THAT semi-final
By The Spotter It should be an absolute ripper, but if the Hurricanes are to make chopped liver of the Crusaders in their Super semi at the spartan-like stadium in Addington,[…]
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Charlie and Ngani
By The Spotter The Hurricanes-Chiefs quarter-final last night had a myriad of interesting story-lines, not least Beauden Barrett (how many times have I typed his name? I’m losing count), continuing[…]
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A Wholly Appropriate Catch-cry
By The Spotter ‘It’s coming home’. It’s what they’ll tell you about the World Cup trophy in old Blighty. Not withstanding the unlikelihood of that actually happening when one considers who else is left; it will be[…]
The Great Show rolls on
By The Spotter The World Cup often brings a fair share of the brilliant and the ludicrous. No sooner will one stop gagging on the tripe of Christiano Ronaldo being anointed by stupid sections of[…]
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Dunedin Dream
By The Spotter That spellbinding try scored by Rieko Ioane in the 52nd minute of the Dunedin test last night stunned me into realising why Rugby can be so beautiful[…]
Opening Week Questions
By The Spotter It’s wall-to-wall World Cup in Little Bad Vlad’s sprawling empire. Here are seven ponderables from the first week: 7) Was the Robbie Williams-middle fingered salute at the Opening also a small dig at the host[…]
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Calm Down a Bit….
By The Spotter Amelia Kerr is a unique, very young talent and that was a quite jaw-dropping all-round performance for the White Ferns in the 3rd ODI versus Ireland. Of that there’s no doubt. BUT…the[…]
Italy – Brazil ’82; Arguably the Best
By The Spotter From the gist of an article that I did for sportsfreak during the World Cup four years ago, following are the scoring moments of one of the greatest (if not the greatest) games[…]
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Are the Trots going all Hoity-toity?
By The Spotter I don’t go all that much to the trots (no, not Harness Racing- wash thy mouth out) at Alexandra Park these days. On the times I do, it’s almost[…]
Concussion Cop-out
By The Spotter Last night at Forsyth Barr Stadium we saw why Rugby Union can be so good. But it could be even better as a sport if the head[…]
