Auckland.

Northland have taken one week to match their win total from the last two seasons combined.

Baden Kerr knocked over a 76th-minute penalty from halfway to help Counties upset Auckland

Taranaki and Hawke's Bay have both been tested in their Mitre 10 Cup openers.

Canterbury have begun their season in the same fashion they ended last year's.

Bryn Gatland has returned to torment Otago

Several former All Blacks will return to the Mitre 10 Cup this weekend.

Stephen Donald has a new team.

Bart Hoggard has come full circle, writes Campbell Burnes.

Two of Counties Manukau rugby's favourite sons are returning.

It would be hard to find a more inspirational character than Grant Calder.

School boys give teacher who lost a battle with cancer a spine-chilling send off.

People are still holed up in homes in isolated communities unable to go anywhere.

Children appeal to Otago students to throw their glass away.

Andre Bell will be the Wellington Lions assistant coach for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup. The 46-year-old will team up with Wellington head

A Northland man is back, on some unfinished business, to coach Northland. Former All Black Derren Witcombe, now 38, has returned

Maori All Blacks and Highlanders lock Tom Franklin is returning home to play for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup. Born

Tom Coventry will coach North Harbour in their 2017 Mitre 10 Cup Premiership campaign.

Shaping the draw for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup is under way with teams making their selections for crossover matches.

Canterbury have wasted little time in replacing Crusaders-bound Scott Robertson as head coach of their Mitre 10 Cup Premiership-winning

Not many Englishmen have the opportunity to use Kiwi rugby as a finishing school.

Having watched the conclusion of the Mitre 10 Cup over the weekend, I've had reinforced to me again just how important the competition

Canterbury have enhanced their reputation as the greatest dynasty of the modern NPC era by claiming their eighth championship in nine seasons.

A late drop goal has broken the hearts of Otago fans and sent North Harbour back to the Premiership.

This all-Crusaders Premiership final could be billed as the 'Battle of the broken bones.' There will be more strapping than usual

There is just one certain outcome for tomorrow's Lochore Cup final in Te Kuiti. The final scoreline will not read 4-4 (under the

Only a handful of Englishmen have played in a New Zealand provincial rugby final. Prop Kevin Yates of Wellington in 1999 against

Mitre 10 Cup Championship final Otago v North Harbour Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Friday, 7.35pm You would never guess, watching

Ron Williams, North Harbour's most capped player, is looking forward to his side's title challenge on Friday night.