• Howick and Botany Times
• Rugby: Gallaher Shield quarterfinals last Saturday: Grammar Carlton 73 Te Papapa-Mt Wellington 15, Ponsonby 42 College Rifles 16, University 41 Waitemata 3, Pakuranga 26 (R Ropati, C Piutau, A Silipa, T Militoni tries, G Arlidge 3 con) Otahuhu 22. Portola Cup quarterfinals: East Tamaki 33 Marist 15, Suburbs 19 Manukau 18, Waitakere City 22 Papatoetoe 19, Teachers Eastern 56 Eden 5.
Gallaher Shield semi-finals this Saturday at 2.45pm: Pakuranga v Grammar Carlton at Cornwall Park, Ponsonby v University at Western Springs. Jubilee Trophy semi-finals: Otahuhu v Te Papapa-Mt Wellington, Waitemata v College Rifles. Portola Cup semi-finals: Teachers Eastern v East Tamaki, Waitakere v Suburbs. Presidents Cup semi-finals: Manukau v Papatoetoe, Marist v Eden.
• Football: Lotto NRFL men’s division one, last Saturday: Western Springs 2 Ellerslie 1, Birkenhead Utd 4 Pukekohe 0, Tauranga City Utd 1 Onehunga Mangere Utd 2. Points after 15 rounds: Ellerslie 35, North Force 32, Mt Albert-Ponsonby 31, Birkenhead 27, Matamata Swifts, Onehunga Mangere 26, Mangere Utd, Western Springs 24, Hibiscus Coast, Fencibles 22, Tauranga 20, Waiuku 19, North Shore 13, Papakura City 8, Cambridge 6, Pukekohe 5.
• Football: Lotto NRFL women’ premier league, last Sunday: Papamoa 3 Eastern Suburbs 5, Fencibles Utd 1 Lynn-Avon Utd 2, Three Kings Utd 2 Metro 0. Points after 13 rounds: Glenfield Rovers 31, Eastern Suburbs 27, Claudelands Rovers 23, Three Kings, Lynn-Avon 22, Fencibles 18, Papamoa 4, Metro 0. This Sunday at 1pm, Fencibles v Claudelands Rovers at Riverhills Park.
• Ice hockey: National club league last weekend: West Auckland Admirals 6 Botany Swarm 8, Canterbury Red Devils 10 Southern Stampede 3, Canterbury 4 Stampede 7. Points: Botany Swarm 20, Canterbury Red Devils 19, Southern Stampede 12, Dunedin Thunder 11, West Auckland Admirals 10. On July 24-25, Botany Swarm v Canterbury Red Devils, 4.45pm at Paradice Ice Arena, Botany.
