Diary of a Womble
By Aiden McLaughlin 4th August 2018 The day has arrived, the one I’ve been looking forward to for months; Fleetwood Town away. Where’s Fleetwood again? Ah yes, Lancashire, that’s right.[…]
Monthly Archive: April 2019
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Thinking Outside the Six-Yard Box
By The Spotter With Jacinda Ardern’s worldwide approval rating currently at stratospheric level, there are sporting organisations here that ought to be thinking progressively about ways they can ride on the coat tails of the PM’s popularity. Life is all about timing, and besides[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 April
Those whacky Crusaders players. Here they are dressing up a super heroes to commemorate Anzac Day. Rugby World Cup hosts the Brave Blossoms have a new sponsorship deal. OK, it[…]
The Academy
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘We don’t have the legends, we create them.’ Edwin van der Sar, Ajax CEO. There are football academies and then there is the Ajax academy. The roll call[…]
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NRL 80 words in 80 minutes: Round 7
By Stephen Gallagher THURSDAY: Sydney Roosters V St George Illawarra Dragons – Sydney Cricket Ground, 18.05NZT I absolutely love this ANZAC Day clash. Over the 17 times this has happened,[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 April
How far would you go to watch a football match? Zeinab disguised herself as a man to overcome a ban on women attending games in Iran. The spirit of youth. […]
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NRL Round 6: “80 Words in 80 Minutes” with Stephen Gallagher
THURSDAY: Cronulla Sharks V Penrith Panthers – PointsBet Stadium, 21.50NZT A bitter pill to swallow for these two with losses last week, so it’s all about who bounces back first.[…]
The Rugby World Cup River of Streams by Hamish Girvan
Just over a year ago Spark (the Largest Telecommunications Company in NZ) announced they had won the rights for the Rugby World Cup. Yes the four yearly holy grail the[…]
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The Queen of the Track by Scott MacLean
When it comes to great racing mares, we’ve been well-served in this part of the world; names like Empire Rose, Sunline, and Makybe Diva come to mind. But as phenomenal[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 April
So here is a Frenchman dressing up as a caveman, singing a Scottish anthem in China. Back in the grass roots, Rugby 7s is kind of quite big in Fiji.[…]
