In a weekend when the much publicised and financially supported (yes Gareth Morgan were looking at you) Wellington Hurricanes were missing out on post-season activity for the fifth year in[…]

By Martin Hearnden After 24 days of a FIFA world cup to remember we arrive safely at the semi-finals and not a heck of a lot has changed in the world[…]

Special World Cup Quarter Finals weekend edition of pictures of the week. The weekend started off with FIFA trolling the France; well one of them anyway. Meet the new Brazil.[…]

This is a term that has, inevitably, been used a lot in the last month. Brazil, the spiritual home of football where the game is played as it should be,[…]

By The Spotter Aside from conventional wisdom telling us that one or two of the remaining ‘Big Four’ of either Brazil, Germany or Argentina (the Italians of course having left[…]

Germans cheating? Surely not. Algeria’s Lahm Brahimi getting held back during the week. More shorts action. Chile’s Alexis Sanchez has been one of the stars of the World Cup. Apparently[…]

So picking the Round of 16 went to form, and for the first time the top teams all progressed.  Not without dramas though, 5 of the 8 went to Extra[…]

The Great New Zealand Knocking Machine. They said the test side was inconsistent.  They said they should not be taken seriously until they had won away from home.  They said[…]