Sporting pictures of the Week :- 31 August
Sam Stosur at the US Open. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all; move along. Gymnastics Corner. The individual ball final of the rhythmic gymnastics event at the Asian Games. […]
Monthly Archive: August 2018
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80 words in 80 minutes. NRL round 25
By Stephen Gallagher Thursday, August 30 Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers, ANZ Stadium, 21.50NZT The Rabbitohs want nothing other than a dominant win to end the regular season. The Tigers will[…]
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The Ultimate Warrior
By Harbour Heather Warrior (noun) – a person who shows or has shown great vigour, courage. You know, I’m not even sorry for using that title. It will be the most overused cliché in the media this week, as[…]
The Welfare Mentality
New Zealand Rugby is run by some smart people, and this is one of the great All Black sides. On Saturday night Steve Hansen mad some flippant remark about how[…]
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Is There Anything to see here?
By The Spotter Are the All Blacks’ coaching staff gradually becoming susceptible to undoubtedly unintentional, but nonetheless institutionalised something? In recent times they have given Vaea Fifita and Ngani Laumape time out[…]
Laumape could be on a Hiding to Nothing
By The Spotter There was likely more chance of Harold Holt coming back before the porch light expired than there is of the Wallabies breaking their 32-year, 17 match Bledisloe drought[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 August
Imran Khan was inducted as Pakistan’s Prime Minister during the week, so a few of his old team mates got together to help him celebrate. Say what you like about[…]
Premier League Preview – Two Weeks In
By Richard Gordon While prediction pieces normally are a lot of guess work, this one at least has the benefit of two weeks of games to base the guess work[…]
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80 words in 80 minutes. NRL round 24
By Stephen Gallagher Thursday, August 23 Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles, Campbelltown Stadium, 21.50NZT With the miniscule chance of making the eight, the Tigers will still see this as an[…]
My Life, My Fight
Is it time for another Steven Adams Biography book review? Maybe not, but it’s worth it. Adams’s upbringing is best described as unorthodox. He was one of 14 (he suggests[…]
