The Swinehound of a Sports Quiz 2
By The Spotter This second edition is a bit of a brainteaser. Best of luck. And, if you want to assess yourself with a rating, scroll back to a couple of weeks[…]
Monthly Archive: November 2018
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In the Rich Man’s World
By Aiden McLaughlin Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, there was a ‘Big Five’ when it came to English football; Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs. There had[…]
Warning bells
By Scott MacLean If you thought next year’s Rugby World Cup was going to be a doddle for the All Blacks, then the results from the past two weekends would[…]
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NFL Week 11 Preview with @Girvana
Big time games mean big time TV Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears – Monday 2.20pm NZ time This is a battle for NFC North supremacy and could go a long[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 17 November
RIP Marvel comics’ creator Stan Lee. He even made a mark in the IPL. Test cricket in the UAE and Danny Morrison is very much on brand. And just look[…]
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What’s Eating the White Ferns?
By The Spotter For our White Fern women cricketers, that win over Pakistan yesterday morning would have come as a welcome tonic on the heels of those rather heavy-looking defeats to[…]
This is the One
By Aiden McLaughlin 111 years and 29 attempts. Ireland’s one and only victory over the All Blacks was a long time coming. It only took Munster 6 attempts for goodness sake,[…]
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Play Ball!
By Scott MacLean It might be as far from home as you can get in a Trans-Tasman league, but when the Auckland Tuatara take to Perth Harley-Davidson Ballpark late on[…]
In Search of more than Valliant
There was a sad predictability about how the White Ferns T20 World Championship hopes came to an end. Australia (they even claim exclusive ownership of the Southern Stars term) had[…]
