World Cup Diary 5
By Euan McCabe I fitted in a quick visit to my doctor before bedtime on Tuesday morning. She always likes to check on me at this stage of every tournament[…]
Monthly Archive: June 2018
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 29 June, World Cup Special
Ricardo Quaresma scored one of the goals of group play at the tournament, so this is a good time to remember how he’s decked out his son’s bedroom. That’s one[…]
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80 words in 80 minutes. NRL round 16
By Stephen Gallagher Thursday, June 28 Dragons v Eels, WIN Stadium, 21.50NZT The Eels usually find a way to beat the Dragons, which is a promising sign for the Parramatta[…]
A portrait of a fan
Argentina v Nigeria. Argentina needed to win to progress to the knock-out phase. But at least they have their most famous ex-player in the stands to help them along. Here[…]
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World Cup Diary 4
By Euan McCabe I support two football clubs. Both of them, Ipswich Town and Wellington Phoenix, are pretty much crap. So crappy, in fact, that underwhelming labels like ‘mid-table’ and[…]
When the World Cup gathers pace
The next week (8 days) at the World Cup is the most dramatic. Like some global game of Survivor, 8 countries will go home after the final round of group[…]
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Dunedin Dream
By The Spotter That spellbinding try scored by Rieko Ioane in the 52nd minute of the Dunedin test last night stunned me into realising why Rugby can be so beautiful[…]
Origin 2 Preview
By Stephen Gallagher State Of Origin is set to kick off on Sunday. Feels a bit weird, really. We’re so used to the Wednesday fixture, but I for one welcome[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 22 June
Good to see a Polish supermarket getting into the spirit of the Football World Cup. There’s something about those tomatoes though. Reminiscent of that photo from 1986 with Maradonna taking[…]
World Cup Diary 3
By Euan McCabe Just about the last thing you want to hear on your final day at work before going on leave for the best part of a month is[…]
