Football, Video Assistant Referees, and Common Sense
By Richard Gordon Here’s my view of last night’s pen. Yes he clipped him; but he’s watching the ball the whole time. Does there have to be element of intent?[…]
Monthly Archive: February 2017
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 10 Feb
Colour coded trolling. Shaun Pollock, one of the great ginger athletes of all time gets made to wear that jacket, in front of that background. Even the cameraman got in[…]
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Footballers- Indelible Boyhood Memories
By The Spotter I welled up yesterday morning and a part of my heart broke. Steve Sumner was just the bee’s knees for me as an impressionable, mad-on-football 11 year-old, with[…]
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Where have all the All-Rounders Gone? Part 1
This sudden vacuum had got so bad it needs a couple of write-ups. This is about ODIs only where, in theory, it comprises a range of slots that is pretty[…]
Steve Sumner. A Special place in NZ sport
By Scott MacLean You could make a compelling case that no one has done more for Football in New Zealand than Steve Sumner, even if Wynton Rufer might have been[…]
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An Ongoing Personal Matter
So now we know why Patrick Tuipulotu came home early from last year’s All Black tour to the northern hemisphere. And now we know why he has not been in[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 4 Feb
Some people get irritated by Rafa Nadal’s little routines. Off the court there is an element of dress up. Exhibit A: Justin Marshall. Exhibit B: Richie McCaw dressed as a[…]
Super Bowl LI – Official Sportsfreak preview with Hamish Girvan
New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons – Houston, Texas 12.30pm Monday NZ time So here we are – in Houston we head – for the New England Patriots versus the[…]
