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AnnualReport 2012This Report has been prepared by Rugby Southland for the2012 AGM.

RugbySouthlandInc.

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Table of Contents:

Chairmans Report 3

General Managers Report 4

Our People 6

Representative Teams and Management 8

Honours Board 9

Southland Stags Report 10

Academy Report 12

Council of Rugby Clubs Report 14

Club Rugby Results 16

Referee’s 21

Representative Rugby Results 23

Grounds and Facilities 26

Sevens Rugby 27

Commercial and Marketing 30

Financials Attached

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Chairmans Report: Paul Menzies

I have pleasure in presenting the Chairman’s Report for year end 31 December 2012.

Rugby Southland is now some two years into a recovery plan projected to be a three to fiveyear exercise.

Year two of our recovery was always seen by Rugby Southland, the Initial Change Managerand our funders as being the most difficult year operationally and so it has proven.

It is credit to our staff, our supporters and all our volunteers that we have come through thesecond year in tact and on track.

Year two was the year where we faced huge financial challenges. As a recovering union webudgeted for a deficit of some $235,000.00. Mid year 2012, we faced rising costs, fallingsponsorships and low gate takings and the board of Rugby Southland was facing a deficityear end forecast of some $400,000.00.

As a Board we met those challenges and made some necessarily hard decisions whichthanks to management and staff have resulted in Rugby Southland controlling its financesadequately and as a result beating our budgeted forecast deficit by some $50,000.00.

We take some satisfaction from that but are aware that the challenge remains and the taskgets no easier.

For the first time for some years we are now budgeting a real surplus for 2013 albeit a smallone.

The challenge will be to achieve budget whilst improving performance both on and off thefield. Those things are logically diametrically opposed and our ability to achieve superiorperformance on the field is undoubtedly affected by our finances. The task is a huge one.

Nevertheless we have the management and staff in place and with your continued supportwe are confident of achieving our goal of long term sustainability.

We have endeavoured all the while to build the strength of community rugby and in additionto promote our Sevens team and Woman’s rugby, both Sevens and 15 a side.

Our age group teams continue to box above their weight and our Secondary School Girlsteam achieved great success last year. It is this strengthening of community and age grouprugby both men and women that will stand us in good stead for the future.

Once again I thank our staff and volunteers for the endless energy and passion they apply toour game in the south.

Thanks also to my fellow Board members.

We have remained a focussed group unified by determination to ensure the success ofrugby in the south.

Thanks also to our major funders Invercargill Licensing Trust and the Community Trust ofSouthland without whom our game would be in dire straits.

Paul Menzies

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General Manager Report: Brian Hopley

In 2012 Rugby Southland focussed on improving community rugby and providing ameaningful competition at all levels throughout Southland. The union is also responsible forproviding a competitive Stags team in the ITM cup.

Following the very difficult financial period of 2010 and 2011, it was noted that 2012 wasalways going to be the toughest year financially. For 2012 we were operating under aChange Managers budget, which was difficult as there were some miscalculations made inincome and expenditure. Once these inaccuracies were taken into consideration a significantloss was predicted for 2012. Despite these predicted loss Rugby Southland would still becash positive in 2012.

Commercially 2012 was a very tough year, and this could be attributed to the worldwideeconomic climate. Sponsorship income was down generally, and the game day revenue wassubstantially down on previous seasons. Despite these factors we continued to deliverresources to community rugby, and managed our expenditure very well to come in at theend of the year with a better financial result than predicted.

COMMUNITY RUGBY

Community rugby is the heart of our union and we are proud of our achievements and howwe perform comparatively on a national level. In the 2012 benchmarking by NZRU weincreased player numbers by 4%, coaches by 9% and referees by 14%. Southland alsoranked 1st in NZ for players as a percentage of population, and player retention which is agreat result. These results clearly show that the dedicated volunteers throughout Southlandare doing a fantastic job.

Community rugby is the cornerstone of rugby throughout the world and Southland is nodifferent. We acknowledge the tireless work undertaken by the volunteers involved in JuniorClub Rugby, School Rugby, and Senior Club Rugby that is fundamental to the delivery ofgrass roots rugby.

The introduction of the Council of Rugby Clubs and the Youth Rugby Council to oversee andmanage Club Rugby was very successful and I would like to thank the members of thesetwo groups for their efforts and support throughout 2012. The rugby councils were also partof a very comprehensive club rugby review in 2012. The improvement of club rugby is awork in progress with further improvement to be made in coming years.

Rugby Southland will continue to work closely with community rugby and provide resourcesto ensure club rugby and provincial teams are well supported.

We are now well into 2013, and our planning has gone well with a very positive approachbeing taken by the union which should ensure a very successful year. This year our focus iscoach the coaches as we feel by improving our coaching standards we will improve ourplayers. The Rugby Southland Community Rugby team will continue offering developmentand support designed to grow the game in Southland.

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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

In these tough economic times Sporting Organisations will face a lot of challenges, andRugby Southland is no different, and needs to ensure financial sustainability by running avery lean well controlled organisation. We will continue to actively seek sponsorship supportand commercial opportunities to that we can continue to provide the work required to providea meaningful community rugby program and to support the Stags in the ITM Cup.

Although Rugby Southland recorded a predicted loss for 2012, we have through goodfinancial management and budgeting forecasted a small operating surplus for 2013 andbeyond.

The Southland Rugby Community are very aware that none of this would be possible withoutthe continued support of our Community Funders, the Invercargill Licensing Trust, theCommunity Trust of Southland, the Invercargill Licensing Trust Foundation and the NZRU.NZRU is a strong supporter of Rugby Southland providing both financial and resourcesupport. We also would like to acknowledge our commercial sponsors including SouthernInstitute of Technology, Lion Nathan, Rothbury Insurance and Canterbury of New Zealand,all of whom play a vital role in Rugby Southland’s continued success.

SERVING RUGBY IN SOUTHLAND

Thank you to our Board, Council of Rugby Clubs, Youth Rugby Council, Disciplinary andAppeals Committees, Supporters Club, Referees, Coaches, Local Councils, our suppliers,and everyone else who contribute to the game in Southland – your expertise, dedication,drive and support is invaluable.

Thank you to everyone for their on-going commitment, hard work and professionalism withinthe wider Rugby Southland community.

A big thank you must also go to Regent Cars for their continued support throughout 2012Tom, Chris and the team have been long term and active supporters of the union and likemany of our loyal sponsors stuck by us through thick and thin.

On a personal note I would like to thank Craig Morton for his support, advice and assistanceduring my first year at Rugby Southland. Craig’s extensive knowledge of rugby in Southlandand NZ, it made my transition into the role of General Manager a lot smoother.

Finally to the Staff of Rugby Southland thank you for your enthusiasm, loyalty, hard work andcommitment to the game of rugby, your support through a very tough 2012 was very muchappreciated.

Brian Hopley

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Our People

President

Donald Hay

Board of Directors 2012

Messrs Paul Menzies (Chairman), Murray Acker, Alex Derbie, Wayne McEwan, PeterJackson, Des Minehan, Toni Green (Community Trust of Southland Delegate), Alan Dennis(Invercargill Licensing Trust Delegate), Mike Piper (New Zealand Rugby Union Delegate).

Life Members

Messrs Bill Anderson, Ray Harper, Kevin Laidlaw, Leicester Rutledge, Tom Shirley, AckSoper and Alistair Tait.

CORC (Council of Rugby Clubs)

Barney Blakely, Rex Carter, Deon Hourston, TrevorDyer, Shane HarveyCharlie Hay, John & Raylene Hogg, Kim McDowall, Willie Lawton, Donald Hay, BarrySimmonds, Don McFarlane.

YRC (Youth Rugby Council)

Frazer Allan, Peter Henderson, Trevor Dyer, Stephen Dobson, Roger Pope, Irene TeKoeti,Simon Hopcroft, Brooke Grimwood, Denise Fodie, Kevin Holland, Gareth Scott, Rex Carter.

Staff General Manager - Brian Hopley Director of Rugby - Craig Morton Commercial and Marketing Manager - Mark Wilson Personal Assistant / Finance Assistant – Heather Adams/Andrea Irvine Stags Head Coach - David Henderson Stags Assistant Coach - Daryl Thompson Stags Scrum Coach – Clarke Dermody Stag’s Manager - Glenn Morrison Stag’s Assistant Manager - Leicester Rutledge Strength and Conditioning Coach - Mark Beer Stags Physio – Karl McDonald Stags Doctor – Peter Finlayson Academy Manager - Peter Skelt Referee Education Officer / Rugby Manager - Keith Crothers Coach Development Manager - Kelly Hansen Player Development Manager - Jason McKenzie Nutritionist – Aimee Burns Marketing and Rugby Development -Matt Saunders Marketing and Events - Jodie Chilton Registration Administration Manager (Volunteer) - Bill Anderson Grounds Manager - Russell Thomas

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Grounds Assistant - Vincent Conaghan Reception – Karen Heads Accountants - WHK Group Bankers - Bank of New Zealand Solicitors - Cruickshank Pryde Auditors - BDO Spicers Insurers – Rothbury Insurance Travel Agents – Lakers House of Travel

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Representative Teams Management/Coaches 2012

StagsDavid Henderson, Karl McDonald, Jason McKenzie, Glenn Morrison, Mark Beer, LeicesterRutledge, Peter Skelt, Daryl Thompson, Dr Peter Finlayson, Clarke Dermody

Men’s 7’sElgan O’Donnell and Grant Dermody - Coaches, Brad Downey - Manager, Bernie McKone -Assistant Manager

Women’s 7’sJosh Hall and Mel Dermody Coaches, Andrew Rolland and Ray Sotutu Managers

MetropolitanDamian Pine – Head CoachCraig Pullar – AssistantMarty Smith - Assistant

CountryBretton Taylor - Head Coach

U18'sHugh Andrews - Head CoachRodger Dawson - Assistant

U16'sHead Coach - Tom WallisAssistant - Scott MeredithAssistant - Jeff Manson

U14'sDave Innes, Richard Innes, Leigh Murray - Coaches

U13’sOz Harvey, Lynzey Francis - Coaches

U65kgPhil Gilligan, Craig Escott - Coaches

U48kgPete Henderson and Dave Elder – Coaches, Norm Wilson - Manager

Secondary Schools GirlsMal Dermody, Jamie Mckenzie - Coaches

MaoriJason Te Huia and Jason Harrison - Coaches

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Honours Board 2012

InternationalFijiNemia KenataleTalemaitoga Tuapati

NZ 7’sGareth Williams-Spiers (loan player from Auckland for National 7’s)

Age Group RepresentativesNew Zealand Under 20’sTuki RaimonaMarty McKenzieScott Eade

Tournament Teams, South Island Age and Weights Grade Rep PlayersJackie Chamberlain - Tournament Team National Condor SevensDorian Mitchell, Kalani Elder, Fergus Keown and Jake Fowler.- U48kg South IslandJake Lawlor, Jacob Calder, Faasee Kuresa – U65kg South Island

South Island MaoriCampbell Smith, Tuki Raimona, Sonny Rangitoheriri, Chris Barrett.

Super Rugby

Highlanders & Highlanders Wider Training SqaudJosh Bekhuis, Jimmy Cowan, Elliot Dixon, John Hardie, Jamie Mackintosh, Kade Poki,Jason Rutledge, Tim Boys, Nemia Kenatale, Brayden Mitchell

ChiefsRobert Robinson

CrusadersNick Barrett

HurricanesDavid Hall

Highlanders Age Group CampHenry Burns, Greg Dyer, Wade McRae, Eroni Sotutu, Damon Mathieson, Jaycob Brown,Sam Stewart, Jordan Stewart, Michael Molloy, Dominique Collins, Josh Leith.

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Southland Stags Report: David Henderson

2012 was always going to be a challenging year for the Stags due to continued fundingissues, player movement, having to replace Peter Skelt after his withdrawal from theCoaching staff, lack of experience within the coaching staff for this year.

What also transpired before and at the start of the campaign was a huge injury toll to keyplayers, pre - season losses included John Hardie with a season ending injury, Elliot Dixon(pec surgery), these two plus Tim Boys formed the nucleus of our loose forwards and thekey substance to our defence and continuity, after round one Tim was also lost to injury for4/5 weeks. These injuries saw the team having to compete against the likes of Counties(eventual winners of Championship Div) and Wellington with loose forwards basicallystraight out Club Rugby, adding to this was a very inexperienced 10-12 combination, acontinuing list of injured players had the Stags calling on players before boarding a plane attimes, the injury toll continued to grow throughout the campaign with Robbie Robinson (lostfor last 5 games) Kade Poki also having to miss 4 games and only lasting 25 minutes in oursemi-final loss to Counties.

What also became evident throughout the season was the huge amount of experience thathad been lost post 2011 and how hard this was to replace, this placed a huge amount ofpressure on our inexperienced academy and club players to perform at this level.

Key players lost from 2011, Chris King, David Hall (had to release due to funding), JoeTuineau, Tom Chamberlain, Scott Cowan, James Wilson, Kenny Lynn, Glenn Horton, TonyKoonwaiyou, didn't return for differing reason- overseas, financial restraints, wanted to getout of Highlanders area for lifestyle changes.

Culture had not been a real concern in the previous five years due to how long the nucleusof the squad had been together, however it became clear after a period of time that due tothe losses of personal and the cultural diversity we are now experiencing that we hadindividual groups forming, whilst not overall damaging it too had to be worked on.

Also contributing factors to our season was the coaching set up, with Peter's withdrawal weneeded to find a back coach capable of taking our young guys forward, after considering alloptions no one was deemed capable of doing this so I took on this role as back Coach withthe intention of using Matt Saunders as a technical advisor, moving into the forward role wasDaryl Thompson and in a technical support role Hoani MacDonald. In principal these stepswere deemed as the only options available and workable, however what transpired the setup wasn't workable, due to injuries Matt and Hoani had to play more often than what wasexpected this limited their ability to coach and review, also at times the cross over betweencoaching and playing provided issues, the compactness of the competition isn't suitable todeveloping new coaches, Daryl Thompson would agree to this and it placed huge pressureon myself to provide and present the material in relation to previews and reviews, whilst inthe player review this area was deemed to be of high quality it impacted hugely on otherareas of a campaign, these being Player Individual reviews, availability to discuss personalissues and at times earlier in the campaign organisation.

Our season goals were centered around making the final of the Championship Division andthen progressing back to the Premiership Division. These goals were seen as achievablebased on what we had to work with even though funding and player movements overseashad limited our stocks.

The result for the season reflects the issues discussed above, our first four games ended upbeing lost two of these games could of been won these being Otago - over the goal line four

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times but we could not get the ball to the ground and Tasman having a three man overlap inthe last play of the game and due to players having not having played at this level theopportunity was lost, key things to come from these performances were that we wereimproving in each game and a win would come. The win happened against Hawkes Bay witha resounding performance against a very dangerous combination.

From this point on whilst not all games were won the team started to show clearunderstanding and implementation of game plans, also individuals started to mature and wesaw growth in performance, this at times allowing the Stags to have considerable halftimeleads against the likes of Taranaki and Counties only for mistakes, inexperience and fitnessletting us down as the games progressed.

Whilst the team performed admirably throughout the season and in trying circumstancesagainst Counties in the semi-final the overall season would have to be deemeddisappointing.

In conclusion key learning's for the year being

1. Need to have Coaching staff the reflect the team’s needs (myself back into theforwards and a back coach that can grow our performance),this also allowing thetime to provide individual player feedback.(Pre/ during and post season).

2. Players being physically conditioned (aerobically) to play at this level - to many timeswe had leads only to be run down in last 20 minutes.

3. A camp and on-going work that helps bring the team closer together.4. The understanding that fiscal restraints is undermining our depth and our ability to

perform and succeed on the National stage, as this continues we have to thinksmarter about what and how we do things.

Finally I would like to thank all of my Management Team for their support and workthroughout the season and also the Board and Brian for the support they showed the teamand myself during some very trying times throughout the year.

David Henderson

Head Coach

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Southland Stags High Performance/Academy Report: Peter Skelt

Southland Rugby’s High Performance Groups are based at Rugby Park. We in the HighPerformance team are charged with identifying and nurturing our young talent and providingan environment for training both in Rugby and Life.

The programme is split into four groups.

1. High Potential 1. Selected from the Southland Representative Under 16 team in theprevious year.

2. High Potential 2. Progress from HP1 and other players identified.

3. Academy.

4. Girls

The High Potential Groups 1 and 2 are all boys who are at school. The focus is onintroducing players to a structured training environment, developing a knowledge of thefundamentals of training and beginning to develop an understanding of what it will take to bea successful athlete. We are mindful of the commitment these players have to their schoolre academia and sport.

The Academy programme will focus on preparing players for the Stags ITM Cup team andultimately a Super Rugby Franchise.

The Academy delivers education around the NZRU 6 pillar development model. Technical,Tactical, Physical, Mental Skills, Nutrition and Personal Leadership.

There is a very strong holistic approach which recognises the importance and need to growplayers for life after rugby.

All Academy players must be working or studying.

Girls

2012 saw the introduction of two schoolgirls into the programme. This was mainly in the formof technical/skill sessions.

With the NZRU providing more resource for Women’s Rugby in their quest for a gold medalat Rio in 2016, we will be looking to extend our involvement, add to our group and push tohave a member in the Black Ferns within 3 years.

NZ Under 20 Selection

2012 saw three players selected for the National Under 20 side. Marty McKenzie, ScottEade and Tuki Raimona. This is an outstanding achievement for a province the size ofSouthland. The players must be congratulated for their work ethic and their desire to besuccessful.

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Eastern Initiative

Late 2012 saw us look to establish a Strength/Conditioning coach based in Gore. Thiswould assist players in the region with their Gym work and provide young players with theopportunity of not having to travel to Invercargill to progress in this area. Mr Chris McIlwrickhas been appointed and works closely with Mark Beer in delivering the programme.

Players

HP 1 Dominque Collins, Greg Dyer, Liam Howley, Sam Stewart, Shaun Stoddard.

HP 2 Henry Burns, Jacob Brown, Damon Mathieson, Wade McRae, Jordon Stewart.

Academy Ryan Carter, Scott Eade,* Michael Fatialofa,* Keanu Kahukura *,MartyMcKenzie,* Junior Ngaluafe,* Sven Penwarden, Campbell Smith,* Billy Soper, Eroni Sotutu,Aston Talia*, Curtis Tarrant, Cardiff Vaega. * *Denotes Stag 2012.

Management

High Performance/ Academy Manager. Peter Skelt

Skill Development Matt Saunders

Strength/Conditioning Mark Beer. Ryan Duffy (Internship from Otago University)

Nutrition Aimee Burns.

Mental Skills / Professional Development Jason McKenzie.

Physiotherapist Karl McDonald.

Rugby Southlands High Performance team works hard to ensure the qualities and valuesthat we believe are important are the qualities and values that our players on the wholeexhibit.

That is. “That Life Is Not Always About Me.”

Peter Skelt

Academy Manager

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Council of Rugby Clubs Report: Don McFarlane

2012 has seen a major restructuring of the way club rugby is managed in Southland with theadvent of the Council of Rugby Clubs and Youth Rugby Council as signalled in theconstitutional review that Rugby Southland underwent last year.

To my fellow delegates and those of the Youth Rugby Council, I would like to congratulateyou all on the leadership you have provided and the ownership of the game that you haveaccepted.

I believe that all clubs now realise that the game is theirs to own and control and that thedecisions that are made, are made by the representatives that they have elected and not bysome higher authority that they have no influence over.

From an operational point of view I believe the season went reasonably well with few issues,except perhaps for the large number of teams in division two. This did cause some issueswith regard to dispensated and regarded players, however, through discussion andnegotiation, a satisfactory solution was reached and teams got on with the game.

Issues that were of most concern were not what was happening so much on the paddock butwhat was occurring off it. Incidents of referee abuse and spectator misbehaviour appeared toget worse as the season progressed and a number of unsavoury events came to our notice.

If we are to continue to provide referees in all grades down to Primary school level then it isup to us all to oversee a change in attitude and behaviour from both players and spectatorsat all levels.

The Councils technical committee were required to adjudicate on a number of testingrequests towards the end of the season, but having set a fair and equitable benchmark,made consistent calls on all applications. Again it was a little disappointing in the mannersome of these decisions were received and challenged. I would like to thank the Technicalcommittee for the manner in which they responded to all requests and the prompt replies Ireceived.

To the Board of Rugby Southland, their Chairman Paul Menzies, General Manager BrianHopley, and President Donald Hay, can I express the councils thanks and appreciation forthe support you have given us throughout the year.

To our very competent secretary, Nanette Innes, thanks for the professional job you havedone for the Council. To have the meeting minutes actually beat me home says a lot for youraccuracy and commitment.

I suspect that the Youth Rugby Council may well have had a more challenging year thantheir senior counterpart and I would like to thank Rex Carter and all the delegates for theefforts they have made for our junior players.The encyclopaedia of Southland Club Rugby has been written and installed in the brain ofone man and we are continually in debt to Craig Morton for the wisdom and knowledge thathe so willingly shares without favour.

Finally my thanks to all those who have taken part in the Competition Review, especially toour Chairman Tom Conroy who is now very much aware of the challenges that we face inproviding meaningful rugby across such a wide spectrum of teams and abilities. Thecommittee have had many deliberations and received many submissions. Whilst it may notbe possible to implement all their recommendations in the 2013 season, this committee is

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keen to continue their work throughout the coming season to ensure that Southland Clubrugby is in the best possible shape going forward.

Don McFarlane

Chairman Council of Rugby Clubs 2012.

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Club Rugby Results

Played Wins Losses Draws Points

PlaceMakers Southlandwide Premier Galbraith Shield 2012Road Safety Southland Woodlands 12 7 4 1 38Road Safety Southland Blues 12 8 4 0 36Carlsberg Eastern Northern Barbarians 12 6 6 0 33Lone Star Star 12 6 5 1 31

Winton's Middle Pub Midlands 12 6 6 0 28Forde Auto Services Pirates Old Boys 12 5 7 0 27Kelvin Hotel Marist 12 3 9 0 19

Semi Finals Woodlands defeated Star 33 - 9Blues defeated the Eastern Northern Barbarians 14 - 9

Final Woodlands defeated Blues 37 - 17

PGG Wrightsons Speights Southlandwide Div 1Herberts Transport Edendale 14 13 0 1 64Scully's Transport DLS 14 9 5 0 46Waiau Hotel Waiau Star 14 8 6 0 41Andrews Transport Riversdale 14 8 6 0 40SBS Bank Mataura 14 7 7 0 36AJ Auto Electrical-Foveaux Communications Waikiwi 14 4 10 0 25Royal Hotel/Waikaka Transport Waikaka 14 4 9 1 21The Ranch Cafe Bar & Grill Te Anau 14 2 12 0 15

Semi Finals Edendale defeated Riversdale 19 - 13DLS defeated Waiau 23 - 15

Final Edendale defeated DLS 21 - 5

Southlandwide Div 1BSwitzers Valley Transport Waikaia 13 13 0 0 61South Scan/Southland Wide Shearing Waikaka 13 9 3 1 47Fisher Aluminium Waikiwi 14 7 6 1 36The Ranch Cafe Bar & Grill Te Anau 14 5 6 1 26Edendale 14 3 10 1 21Waiau Hotel Waiau Star 12 3 9 0 14

Semi Finals Waikaia defeated Te Anau 27 - 17Waikaka defeated Waikiwi 27 - 0

Final Waikaia defeated Waikaka 38 - 15

PGG Wrightsons Southlandwide Division 2Southport Bluff 14 13 1 0 63

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Road Safety Southland Blues 14 12 2 0 53Wilson Shearing-Braven Ultra Scan Wyndham 14 10 3 1 52Sinclair Transport Top Pub Midlands 14 10 4 0 49Hokonui Rural Transport Pioneer 14 10 4 0 48Riverton Real Estate Riverton 14 9 5 0 45AGWELD Engineering Collegiate 14 8 6 0 40John Mulholland Builders Ltd Marist 14 7 7 0 39Cleanways Star 14 7 7 0 39Forklifts NZ Pirates Old Boys 14 7 7 0 37Transport Services Ltd Ohai-Nightcaps 14 7 7 0 32Mossburn Stags 14 7 7 0 32McNaughton's Transport Wrights Bush 14 6 7 1 30Otautau Four Square Otautau 15 6 9 0 28Ryal Bush Transport Central Pirates 14 3 9 2 21Albion Excelsior 15 4 11 0 19Heenans Transport Woodlands 15 4 10 1 18Titiroa Transport Ltd Tokanui 14 1 12 1 11Andrews Transport Balfour/Lumsden 15 1 14 0 8

Semi Finals Bluff defeated Midlands 47 - 7Wyndham defeated Blues 26 - 17

Final Bluff defeated Wyndham 52 - 15

Presidents GradeBack 9 Design Pirates Old Boys 12 11 1 0 54Grow Bulk Excelsior 12 11 0 0 53HOAMZ Collegiate 12 8 4 0 40Silage-Balage Wyndham 12 5 6 0 27Waxy O’Shea’s Irish Pub Bluff 12 5 7 0 27Craftys Marist Hawaian Delights 12 5 7 0 25A Muir Shearing Pukerau 12 4 7 1 23Newfield Tavern Blues All Stars 12 4 7 0 22Hokonui Kitchen & Joinery Pioneer 12 4 8 0 21Southern Southland Contracting Tokanui 12 3 7 1 20Marshall Industries Central Pirates 12 3 8 0 16

Semi Finals Pirates Old Boys defeated Wyndham 26 - 0Excelsior defeated Collegiate 36 - 10

Final Excelsior defeated Pirates Old Boys 13 - 10

Highlanders 1st XVOtago Boys 1st XV 11 11 0 0 55Southernwide Real Estate SBHS 1st XV 11 9 2 0 44Waitaki Boys 1st XV 11 9 2 0 44Kings 1st XV 11 8 3 0 40Southland Wide Shearing Gore High 1st XV 11 6 4 1 33

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South Otago 1st XV 11 5 6 0 26Dunstan 1st XV 11 4 6 1 25St Kevins 1st XV 11 5 6 0 23John McGlashan 1st XV 11 4 7 0 21Preston Russell Law Menzies 1st XV 11 2 8 1 12Kavanagh 1st XV 11 1 10 0 6SBS South Port JHC 1st XV 11 0 10 1 3

Top 4 split Southland Boys beat Kings 22 - 15but were deafeated by Waitaki & Otago Boys to finish 3rd

Final Otago Boys defeated Waitaki 41 - 3

Middle 4 split Gore High defeated South Otago & Dunstanbut lost to St Kevins,

Final Gore High defeat St Kevins 32 - 18 to win the section.

Bottom 4 SplitMenzies and James Hargest competed against JohnMcGlashan& Kavanagh

Final John McGlashanwon the Final over Menzies 18 - 7James Hargest were subsequently defeated byVerdon in the promotion relegation match

Southlandwide Under 18Verdon 1st XV 10 9 1 0 45Quins Pharmacy St Peters 1st XV 10 8 2 0 40Midlands U 18 10 7 3 0 35Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS 2nd XV 10 6 4 0 34Leigh Murray Motor Company Pirates Old Boys 10 6 4 0 31DLS 10 2 8 0 11Waiau Star 10 2 8 0 9Riverton 10 0 10 0 2

Semi Finals Verdon defeated SBHS 17 - 13St Peters defeated Midlands 29 - 5

Final Verdon defeated St Peters 16 - 13

Southlandwide Under 16Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Blue 10 10 0 0 45Te Anau 10 7 3 0 34Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Barbarians 10 6 4 0 28SVC Ltd Gore High 2nd XV 10 4 6 0 21James Hargest 10 3 7 0 16DLS Midlands 10 0 9 0 0

Semi Finals SBHS Blue defeated Gore High 24 - 5

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Te Anau defeated the SBHS Barbarians 21 - 5Final SBHS Blue defeated Te Anau 15 - 8

Southlandwide Under 15Battery Town Gore High 9 8 1 0 40Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS White 9 7 1 1 38Titiroa Transport Menzies 9 6 2 1 34Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Gold 9 6 3 0 31Verdon Aurora 9 5 3 1 30Elders St Peters 9 4 5 0 22Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Blue 9 3 6 0 16Brendan Shearing DLS Midlands 9 2 6 1 15James Hargest 9 2 6 0 13Northern Pirates 9 0 9 0 2

Under 15 ChampionshipTitiroa Transport Menzies 3 2 0 0 10Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Gold 3 2 1 0 10Battery Town Gore High 3 2 1 0 9Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS White 3 0 3 0 1

Final Menzies defeated SBHS Gold 34 - 22

Under 15 PlateVerdon Aurora 5 5 0 0 24Brendan Shearing DLS Midlands 5 3 2 0 16Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Blue 5 3 1 0 14Elders St Peters 5 2 3 0 12James Hargest 5 2 3 0 12Northern Pirates 5 0 5 0 0

Southlandwide Under 14Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Red 9 9 0 0 45DLS Midlands 9 7 1 1 39Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS White 9 7 1 1 38Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Blue 9 5 4 0 26James Hargest 9 5 4 0 25Tisbury Wools Menzies 9 4 5 0 25High Country Helicopters Gore High Blue 9 4 4 0 21Vet South St Peters 9 2 7 0 11Verdon Aurora 9 1 8 0 8Trutest Group Gore High Gold 9 0 9 0 2

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Under 14 ChampionshipSouthern Wide Real Estate SBHS Red 3 3 0 0 15DLS Midlands 3 2 1 0 10Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS White 3 1 2 0 5Southern Wide Real Estate SBHS Blue 3 0 3 0 2

Final SBHS Red defeated DLS Midlands 32 - 5

Under 14 PlateJames Hargest 5 4 0 1 23Tisbury Wools Menzies 5 3 1 1 20High Country Helicopters Gore High Blue 5 4 1 0 20Vet South St Peters 5 2 3 0 10Trutest Group Gore High Gold 5 1 4 0 6Verdon Aurora 5 0 5 0 0

Southernwide Secondary School GirlsAMI SGHS Blue 8 8 0 0 40South Otago Blue 8 7 1 0 34Ebony n Ivory Hairdezign Gore High 8 6 2 0 30Central Southland Girls 8 5 3 0 26AMI SGHS Red 8 4 4 0 20Blue Mountain Girls 7 2 4 0 12Richard Hishon Building St Peters 8 2 6 0 11South Otago Red 8 1 6 0 7James Hargest 7 0 7 0 1

Semi Finals SGHS Blue defeated CSC 33 - 5South Otago Blue defeated Gore High 57 - 0

Final SGHS Blue defeated South Otago Blue 29 - 12SGHS Blue defeated Christchurch Girls 66 - 12to advance to the NZ Top 4

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REO (REFEREE EDUCATION: Kirk Rae

Recruitment and Retention: Key focus group setup for recruitment in 2012 Posters – 3 x posters distributed to clubs, schools and noticeboards around Southland Brochures – A4 foldout brochure produced and distributed Club initiative - Referees visited 3 clubs during the season on a Saturday night Referee and Referee Coach numbers declining – needs rectified

Referee Coaches: 16 registered Referee Coaches of which a total of 88 written Coaching Reports online in

2012. In addition to this, Referee Coaches provide verbal reports and practical coaching advice

on a regular basis. Groups of 1 to 2 Referee Coaches, coaching a Panel of 6 to 8 Referees from across the

grades 10 Coaching (Referee Development Unit) meetings were held during the season, with

good attendance at all meetings.

Training and Development: Weekly training and development meetings were held at the SBS Bank Referees Lounge

during the 2012 season – on a Thursday night. Weekly meetings were also held in Gore for referees living in the Eastern region - on a

Tuesday evening. Academy Program developed and implemented for High Performance referee

development. 5 Referees were selected into this group. Development Squad program lacked focus, however a few sessions were held

throughout the year. 10 Referees were selected into this group.

NZRU Level I & Level II Law Exams: 16 Referees passed level 1 law exam for the first time. 20 referees sat the NZRU Level 2 Law Exam.

- 8 passed (80% or better).- 1 received an Honours Pass – (90% or better).

Higher Honours: Keith Brown had another successful and busy season refereeing at International, Super

Rugby and ITM Cup levels. Keith was a NZRU full-time Professional Referee in 2012. Michael Lash was selected into the South Island Zone Squad, and the National Referee

Development Group. Michael made his first class debut, refereeing 2 x Heartland gamesand was also selected to Referee at the national 7s in Queenstown and AR at theInternational 7s in Wellington.

Mark Findlay Refereed at the South Island Under 18 Tournament. Aaron Watt Refereed at the South Island Under 16 Tournament. Cassandra Watt attended South Island Under 16 Tournament as an AR.

Rugby Smart Courses:

ACC/NZRU Rugby Smart Safety Courses held during March and April. These were run throughout the province in conjunction with the Coaching and

Development Manager.

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This course is compulsory for all coaches and referees at the beginning of each rugbyseason.

Board of Management: REO attends SBS Bank Rugby Southland Referee board meetings.

NZRU Referee Education Officer Workshops: Mike Mannix attended REO review meeting for 2012.

Award Winners:

Ivan Paul Cup - Most Promising 1stYear Referee

Susana Sotutu

Gordon Ferguson Memorial Trophy-Most Improved Year 2 - 4 Referee

Taylor Swan

Most Promising School - Age Referee Dermot Hughes

Pat Quirke Trophy -(For Referee Coaching Excellence)Coach of the Year Mike Mannix

Rugby Southland Referees LifeMembers Trophy

Barry Simmonds

Tony Kelly Trophy -(Highest Mark in NZRU Level 2 LawExam) Keith Brown

Paddy O'Brien Referee of the Year Phil Johnston

Jack North Trophy Barry Simmonds(Outstanding Contribution to Refereeing)

Looking forward to 2013:

Kirk Rae appointed as REO – Started February 2013 Recruitment and Retention is number 1 priority REO Operational Plan now in place – reviewed annually REO to co-facilitate Rugby Smart presentations Associated Referee Courses to be delivered “You Make the Call” introduction to refereeing course for secondary students planned

subject to funding. REO working with CoRC and YRC Plan in place to better support Eastern Referee meetings

Kirk RaeReferee Education Officer

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Representative Rugby Results:

Southland Under 48

Pre season

Southland 29 Otago 17

Oamaru Tournament

Southland 10 Otago 12 Southland 15 South Cant 5 Southland 29 North Otago 0 Southland 42 Mid Cant 0

Christchurch Tournament

Southland 12 Nelson Bays 14 Southland 17 Otago 18 Southland 22 Cant Metro 7

Winners of Gallipoli Shield vs. Otago

Southland Under 65 KG

Warm Ups v Southland Under 13's Draw 19 19 v Otago Lost 5 38 v Southland Under 13's Won 64 26

Regional Tournament v Otago Lost 7 11 v Sth Canty Won 52 0 v Mid Canty Won 50 19

SI Tournament (Top 4) v Canty Country Lost 19 41 v Otago Lost 24 75 v Nelson Bays Lost 12 31

Overall 252 260

Won 3Draw 1Lost 5

4th in the South Island Tournament

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Southland Under 14

Round 1 vs Otago Country. Result 34 -12 win. Round 2 vs Canterbury Metro. Result 6 – 8 loss. Round 3 vs South Canterbury. Result 45 – 7 win. Final vs Canterbury Metro. Result 0 -30 loss.

Finished 2nd in the “South Island U14 Rugby Development Tournament”

Southland Under 16

North Otago - 3 v Southland - 105 Otago Country - 14 v Southland - 39

Quarter Final Southland - 52 v Mid-Canterbury - 15

Semi Final Canterbury Metro - 41 v Southland - 12

Play Off 3rd Southland - 10 v Otago Metro - 17

Finished 4th in the South Island

Southland Under 18

Played 6 won 5

North Otago won 105 3 Otago Metro won 26 22 Otago Country won 33 3 Malborough won 60 7 Nelson Bays won 24 21

Runner up South Island tournament

Southland Country

Warm up games:

Southland Country v Otago Country: won 45 to 3 Southland Country v Canterbury Country: won 30 to 29

Competition games:

Southland Country v Southland Metro: won 26 to 20 Southland Country v Otago B: lost 23 to 35 Southland Country v Otago Country: won 27 to 5 Semi Final, Southland Country v Canterbury Metro: lost 0 to 52

Finished 3rd overall in the South Island competition

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Southland Metro Seniors

LOST TO SOUTHLAND COUNTRY 20-26 BEAT OTAGO COUNTRY 72 3 LOST OTAGO DEVELOPMENT 10-38

Finished 3rd in Southern Region

Southland Secondary School Girls

Southland – 22 v Hannan Seilds District - 0, Southland – 12 v Canturbury - 7, Southland – 49 v Hannan Sheilds Invitation – 0

Winners South Island Competition

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Grounds and Facilities: Russell Thomas

Rugby ParkThis past year was a very interesting year with the turf, due to the drought conditions in lateDecember 2011 and the beginning of 2012. The turf was able to stand up to the dryconditions due to the ryegrass that we use on Rugby Park. Although it was dry we alsoexperienced this year another good result that being no sign of the pesky Grass Grub todestroy the turf in certain areas. With this result we can now assure the Rugby Family thatwe can provide more Rugby here, although with the drought all club fields stayed in goodplayable condition for longer than usual. In May 2012 Rugby Park was struck by lightningduring a hail storm which caused a lot of damage to 3 of the 4 light towers as well assignificant damage to other electrical systems in the stadium but with a concentrated effortby the electricians we are back up and running for the 2013 season. The beginning of 2013is setting to test the field with more drought conditions and water restrictions being placed onthe province, the Field will have to be well managed during this unusual but more frequentperiod.

Oreti ParkAs stated in the previous report above it should come as no surprise that Oreti Park issuffering the effects of very much dry conditions from the 2011-12 drought and with this past6 months of minimal rain fall the fields are looking in very poor condition.

Unfortunately this is where sand base fields struggle the most as the evaporation level rateis higher with the heat and sea breeze in this area. Until we get a significant amount of rain itis always a planning nightmare to what our plans are to improve the field condition. Thiscould take a few years to get the fields back to a reasonable grass cover. A groundmanagement nightmare to be fair.

During the past season Placemakers and Niagara Sawmilling came on board with asignificant contribution to help upgrade the stand at the Les George. All the seats have beenreplaced with new dressed timber so no more little splinters poking in your backside. Thisimprovement was courtesy of the Southland Stags Rugby Team who had a working bee toreplace the seats and paint some areas and all so fix some of the fencing around the LesGeorge. Thanks guys for a good effort.

This year we are in the planning to work towards an upgrade of the change rooms with atotal revamp of the changing and showering areas of the rooms. This project is quite a bigchallenge therefore this project may be done in stages. Another project this year is toreplace the missing lights around the Les George to get the standard back to its original one.All very much a work in progress and funding dependent. Have a great Rugby Year all

Russell Thomas

Ground Manager

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Sevens Rugby: Ray Sotutu

Southland Mens Sevens Review - Elgan O'Donnell, Head Coach

2012 Assessment Develop a Sevens platform for the game to grow in Southland: Club Sevens

Tournament set-up - Achieved. Introduction of a large Sevens Tournament in the South - Pending. Recruitment and development of players: Development of a 30-man squad of Sevens

capable players - Achieved. Regional's Tournament: Qualify for the National Sevens – Achieved. National’s Tournament: Finish in top 8 – Achieved.

National Pub Charity Sevens Tournament 12-13th January, Queenstown GameResults: vs Manawatu Won 5-12 vs Waikato Won 19-31 vs Northland Won 12-36 vs Bay Of Plenty Lost 28-19 Plate Semi Final vs Auckland Lost 26-12

2013 Objectives Talent identification and development of 7’s players and coaches in Southland Southland Men 7’s team - Top four finish at 2014 Nationals tournament Development of Southland 7’s networks (administration + players) into wider rugby

community Create player pathways onto higher playing honours

Southland Womens Sevens Review – Joshua Hall, Head Coach

Coaching Development Opportunities: The opportunity itself, to be part of the Women’s Sevens Programme, allowed for

plenty of development as a coach. An NZRU guideline is that coaching staff have completed an up to date Rugby Smart

course. This opportunity was provided through Rugby Southland and was alsodriven by the NZRU for me as the Women’s Sevens Resource Coach.

Dave Perrin’s details were provided to me by the NZRU through the Women’sSevens program, as an option and opportunity to make contact with him regardingfurther coaching development.

Tournaments attended and game outcomes: South Island Regional Qualifying Tournament, 24th November, 2012

Vs Tasman. Won 24-10 Vs Otago. Lost 30-0 Vs Canterbury. Won 17-10 Vs Canterbury (semi final). Lost 46-0

Building up to the tournament we had several warm up matches against anInvitational Invercargill Blues Women’s Rugby Sevens side and a mixture of theInvercargill Blues women’s and men’s players. These were valuable games in ourpreparation towards the South Island tournament.

Contact with Mike Moehu (Otago Women’s Seven’s) was made re. Warm upmatches between the 2 provinces, however a suitable day and time could not bearranged that suited

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both parties in the 3-4 weeks leading in to the South Island Tournament.

Goals Achieved And Not Achieved:A Women’s Sevens Representative Side. Achieved. One of the key goals early on, was to develop a “Strong/competitive Southland

women’s sevens side”. I do believe that this was achieved in 2012. As we built towards the South Island Regional Tournament our key focus was to

prepare the Southland team well enough to play and earn qualification for theNational tournament in Queenstown. Unfortunately this was not achieved; howeverthe team represented the province exceptionally well.

The 2012 Women’s Wevens campaign has created interest in the game of SevensRugby, among female athletes in Southland, which is very pleasing moving forward.

Areas For Improvement:In review of the 2012 women’s sevens program, the following ideas have been surfaced bythe coaching and management staff for 2013: Ensuring we continue to build on the momentum and interest that has been created

by the 2012 Southland Women’s Sevens Team. Continue to openly identify talented female athletes, in any sport, that could play

Sevens Rugby Recruiting some older female athletes (20+ years) to mix with the younger talent from

2012. Be very specific in the training blocks devoted to Sevens Rugby, given the wide

range of sports and overlap of these, that several of the players are involved in. A Southland driven Sevens screening day in 2013 Continue to develop positive relationships with other sporting codes.

Specific to the Team: Incorporating a Seven’s Team Trainer A focus on finding and developing speed Off/Pre season training programs for those that require extra work

Additional: Academy GroupThe names and contact details of six Southland secondary school girls have been passed onto Peter Skelt with the intention of developing a small academy group for further rugby skilldevelopment through 2013. Due to the Touch and Athletic seasons at present, they will becontacted at the completion of these (approximately late March/April) for their involvement.

Overall The 2012 year was very successful and provided a great opportunity for female

athletes in the province to try Sevens Rugby. A very talented group of young female Sevens players were unearthed A very enthusiastic and committed group worked hard over the year and represented

the Province proudly at the South Island tournament.

Secondary School Sevens Review – Ray Sotutu, Volunteer

Southland Secondary School Girls One Day Tournament (Feb.) held at CSC, Winton. EightTeams participated, including two invited Otago Teams. The Tournament was won bySouthland Girls High Blue.

Southland BNZ Condor Sevens Qualifier Tournament (Oct) held at Oreti Rugby Grounds forU18 Boys and Girls Teams. Five Boys Teams participated and two Girls Teams participated.

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SBHS and SGHS were the respective winners who went on to represent Southland and theBNZ National Condors in Auckland (Dec.). SGHS placed third in that event.

Southland Men’s Club Sevens Review – Matt Saunders, Rugby Southland

Seven Clubs took part in this Competition - Blues, Eastern Northern Barbarians, Pirates/Oldboys, Midlands, Marist, Woodlands and The Cooks Rugby League Club.

The first round was held at Rugby Park on the 10th of August with the last one at DLS onOctober 5th which unfortunately did not get under way due to bad weather.

The Final was played as a curtain raiser before the Stags played Manawatu on the 12th ofOctober. This final was contested by Midlands and Eastern Northern Barbarians who werethe top two qualifiers. This was a cracking game of Sevens which went to overtime withMidlands scoring the golden point try for victory and securing the Waikiwi Pharmacy Cup.

It was good to get a sevens club competition underway, there is plenty of room for growthand improvement but it was a good lead in for the Southland Sevens squad players and didunearth some new talent.

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Commercial/Sponsorship: Mark Wilson

2012 was another difficult year as Rugby Southland continues to try and rebuild andreconsolidate after the financial issues of 2010/11.

It has been widely publicised that ITM Cup unions have been struggling to generate revenueand Rugby Southland is no exception, which is why our cost control and sensible budgetingof the past 2 seasons has been vital.

2012 was a year which saw Rugby Southland’s commercial base further decline, this trend isone which is consistent across most ITM Cup unions but is a massive concern none theless.

A decrease was observed across all areas aside from grass roots rugby sponsorship despitethe investment of increased staffing resources into this area.

Of specific and on-going concern is Rugby Southland continues to consistently attract a farlower value for most sponsorship properties then ITM Cup unions despite a relatively highbrand awareness, history of good crowds, higher than average TV ratings and NewZealand’s highest participation per capita figures. All in all the data reinforces Southland’sstanding as the most engaged Rugby Province in New Zealand which would indicated goodvalue for sponsors and commercial partners. This is a sense of frustration for myself and thecommercial and marketing team and we are working hard to try and improve things into thefuture with very little traction.

Issues we face are compounded by the following.

1) Most of our major companies being export driven and seeing very little tangible return totheir bottoms lines by investing their marketing dollar to gain exposure in the local marketand national market. In saying this we get great support from some export based companiessuch as Blue River Dairy, Blue Sky Meats and South Port who as good citizens of the Southstand by local sporting causes and for this we are thankful.

2) Due to our size and comparatively small population Southland is characterised by smallbusinesses which have understandably limited budgets in terms of marketing/sponsorshipand as tend to be quite conservative in their marketing activity sticking to traditional media.

3) Southlands has a propensity to over achieve in the sporting world both professional andamateur. This has implications for sponsorship and funding demands as the scarce privatesector dollar is stretched in many different directions and if not for the generous support ofthe provinces community funders many sporting organisations would struggle to operate asthey do today. Supporting 3 professional sporting codes really takes its toll on the localmarket for sponsorship funds.

In 2012 match day revenue was well down on all of the previous 5 years to levels not seensince the 1990’s. This was primarily due to a decreased crowd, decrease in canteen salesand low sales in the hospitality areas. Contributing factors were adverse weather, a verypoor draw which saw no Saturday games for the Stags and the teams form was not what ithad been in the past few seasons.

It appears the very successful era of 2005-2010 has raised the expectations of the Provincein terms of what to expect from the team in terms of results while significant negative PRgenerated by the Unions financial difficulties in 2010/11 is taking time to dissipate affectingRugby Southland’s crowds and sponsorship.

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Moving forward revenue generation continues to be one of the primary risks to ourorganisation, with the current economic climate delivering mixed fortunes for the regionsbusinesses and wallets for the most part remaining tucked away.

We are caught in a conundrum. Prudent management of limited financial resources hashelped the Union to return to viability but this very viability is continually threatened by areduction in revenue generation ability due to this reduced spending.

I would like to think opportunities exist in regards to the Stags brand being used to promotethe region and that our Union could work more closely with relevant councils and regionalpromotional bodies to promote Southland’s brand domestically. This is something that iscommon place nationally but yet to be fully realised in Southland.

Rugby Southland would like to thank those people and businesses in the South andthroughout New Zealand who supported us in 2012. It was a very difficult year and yoursupport along with significant input and support from Southlands community funders theInvercargill Licensing Trust, ILT Foundation, Mataura Licensing Trust and Community Trustof Southland helped us to deliver Rugby in a meaningful context to the people of Southland.

Our Sponsors/Partners

Community Funders:Invercargill Licensing TrustCommunity Trust of SouthlandILT FoundationMataura Licensing Trust

Major SponsorsSouthern Institute of TechnologySpeight’sCanterbury of New ZealandRothbury Insurance

Premier SponsorsThe Southland TimesBlue Sky MeatsThe Radio NetworkQuantum PrintRegent CarsANZ

Official Charity’sCancer SocietyBig Buddy Programme

Stags and Rugby SouthlandR80 RugbyInvercargill Workingmen’s ClubCreative EnergyMcDonalds InvercargillPlaceMakersPGG WrightsonCreation SignsMcNeil DrillingSouthland Farm MachinerySpeight’s Ale HouseSouthland Real EstateTicket DirectSubway InvercargillAWS LegalEwan Allan HondaSplash PalaceAmcal Waikiwi PharmacyUnichem Quins Gore PharmacyUSL SportMcDermott CoachlinesWHKMcKnight and BrownMeadow FreshDeer ImprovementSteve Corbett ConsultingAlabar StudBlacks FastenersRicoh SouthLakers House of TravelUDC

Back of Jersey SponsorsSouthern Steel WindowsSouthland TimesSeales WinslowRegent CarsPowerNetD Thompson ContractingProgressive EngineeringBlue Sky MeatsBlue River DairyAwarua SynergySouth PortHenderson ConstructionStrang ContractingLoxwoodCruickshank Pryde

Merchandise PartnersH&J SmithsSeriously Good Chocolate CoCatlins Soap Company

Event PartnersSono SoundRutledge PlumbingElmwood CateringAllied Security

Other SupportersGreen Acres Golf ClubShaun YeoSweet Brucie

Mark Wilson

Commercial and Marketing Manager.

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Financials 2012

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