We Need to Talk:- 12 November
Going through those England rugby scapegoats. Has Stuart Lancaster been hung out to dry? And who is to blame for Sam Burgess’s failure? Have you ordered your square football boots[…]
Monthly Archive: November 2015
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Rugby Poster Competition
Some unique NZ Rugby prints have just been released by WallBuddy, and you have a chance to win one for free. Not a bad time of year either. WallBuddy design[…]
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TMO. Those Three Words
By Scott MacLean Television Match Official. TMO. Three words and an acronym that at the very least spark debate amongst rugby fans and at worse inspire absolute vitriol. The TMO[…]
Taking the Wellington out of the Wellington Phoenix.
The soap opera rolls on. The latest semi-villain to enter the fray is 85 year old chairman of FFA (presumably an honorary role) Frank Lowy. It would appear he has[…]
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When the world falls apart some things stay in place
From losing the toss on, most things that could have gone wrong in Brisbane did. It was the full deck of an underdone bowling attack, injuries, a spin bowler who[…]
The Airbrushing of Chris Cairns
The Chris Cairns perjury case underway in London is being set against a pretty blatant backdrop or historical revisionism. This is not about that case, other than to note than[…]
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NFL Match of the Week with our NFL guru Hamish Girvan
Denver Broncos @ Indianapolis Colts 10.25am Monday At the start of the season this match-up between ex Colt and NFL Elect Hall of Famer, Peyton Manning, versus his replacement and[…]
Sporting pictures of the week :- 6 November
The week when New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup. And a couple of New Zealand midfield backs got to sleep with it. But not before military hero got to[…]
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The Brilliant Blacks of 2015
By The Spotter This 2015 All Blacks side will go down in lore. Not just for their achievement in securing first-ever back to back Rugby World Cups, but for being damn good[…]
Back to the Future, and all that
It is 2015, and we have been inundated with all sorts of strange Back to the Future references in recent weeks. Forget the Cubs, hoverboards and bad acting; the biggest[…]
