Bledisloe Cup Under-Rated XV
By The Spotter Here is a first XV of under-rated players from Bledisloe Cup matches from the past forty years or so. The team is top-heavy with Wallabies- logically so[…]
Monthly Archive: August 2019
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Strength Through Adversity
By Aiden McLaughlin Mitre 10 Cup time has arrived and with it comes exposure to some of the brightest young talents in New Zealand. Some are fresh out of 1st XV[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 9 August
Not a lot of horse racing features on this site, but there’s something special about the Hong Kong meet. Nice. Kane Williamson being presented with a birthday cake in a[…]
NRL 80 words in 80 minutes: Round 21
By Stephen Gallagher THURSDAY: North Queensland Cowboys V Brisbane Broncos, 21.50 – 1300 SMILES Stadium. These two sides only managed to score four points each last weekend, as they both[…]
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Lochore; a True Rugby Great
By The Spotter Sir Brian Lochore was revered and loved by the NZ rugby public. Undoubtedly a major reason for this was his enduring humility, even though he had a pile of[…]
Waikato coach eyes higher performances in 2019
By Michael Pulman New Waikato coach Andrew Strawbridge is aiming for a higher performance that goes well beyond results in order to lift Waikato toward the pointy end of Mitre[…]
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Two Steps Back
By Ryan Nixon 2018: The Warriors, in their second year under Stephen Kearney, are coming off a season in which they won just seven games and finished 13th only by[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 2 August
The build-up to The Ashes in England. So much to answer for. Well that backfired. Props to the guy with the matching t-shirt; not so much to the guy whose[…]
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NRL 80 words in 80 minutes: Round 20
By Stephen Gallagher THURSDAY: Wests Tigers V North Queensland Cowboys, 21.50 – Leichhardt Oval. It’s now time for the Tigers to do it for their retiring hooker Robbie Farah. Leichhardt[…]
