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Reckon you’ve got what it takes to be our Shouty Squad? This is your chance to show the people of Southland and Otago – and some of New Zealand’s favourite rugby players – you’ve got the biggest dose of community spirit in the south. Rugby heroes Anton Lienert-Brown and Damian… Read more

Donation advances hospital fundraising  For Advance Agriculture, donating $10,000 to the Southland Charity Hospital was a pretty straightforward decision.   “It’s just a great cause,” commercial director Iain Wilson says.   “Any one of us could have to use it one day, and it really hit home as far as that goes. It’s good… Read more

Team captain turned head coach turned assistant, Chris Cairns, has spoken out about his role in Pack the Park. Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham ‘Ted’ Henry, heavyweight boxing champ Joseph Parker, and former All Black backfielder Israel Dagg were announced as coaches for the event. Dagg and Parker will… Read more

The day has finally arrived: members of the squads set to play at Pack the Park 2020 have been revealed. Most of them, anyway. Among them? Celebrated names like Stephen Donald, Ma’a Nonu and more. To pay tribute to the community that has supported its cause – and to mark… Read more

The Southland Charity Hospital has launched its ‘Guess Who’ campaign on social media, to tease the players set to appear at Pack the Park 2020. To thank those who have supported its cause, the charity hospital will bring the event to Invercargill’s Rugby Park on 17 October. The game will… Read more

The player line-up is still a mystery. But with Rugby World Cup-winning coach Sir Graham Henry, heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker, and former All Blacks star Israel Dagg on the coaching bench, whoever makes the teams will be in good hands. The names getting behind the Southland Charity Hospital’s Pack… Read more