Toll Stadium is expected to be one of the first venues sold out for next year's Fifa Under-20 World Cup, with early-bird venue packs being snapped up fast.

Whangarei Boys' High School student Jayd Kapa reckons Grant Fox "cleaned his kicking heaps" after a memorable session with the All Black legend.

Of the four Kerikeri sides involved in the Stafford Choat Knockout Cup finals, Kerikeri Siteworx were the only team to emerge victorious

It will be a bit of a family reunion this month when Ahipara brothers Sergio and Kalani Hansen compete for Northland at the Surfing NZ National Scholastics Championships in Taranaki.