Super Rugby kicks off tonight... The footy season kicks off tonight with the Highlanders taking on the Crusaders. I'm sure the woke brigade will still worried about The Crusades and the Crusaders having a negative appropriation towards various parts of society. If that's the case then the Highlanders and their warring past will worry them. … Continue reading How not to get bored with Super Rugby
Who, pray tell, are the top stakeholders in he game of Rugby Football Union? The nations? The clubs? The sponsors? No. I would say the major stakeholders of the game - any game - are the players and the fans. If one boils the facts down to brass monkeys, the fans are who pay for … Continue reading What was that for, ref?
The Badger - personality plus. I think Cassie might have been his best bet though Are we past the Golden Ages of sport? In the words of an English teacher of mine, "elaborate." Well okey dokey. I wondered to myself watching the Aussies getting beaten up by the Indians if the Golden Age of sports … Continue reading Has Sport Gone Beige?
"It appears I haven't actually seen any rugby" In December, well known Kiwi-baiter, Stephen Jones penned his all-time World XV. It is as follows: STEPHEN JONES' BEST XV: 15: Chris Latham (Australia), 14 Gerald Davies (Wales), 13 Jeremy Guscott (England), 12 Frank Bunce (New Zealand), 11 David Campese (Australia), 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Gareth Edwards, 8 Sergio Parisse (Italy), 7 Sam Warburton … Continue reading The Best, The GOATs and Stephen Jones?
As is usually the case, I woke and watched the news and scrolled through http://www.stuff.co.nz for sports stories. USA v NZ Sevens Semi Final, Cape Town 9/12/18 Courtesy of USA Rugby I wanted particularly to see the results of the Sevens being played in Cape Town. New Zealand had won the week before and are … Continue reading Minority rules
So, I went to the game...my beloved Magpies thumped Otago 41-0!!! Quite unbelievable really. On to Bay of Plenty next week....not really a bay...more an elongated piece of curved coastline. I got home in time to watch the sports news and saw the highlights of the Mayweather fight. The guy is quite the athlete and … Continue reading American Sport
Waikato, Wellington, Auckland, Bay of Plenty. All Premiership teams in the ITM Cup. For those international bods reading this, the ITM Cup is New Zealand's provincial rugby championship, and the very pride of provincial types like me. The teams listed above are all teams that have, to date, sucked something awful. Wellington lost two games … Continue reading WTF happened to the NPC?
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