Beware the Crowing Cockerel
By The Spotter “Those blardy garlic munchers haven’t got a hope against our boys on Sunday, we’re gonna cream them, mate” said Al Blacksrule of Levin. “We can’t possibly lose, not with[…]
Monthly Archive: October 2015
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 16 October
GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY. Brett Lee is in a new movie, and here is a sneak preview. You can’t wait, can you? It is 30 minutes before kick-off in the All[…]
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What’s Your Experience of the Rugby World Cup So Far? Have Your Say
By Toni Bruce, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work/Te Kura Akoranga me Te Tauwhiro Tangata, University of Auckland. Nigel Owens has been named as referee for the All[…]
We Need to Talk:- 15 October
It is not a great day for Guy Heveldt, in his role as President of the Michael Papps Fan Club. How strong is that Northern Districts side? The side for[…]
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You decide
One of the things that makes the current perjury case hard to grapple with is the fact we in New Zealand never got to see the matches in question in[…]
England: For Better or Worse
Typical of any English sports team, the England cricket team always have the weight of expectation on their shoulders when they perform, but they don’t always get the results that[…]
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A Week of it
We are in for a week of this. A week of a strange combination of hand wringing and chest thumping. A week of wondering which France will turn up, a[…]
The Only TV in the Village
By Pie Chucker During the opening match of the 2015 Rugby World between the hosts England and Fiji, ITV commentator Nick Mullins commented: “They will be back in Fiji around[…]
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More Preparation
Given some of the spin we had to endure during last week we will probably be told this match was all about honing defensive skills inside their 22. When the[…]
Is the Bonus Point here to stay?
From The Spotter After doing a Rugby World Cup mid-term review for this site last weekend, I was in conversation with a couple of punters about the bonus point system. One of them was dead[…]
