Sporting Pics of the Week : November 15

Some downtime for the Afghan army, and this is how they relax these days.

Not a great week for Ricki Herbert all-round.  His new football academy opened in Dunedin. On this field.

Beach cricket is back.  Jeff Thomson is becoming a bit of a regular in this slot.  Wake up Jeff.

England beat Argentina in rugby over the weekend and won one of the strangest trophies / doorstops in world sport.

The Stade do France might have a rubbish surface, and there’s a rather important World Cup Qualifier coming up against Ukraine coming up during the week. But it’s still a great stadium.

A bank tellers’ team building exercise? No; it’s the New Zealand team preparing for the first ODI vs Sri Lanka.

San Francisco 49ers vs Carolina Panthers

More from the archives. Remember Steve Randall, disgraced former Tasmanian cricket test umpire? Well here is a prophetic photo.

Thanks to Russell Jackson, Ryan Allan, Paul Le Comte and Prepaidnz for the photos