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?
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Bunnies Beat Up Bulldogs
The Rabittohs ended a hundred year drought and won the NRL Grand final in a great display of rugby league. Let's not forget this was the shittest team in the competition on a regular basis until the Gladiator got involved. He has transformed this side into a great team (no doubt at significant damage to … Continue reading Bunnies Beat Up Bulldogs
American Sport
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
WTF happened to the NPC?
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?




