NRL Season Preview Part 2 of 3
By Stephen Gallagher 11: Sydney Roosters There is plenty to like about the Roosters. They’ve got quite the roster, and they’re always enjoyable to watch when they’re playing well. Roosters[…]
Monthly Archive: February 2017
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NRL Season Preview Part 1 of 3
By Stephen Gallagher Another NRL season is upon us. There’ll be more ridiculous refereeing, there will be more bunker blunders, and more off-field fuck-ups, but if the footy on the[…]
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A Breath of Fresh Air
By Harbour Heather Where all the ladies at? How fantastic was it to see our White Ferns on television on Sunday? In the sunshine at Eden Park Outer Oval, playing[…]
Moving Game
That’s what A B De Villiers called this match after winning the toss. In these days of hybrid sports it seems appropriate to drop in a golfing term before a[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 Feb
From the slightly toe-curling Sporting Event Promotion Photo Op file. Here is Roger Federer serving on a barge next to Charles Bridge in Prague promoting the Laver Cup which will[…]
Your 2017 Hurricanes
By Scott MacLean It might still be cricket season, but Super Rugby really does start this weekend. The Hurricanes go into the 2017 campaign in the unusual position of defending[…]
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The Big Romance
Last weekend non-league Lincoln City beat Premier League Burnley to make the quarter finals of England’s FA Cup; a feat not achieved since 1914. The Romance of the FA Cup[…]
ODI in Hamilton. Form Guide
That #statchat says it all. Normally five test ODI series are a bit of a yawn, but in this case it actually seems to work. This is big; even though[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 17 Feb
RIP Steve Sumner The trainee vicar off the Archers has a new job. Enter Joe Root, new captain of England, proving his nationalistic credentials. He has a new baby called[…]
Playing Duco’s Blame Game
So, it would appear the NRL Auckland Nines are no longer, with the event slated to move across the Tasman. And, according to Duco Events’ Dean Lonergan, the Warriors are[…]
