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<title>Out Damn Spot</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=825</link>
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What an unholy mess.  We pick over the bones of cricket’s latest pigsty.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=824</link>
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Our picks for the penultimate round.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=823</link>
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YOU try working it out!]]>
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<title>A Guide to Sports Clothing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=822</link>
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Being properly dressed is one of the most important things when participating in sports]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=821</link>
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It's tough at the top - and getting tougher!]]>
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<title>Debunking the Myth</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=820</link>
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One of the Great NZ Sporting myths is that Bert Sutcliffe got a bit gunshy after the Tangawai test.  Not so]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=819</link>
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Only a matter of a few weeks to go, and she's looking close.]]>
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<title>Kurt Kirby discusses home ground advantage</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=818</link>
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Will New Zealand’s home-field advantage in the up and coming 2011 Rugby World Cup work for them this time like it did in 1987?]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=817</link>
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Another close round last week - it is getting difficult to split some of these teams.]]>
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<title>All Blacks to Win the 3 Nations</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=816</link>
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The All Blacks Remain the Strongest Candidate to Win the Tri Nations ]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=815</link>
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We're heading into the home straight!]]>
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<title>New Zealand Sport and Identity</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=814</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sarah Pavlovich delves into NZ's collective identity.]]>
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<title>Ill Have an O for Awful</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=813</link>
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Sadly, we believe the dream is over for David Tua.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=812</link>
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Admit it.  You missed us.]]>
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<title>A Chinese Gamble</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=811</link>
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Bet Paul the Octopus didn’t predict that one.  Shane Smeltz moving to China]]>
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<title>Rugby....Thugby?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=810</link>
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<![CDATA[
James Laybourn goes panelbeating. ]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=809</link>
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<![CDATA[
A week is a long time on the leaderboard.]]>
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<title>Cliche by cliche Guide to the World Cup Quarters</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=808</link>
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These matches are hard to pick.  But the commentary isn’t]]>
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<title>A Slow Landing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=807</link>
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Time to get over the euphoria of the All Whites’ World Cup?  Of course it’s not]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=806</link>
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For the first time in history, Sportsfreak leads the way.]]>
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<title>New Zealand the darlings of the World Cup?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=805</link>
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Yes you read that right; an extraordinary week for New Zealand football, and the way the world reacted to it.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=804</link>
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It's all tied up at the top!]]>
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<title>The Waiting is Over</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=803</link>
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In Rustenburg this evening we will find out of the new national mood of optimism will stand up on the biggest stage.]]>
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<title>New Government Brainchild </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=802</link>
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Government provides more support to become world’s fattest nation.]]>
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<title>Chosen or forced: Is it their decision?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=801</link>
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Philip Wightman and Vanessa Semmens discuss unconstructive vocalists on the side-line.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=800</link>
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Harder to pick than a broken nose.]]>
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<title>Goal-Line technology: Embrace or Reject?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=799</link>
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Garrett Blair questions Sepp Blatter's FIFA World Cup decision.]]>
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<title>Is Floyd Landis the Next J.R.R Tolkien?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=798</link>
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<![CDATA[
A first up effort from our new columnist - Keith Bond]]>
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<title>The Story of a Game</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=797</link>
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<![CDATA[
Giovanni Tiso first heard of NZ in 1982. Now he lives here, and looks back on a special day at that World Cup.]]>
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<title>Offshore All Blacks?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=796</link>
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Alanna Clare and Arron Wilson discuss the notion of Offshore rugby players playing for the All Blacks.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=795</link>
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<![CDATA[
A good week looming.  Unless you support Newcastle.]]>
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<title>Crowd behaviour at rugby games</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=794</link>
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What are our children learning by going to a Super 14 game?]]>
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<title>Celebrating art or favouritism?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=793</link>
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<![CDATA[
Thomas Lysaght comments on Wellington City's schoolgirl antics regarding the RugbyWorld Cup and the All Whites]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=792</link>
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<![CDATA[
Last week closed the gap between the punters - a couple of close games this week may close it even further.]]>
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<title>Redefining Friendly</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=791</link>
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So at last the World Cup feels like it’s here.  We review the week for the All Whites]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=790</link>
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<title>World Cup Flashback #1</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=789</link>
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New Zealand v Scotland 1982 Relived.  Featuring that surreal patch in the second half.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=788</link>
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Errrr, tell ya what - let's forget last week ever happened.]]>
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<title>Reddy to go</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=787</link>
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6 months after that night at the stadium the 2nd All Whites squad to go to a World Cup gets named.  Colour coded]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=786</link>
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A short round, kicking off with the  Anzac Test.  ]]>
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<title>Sign the FA Cup Live Petition</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=785</link>
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As it stands right now, the FA Cup Final will not be shown live in NZ.  Well do something about it]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=784</link>
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We show you how it is done.  Kind of.]]>
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<title>The Buzzbats Revolution</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=783</link>
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So what’s this Buzzbats about then?  We talk to Grant Elliott to find out.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=782</link>
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The heat gets turned up as a few sides stamp their authority.]]>
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<title>This is our song?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=781</link>
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There is some really strange stuff going on with sporting songs in New Zealand at the moment.  Not a speciality it would appear]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=779</link>
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Fun for the whole family!]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=778</link>
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The contest that gives mediocrity a run for its money.]]>
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<title>The Green Straightjacket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=777</link>
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So the world gets ready for the 2nd coming.  But what a strange place to host a circus]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=776</link>
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Some more great match-ups await.  Ones we can't pick.]]>
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<title>The IPL Era Test Century</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=775</link>
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Welcome to the new face of test cricket.  Even when struggling there are big shots to be made.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=774</link>
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<![CDATA[
Not a bad second round for our tipsters.]]>
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<title>Lord of the Ring, and Windy Wellington</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=773</link>
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The ending might have been inevitable, but there was some fun on the way.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=772</link>
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Round One threw up a couple of upsets - let's see how we go on Round Two.]]>
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<title>FIFA World Cup to visit New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=771</link>
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<![CDATA[
The football joyride gets another boost]]>
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<title>Things we knew. Things we learnt.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=770</link>
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<![CDATA[
A bit of the Trevor – Barry series merged into itself, but we did learn some things, and some prejudices were confirmed.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=769</link>
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We are back to embarrass ourselves once again.]]>
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<title>Big, Bad and Brilliant</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=768</link>
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You know things are going well when the “Johnson is a Wanker” chant fills the room.  Just how we like it.]]>
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<title>A League Of Their Own</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=767</link>
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<![CDATA[
Unfortunately you need to be in the UK to view it, but if you are you should]]>
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<title>Australia are Coming</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=766</link>
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<![CDATA[
It might be late February, but the cricket season is about to get going.]]>
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<title>We have eyes too</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=765</link>
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Not the proudest day in Brendon McCullum’s career.  His main crime was arguably that he thought he could get away with it.]]>
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<title>Jumping on the Bandwagon</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=764</link>
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Looks like your hard earned cash is about to be blown.  Again.]]>
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<title>Its Rugby Season !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=763</link>
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Still waiting for the Cricket to start ?  Get some Super Rugby in ya !]]>
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<title>Off to a flyer</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=762</link>
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<![CDATA[
In a new feature at Sportsfreak, Paddy Batch lets us know what it’s like being <strike>puppet</strike> coach of the NZ cricket team]]>
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<title>Death or The Maiden</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=761</link>
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Auckland has been lacking a test venue for a few years now.  Yet the obvious solution is staring them in the face.]]>
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<title>HRV Mid-Season Report.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=760</link>
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Ok then it’s not really mid-season but this is T20 so it doesn’t really matter.  The rules can be made up as we go along.]]>
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<title>The Frog and Golfer!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=759</link>
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The story of the frog and the golfer.  High Brow stuff all right.]]>
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<title>Weird Sporting Deaths - Part Two</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=758</link>
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Today we look at the second part of our tribute....]]>
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<title>Weird Sporting Deaths - Part One</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=757</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look at some of the more bizarre ways our heroes have clocked off.]]>
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<title>2009 Backroom Deals and Bullying Batsman</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=756</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look back at the strange year in cricket.  Where there was a lot of posturing, manoeuvring, and the rebirth of the finger spinning.]]>
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<title>Hail The Mighty Ginga.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=755</link>
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<![CDATA[
GINGA ALERT!!! Sportsfreak tips its hat to the famous redheads of world sport.]]>
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<title>Wallabies Shock Admission: We are gay</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=754</link>
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<![CDATA[
Lance Free's expose that was taken down by Green and Gold Rugby]]>
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<title>The Only Dispassionate Bond Obituary you will read</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=753</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s Christmas Evening in the gloom tank. An old man said to me “we’ll never see another one”. Scratch that; lets look at the stats]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Reports from the Cricket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=752</link>
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<![CDATA[
We report from the recent Aces vs Stags game in Palmy]]>
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<title>Golf for fun !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=751</link>
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<![CDATA[
Guest Freak Columinist SSMO gives us his take on the gentlemans game]]>
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<title>All We Want For Christmas</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=750</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak sends a letter to Santa.]]>
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<title>Our take on Tiger</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=749</link>
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We assess the mess that is Tigers life.]]>
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<title>Mentoring Athletes.  Actually doing something</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=748</link>
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Letting you know about the Business mentoring programme for Kiwi athletes that is about to grow]]>
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<title>World Cup Draw given some shape</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=747</link>
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<![CDATA[
Being one of the super powers of world football, we cast a patronising eye over the World Cup draw from the weekend.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak and the Guardian Network.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=746</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak has been tapped up to be part of the Guardian’s network of football fans at World Cup 2010.  What does that mean?]]>
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<title>Guide to Online Gambling</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=745</link>
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<![CDATA[
We give a guide to the best way to get into the fast growing world of online gaming]]>
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<title>That was worth waiting for</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=744</link>
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NZ and Pakistan don't get to play a lot of test cricket.  Just as well they made the most of this one then.]]>
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<title>The Strange University Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=743</link>
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<![CDATA[
Test cricket in NZ in November.  Just one of the many strange angles to this test.  But despite all the oddities, we are looking forward to this. A lot.]]>
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<title>Trying to Battle the Demons</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=742</link>
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<![CDATA[
The latest incident involving Jesse Ryder shows that NZ Cricket are incapable of handling their charge.]]>
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<title>The More you Practice</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=741</link>
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<![CDATA[
Gary Player’s famous quote tends to get overused, but there were lots of dominoes that fell the right way for Herbert’s men.]]>
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<title>The Hangover Post</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=740</link>
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<![CDATA[
We reach for the Panadol, clear the throat (voice still not working) and try to get head around the events of the weekend.  With pictures.]]>
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<title>Life was never meant to be fair</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=738</link>
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<![CDATA[
Big sport is nothing to do with being fair.  It’s all about the tension, the theatre and fancy outfits]]>
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<title>Bowling through India, with giveaway</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=737</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s Top Gear meets The Long Way Round… with cricket]]>
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<title>We want the job.  Again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=736</link>
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For the second time in just over a year we throw our hat into the NX cricket coach ring.  This one looks tough.]]>
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<title>On Yer Bike Andy!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=735</link>
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The not-so-secret diary of Andy Moles (aged 48 and a half)]]>
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<title>The Four Nations Begins</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=734</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews Sunday’s big game.]]>
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<title>Sport’s Simplest Rule Explained</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=733</link>
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How can the Away Goals Rule be made to seem so complicated?  It’s as simple as the sport itself]]>
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<title>The Wonderful World of a Football Manager</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=732</link>
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In a week dominated by politics, the inconsistencies of life are best summed up in the tale of 3 managers]]>
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<title>This is it</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=731</link>
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<![CDATA[
Almost 2 years after the All Whites qualified for this tie it has come around.  Are we ready?]]>
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<title>Research To Tickle The Mind</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=730</link>
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In this first article, we take a look at research comparing television coverage of rugby matches in New Zealand and France.  ]]>
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<title>The Big Little Battlers</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=727</link>
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Who would have thought?  A bunch of injured warriors making it to an ICC final.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=726</link>
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There are two teams left standing - we preview the 2009 Grand Final.]]>
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<title>The Curious Case of Aaron Redmond</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=725</link>
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<![CDATA[
One of the more interesting side-shows of this week was the race to get Redmond from Townsville to Jo-burg for the England match.  But that’s nothing for Aaron]]>
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<title>The Big Fight</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=724</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews the fight that was apparently never going to happen.]]>
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<title>The Best Group Ever.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=723</link>
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<![CDATA[
At the start of this tournament, wise pundits and Shane Warne were prophesising the end of 50 over cricket.  A week is a long time in sporting politics.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=722</link>
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<![CDATA[
We sort out the Grand Final!]]>
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<title>In case you’d forgotten about the Champions Trophy</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=721</link>
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<![CDATA[
Yes, it’s rolled around again.  Late, and in the wrong place, the only ICC trophy ever won by New Zealand is about to start in all its glory.  We’re here to help.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=720</link>
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<![CDATA[
Finals Week Two will see two teams hit Mad Monday.  Lock up your daughters/sisters/wives/grandmothers etc....]]>
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<title>The Strange World that is South Africa</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=719</link>
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South Africa.  For so long isolated, and for so long allowed to move along in its own parallel universe.  What have we ended up with?]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=718</link>
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<![CDATA[
It's Finals time!]]>
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<title>The Elephant and The Final Cut</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=717</link>
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<![CDATA[
D-Day is approaching when the general public rises up in arms against the NZRU.  We pick who’s for the drop, and point out the obvious, hidden, criteria.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tippiing Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=716</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 26 is finally here!]]>
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<title>Move that deckchair to one side Doctor</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=715</link>
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<![CDATA[
The problems exposed over the last 2 weeks are systematic; not individual]]>
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<title>Bad Blood - in more ways than one</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=714</link>
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<![CDATA[
Our old friends at House of Honcho take a look at the embarrassment over the Liza Hunter-Galvan affair.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=713</link>
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<![CDATA[
Two weeks to go - has Blogging it Real got home?]]>
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<title>Once more Unto the Breach</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=712</link>
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<![CDATA[
In case you missed it, the second and final test of NZ’s march throughout Sri Lanka started yesterday.  Here are the picks.]]>
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<title>Passing the Champion Test</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=711</link>
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<![CDATA[
We salute Valerie Vili, and tell you why she is a genuine champion.]]>
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<title>That party at Buck Palace in full</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=710</link>
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<![CDATA[
You know what will happen, don’t you?  The England team will turn up half-cut and Phil will make a dick of himself.]]>
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<title>Not the hardest to predict</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=709</link>
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<![CDATA[
A test that saw more fun off the field than on was easy to read.  How Sri Lanka did it was less so.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Debate</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=708</link>
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<![CDATA[
There are a couple of huge games in Round 24.]]>
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<title>NZ v SL.  Fishing for results.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=707</link>
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<![CDATA[
Faster than a Dilshan innings we’re underway with the latest Sportsfreak Tipping competition.]]>
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<title>Ice Hockey: Ice Blacks vs Australia</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=706</link>
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"A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another." (Jimmy Cannon)]]>
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<title>Another Season of Woe</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=705</link>
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<![CDATA[
We write the obituary for another disappointing year at Mt Smart Stadium.]]>
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<title>That Sri Lankan preview with a difference</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=704</link>
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<![CDATA[
Obviously, New Zealand are being written off.  But we put our unique spin on things.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=703</link>
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<![CDATA[
We are into it again]]>
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<title>No matter how hard they try</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=701</link>
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<![CDATA[
The English Premiership starts tomorrow.  Thankfully.  Because the growing world of pre-season tournaments is getting a little out of hand.]]>
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<title>Time for a change</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=700</link>
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<![CDATA[
A look at one rule that should be reviewed.]]>
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<title>HowZat is almost here</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=699</link>
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<![CDATA[
Find wargaming just a fraction nerdy?  Coming soon to a PC near you; cricket’s ultimate in on-line interactive gaming.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=698</link>
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<![CDATA[
All of a sudden, Blogging it Real takes a healthy lead....]]>
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<title>A series in the hands of liars.  Apparently</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=697</link>
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<![CDATA[
So this Ashes series might be lacking the stars of the 2005 version.  But who cares; it’s had drama in spades and is as hard to work out as Phil Hughes’s technique.]]>
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<title>We assess the players</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=696</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak trawls through the wreckage of a Rugby season]]>
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<title>We say - bring em back !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=695</link>
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<![CDATA[
Its time for the All Blacks to select overseas based players.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=694</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Round 21 is upon us.  So is a raft of poor tipping.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Competition</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=693</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 20 sees Blogging it Real opening up a gap (ooer......)]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=692</link>
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<![CDATA[
Tighter than a fish's arse.]]>
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<title>Out of Jail</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=691</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sometimes the best tests are the drawn ones.  No need for a bowl-off in The Ashes]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=690</link>
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<title>Ashes to Ashes</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=689</link>
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A completely biased, uneducated and opinionated look at two teams]]>
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<title>The Ashes are here.  And about time too</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=688</link>
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<![CDATA[
Finally, after all the waiting, build up camps and players missing buses, the 2009 Ashes is upon us.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=687</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 17 is upon us, with a few teams ready to bow out.]]>
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<title>Time Gentlemen, please</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=686</link>
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<![CDATA[
Lets face it, we must finally bite the bullet and change a management team that is not going to change its ways, and somehow manages to get worse.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL IntersiteTipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=685</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 16 is here - and your tipsters are here to entertain you.]]>
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<title>Remembering Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=684</link>
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<![CDATA[
2 weeks ago a range of tipsters from around the world tried to pick what was going to happen in the T20.  The focus was on Australia and India.  How wrong we all were.]]>
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<title>20/20 can create entertainment for everyone</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=683</link>
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<![CDATA[
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=682</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 15, here we come.]]>
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<title>When the going gets tough</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=681</link>
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<![CDATA[
So that was the Quick & Dirty round then.  Some results easy to predict; others like Broad’s improved fielding effort, not quite so simple.]]>
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<title>Fast and Furious Strategy Break</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=680</link>
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<![CDATA[
Minnows like Australia and India might be out of the T20 World Cup, but we’ve now reached the business end.]]>
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<title>ARMAGEDDON       old</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=679</link>
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<![CDATA[
A short journey in time]]>
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<title>The Book of All Whites’ Greatest Hits</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=678</link>
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<![CDATA[
Don’t get us wrong; there was a lot to be proud about in the loss to Italy.  But it will always have the asterisk of being a friendly against it.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=677</link>
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<![CDATA[
A full round sees the leaderboard tighten going into Round 14.]]>
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<title>T20 is not the end of the world</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=676</link>
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<![CDATA[
The World Cup is humming along, and people living in caves with no electricity are flapping about ]]>
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<title>The fans club versus country debate</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=675</link>
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<![CDATA[
Philip Oliver points out it’s not only the players that need to work out what means more to them]]>
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<title>T20 Tipping competition takes off BOOM</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=674</link>
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<![CDATA[
Nothing like a bit of flamboyant headline to kick off a T20 tournament, is there?  Read on for some moments of success]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=673</link>
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<![CDATA[
Whoaaaaah, we're halfway there (as Jon Bon Jovi would say).]]>
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<title>A Slap and bash-form Tipping Comp Thing </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=672</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s that time of the year again for various sites and blogs to pit what wits they have against each other.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=671</link>
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<![CDATA[
A shortened Round 12 awaits as we hit State of Origin]]>
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<title>England look ahead to South Africa</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=670</link>
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<![CDATA[
That’s the Champions League over then.  Philip Oliver looks at the crucial round of World Cup  Qualifiers coming up over the next couple of weeks]]>
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<title>Jrod’s Celebrity Interview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=669</link>
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<![CDATA[
In a roundabout way, we bring you Jrod’s debut as someone worth interviewing as if he was a star or something.]]>
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<title>The Warriors Find New Ways to Embarrass Themselves</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=668</link>
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<![CDATA[
Our tip after 11 rounds of NRL football?  The Warriors season is over.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=667</link>
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<![CDATA[
Tight match ups a-plenty in Round 11]]>
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<title>I cant wait.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=666</link>
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<![CDATA[
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<title>The New Shuper Rugby Deal</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=665</link>
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<![CDATA[
After vigorous debate and compromise the Brave New World of super rugby is unveiled.  We look at the winners and losers]]>
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<title>Premier League managers of the year</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=664</link>
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<![CDATA[
Philip Oliver looks at the managers of the year in the English Premier League.  This is a Wegner free list]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=663</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak rules the roost (for a change, and only very briefly).]]>
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<title>How do People Get here?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=662</link>
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<![CDATA[
Ever wondered the searches that people do that find them landing at Sportsfreak?  Here is a look at the last month.]]>
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<title>Head in the Sand</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=661</link>
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<![CDATA[
As we predicted, the chickens have come home to roost for FIFA.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=660</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round Nine, anAnzac test, and all the fun of the fair.]]>
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<title>Gorilla Cricket Video</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=659</link>
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<![CDATA[
So where did cricket start?  Look here.]]>
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<title>“They Won’t Support Me”</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=658</link>
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<![CDATA[
Green and Gold rugby thinks Bakkies Botha would make a good Agony Aunt.  And what better a patient than Steve Walsh?]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=657</link>
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<![CDATA[
We head away to Round 8 with our tails between our legs....]]>
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<title>Sports Pundit takes over the World</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=655</link>
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<![CDATA[
If you haven’t gone to Sports Pundit yet, give yourself an upper cut.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=654</link>
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<![CDATA[
Not bad in Round 6, but tough to pick in Round 7.....]]>
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<title>The Fake IPL Player Story so far</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=653</link>
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<![CDATA[
Forget the cricket, forget the cheerleaders, and forget the dog even.  The big story of the IPL so far is in the blogosphere.]]>
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<title>Not the IPL 2</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=652</link>
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<![CDATA[
Despite Lalit Modi’s best attempts, this year’s edition hasn’t been anything like last year.  Dogs and swinging balls have made it better  ]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Comp</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=651</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round Six - get into it!!]]>
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<title>Ranking the semi chances</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=650</link>
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<![CDATA[
We provide the most in-depth and decisive analysis into the Super14 semi-final make-up yet.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=649</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 4 gave us a perfect record - what will Round 5 bring?]]>
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<title>The Indian Series: Myth or Fact?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=648</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
So the $25 million tour has come to end, we review the hype, the stars and the myths.]]>
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<title>Cricinfo into 21st century </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=647</link>
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<![CDATA[
Mobile coverage of sporting events comes to cricket ]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=646</link>
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<![CDATA[
More excitement than a Paul Henry comment.]]>
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<title>Roads are not the Way</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=645</link>
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Remember the days when test cricket had that feature called unpredictability?  We do too, and we want them back.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=644</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round Three sees it all square amongst the tipsters]]>
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<title>Oram the Saviour??</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=643</link>
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<![CDATA[
So should Jake return as the saviour of NZ batting (and possibly taking the heat off Ryder’s bowling load) for the next test?]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=642</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round One saw most of us in pretty good shape.]]>
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<title>Fix the Pitch</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=641</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Ghost of 2002 is back.  New Zealand are hosting India in a test series, and the options are being investigated..]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=640</link>
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The usual suspects are back!!!]]>
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<title>Stalkipedia is here</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=639</link>
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<![CDATA[
The biggest interweb phenomenon to hit NZ since Trade Me has been launched.  Ordinary punters boneheading with famous sports people get their chance to share the moment.]]>
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<title>The Aftershock of Shock</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=638</link>
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<![CDATA[
This weekend should have been huge for international cricket.  Instead the world has to go through an appropriate period of numbness.]]>
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<title>The Obituary</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=637</link>
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<![CDATA[
Jrod from Cricket With Balls sums up the aftermath to the terror attack in Pakistan as clearly as you could hope for.]]>
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<title>Free Tickets to be Given Away</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=636</link>
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<![CDATA[
Yes, you read right. We have got 2 tickets to give away to Friday’s ODI.]]>
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<title>2009 NRL Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=635</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak prepares to look foolish for your entertainment pleasure.]]>
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<title>The Future comes to ... Christchurch</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=634</link>
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<![CDATA[
The much anticipated Indian tour started last night, and it had begun with the near perfect demonstration of T20 cricket.]]>
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<title>Something Old, Something New</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=633</link>
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<![CDATA[
In conjunction with Cricket With Balls, we usher in a new era in Trans Tasman Cricket.  Old Men’s Cricket]]>
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<title>Nzsport.co.nz has arrived</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=632</link>
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<![CDATA[
Mediaworks creation nzsport.co.nz has hit the interweb.  And it promises to be the biggest on-line NZ sporting database around.]]>
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<title>Brand Spanking New</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=631</link>
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<![CDATA[
So SPARC wants the old NZRL board gone.  Sportsfreak looks at some options.]]>
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<title>Devastated</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=630</link>
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<![CDATA[
Vettori is devastated, but really was it that bad?  We review that last fortnight.]]>
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<title>Aussie preview of the Super 14</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=629</link>
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<![CDATA[
Greenandgold rugby blog tries its hand at predicting how this year’s fight for the Murdoch Tropthy is going to go.]]>
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<title>BAD BRAD</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=628</link>
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<![CDATA[
The fable of Brad, his dream and the reality.]]>
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<title>Dec and Chambo at the cricket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=627</link>
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Ever heard of Dec and Chambo?  You have now.  Introducing Australia’s answer to Bill and Ben.]]>
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<title>2009 Super XIV Preview !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=626</link>
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<![CDATA[
Yes its January so it must be the Rugby Season]]>
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<title>Turner’s Texting Trouble</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=625</link>
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We reveal details of a pretty shabby communication breakdown when the team to tour Australia was announced, and wonder what might have happened.]]>
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<title>Iain O’Brien interviewed by Wisden</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=624</link>
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<![CDATA[
From fringe international player to darling of the blogosphere in a few months.  Wisden talks to Iain O’Brien about fame, fear, and jeans.]]>
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<title>NZ Virtual Sport Launches Virtual Super 14 2009</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=623</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sick of the bland, faceless tipping games out there?  Time to sign up for this year’s Virtual Sport competition.]]>
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<title>Ashes to ashes......again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=622</link>
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<![CDATA[
The season is over - and again the Phoenix fail in their playoff quest.]]>
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<title>blackcaps REVIEWED</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=621</link>
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<![CDATA[
We look at how the NZ cricketers performed over the last unsatisfying month, with true reverence to NZ Cricket’s capitalisation POLICY.]]>
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<title>Getting Ready to Rumble</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=620</link>
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<![CDATA[
It's finally settled, as Tua and Cameron shape up for June 6th.]]>
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<title>Windies Wash-out Wash-up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=619</link>
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Well how frustrating was that?  Like spending a thousand dollars on a date and end up going home alone kicking cans, The Windies Tour comes to an end.]]>
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<title>What if Daniel Vettori had a blog.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=618</link>
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<![CDATA[
If an into the wind medium pacer can have a blog; what if the captain had his say.  We think it would look like this.]]>
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<title>Now it’s the Silly Season</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=617</link>
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<![CDATA[
After the rare occurrence of 3 consecutive mini-series, we can now focus on 3 ½ months of ODIs; long and short.]]>
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<title>Vettori gets all petty</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=616</link>
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<![CDATA[
This test has not provided much action.  But it has told us a lot about Vettori, and the lengths he will go to make a point.  Not good Daniel.]]>
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<title>History Never Repeats</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=615</link>
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<![CDATA[
A year is a long time in Showbiz.  Ask the Auckland Regional Council.]]>
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<title>So Farewell then John Bracewell</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=614</link>
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<![CDATA[
The end of the longest ever coaching reign in NZ cricket history happened this week.  Everyone else is putting the boot in, and we don’t want to miss out on the fun.]]>
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<title>The Steve Ryan Cup - First Defence</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=613</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak continues to bring you this focus on grassroots sport.]]>
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<title>A Smiley Face Cricket Test</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=612</link>
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<![CDATA[
Well that was pretty hard work.  But, following the national mood, we get on our kness and smell the roses.]]>
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<title>NRL Proposal Placed on Report</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=611</link>
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The NRL is looking to introduce two referees on the field.  A good idea in theory......]]>
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<title>10 Questions on a Friday</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=610</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Kohi Yid takes a look around the world of sport, and asks those questions others only think about.]]>
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<title>The Steve Ryan Memorial Cup	</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=609</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak brings you this report from grassroots sport.]]>
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<title>International Jihad on Slow Over Rates</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=608</link>
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<![CDATA[
Join the International Jihad on Slow Over Rates (Or IJSOR for short.)]]>
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<title>An Open Letter to Shane Bond</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=607</link>
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<![CDATA[
Shane Bond has been talking to the media again, and says that he will not play for New Zealand again.  Well we’ve got some advice for Mr. Bond.]]>
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<title>Cricket puts runs on board.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=606</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks at a newly developed truancy scheme occuring in the United Kingdom ]]>
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<title>The Pig With Lipstick</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=605</link>
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<![CDATA[
Obviously a Rugby League World Cup is stretching it.  But the organisers of this year’s long overdue edition have made the best of it.  Almost.]]>
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<title>The Election: The Minister Replies</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=604</link>
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<![CDATA[
After a break, we have the next response to our political questionnaire.  It’s from the incumbent.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreaks Top Five Sporting Pantsmen</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=603</link>
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<![CDATA[
We celebrate the men who have made an art form out of promiscuity.]]>
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<title>ICL are Evil and Mad</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=602</link>
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<![CDATA[
Chris Cairns in injury shock.  And Jrod thinks the ICL are showing that they really do live in a mad world.]]>
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<title>Pulling the Rabbit out of the hat</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=601</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
It wasn’t meant to be like this.  While India were demolishing Australia in the unofficial Test World Cup final, further east a cliff-hanger was taking place]]>
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<title>Sporting Policies meet the candidates:  ACT</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=600</link>
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<![CDATA[
A new series starts today; prospective sports ministers answer our random set of questions.  Today it’s Clint Heine from ACT]]>
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<title>The NZ Branch of the Ganguly Fan Club speaks</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=599</link>
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<![CDATA[
So the Prince is about to retire.  We add our little piece to the Global Debate]]>
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<title>Poker Phenomenon!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=598</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak points you in the right direction to jump on the bandwagon.]]>
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<title>The List :- The World’s Top 12 Stadiums.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=597</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportreview loves his stadiums.  Here he takes us on a decidedly personal journey of his top 12 stadiums]]>
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<title>Daniel Vettori’s fantastical magical tour</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=596</link>
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<![CDATA[
Jrod from Cricket with Balls has been listening to Daniel Vettori hyping up the Bangladeshis, and he wonders what he’s on.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=595</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Grand Final - Melbourne vs Manly]]>
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<title>A Refreshing Change</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=594</link>
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<![CDATA[
We look at a new phenomenon in NZ - a coach willing to take responsibility for poor performances.]]>
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<title>How long has Senor Sardine Eater got left? </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=593</link>
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<![CDATA[
Like an alcoholic, Kohi Yid declares his loves for the side currently propping up the English Premiership.]]>
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<title>Lions Victory = Total Tragedy !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=592</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak details the Lions victory,  or was that loss ?]]>
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<title>Grapple Schmapple.....</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=591</link>
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<![CDATA[
Australian site League Freak brings some balance to the hysteria.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=590</link>
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<![CDATA[
It's show time!]]>
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<title>Scraping the Barrel of Sensationalism</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=589</link>
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<![CDATA[
So the news last night was led with a chilling revelation.  But scratch the surface for a second and you can see this was a shabby piece of the lowest order.]]>
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<title>Immersing the mind in Perfection</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=588</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s interesting to see what drops in the Sportsfreak mailbox from time to time.  This one is way out there…]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=587</link>
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Finals Week Two - Just the two games, but tough ones to pick]]>
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<title>Shhh.  It’s been a while</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=586</link>
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<![CDATA[
We look at why the term Ranfurly Shield Victory is sacrilege in Wellington, and why this Saturday is approached with fear rather then hope]]>
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<title>Waiting for the Perfect Man</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=585</link>
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<![CDATA[
Cricket With Balls is taking a lot of delight in laughing at all the procrastination going on at NZ Cricket as they search for our next coach.]]>
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<title>Bloody Mongrels?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=584</link>
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<![CDATA[
We look at what happens when the Fair Weather Brigade miss out.]]>
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<title>A Tribute to a One Year Old</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=583</link>
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<![CDATA[
Cricket With Balls is now a year old.  Everyone was asked to comment.  Here is what we had to say.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=582</link>
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<![CDATA[
Finals Week #1 - Who do we farewell?]]>
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<title>The Decider :- The Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=581</link>
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<![CDATA[
Green and Gold previews the Bledisloe Cup decider and desperately searches for underdog status while getting excuses in first.  Our comments add balance]]>
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<title>One night in Dubai</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=580</link>
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<![CDATA[
So you thought there was no cricket on?  Not at all; the finalists in Dubai’s equivalent of the Oscars have been announced.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=579</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 26 - The final round in the battle for the Minor Premiership.]]>
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<title>Ideas for the NZRU</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=578</link>
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<![CDATA[
With so much noise about what to do with professional rugby in NZ, Bart Janssen cuts to the chase and lays out the basic facts.]]>
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<title>What are we about to get?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=577</link>
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<![CDATA[
Cricket With Balls profiles the short-listed candidates to pick up the Poisoned Chalice of NZ cricket coach]]>
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<title>No More Excuses</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=576</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Phoenix show us why yet another wooden spoon beckons for a NZ Football side.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=575</link>
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<![CDATA[
A great round for all last weekend - she's all go now]]>
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<title>Whole Lotta Love</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=574</link>
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<![CDATA[
So the flame is passed onto London.  The Olympics may be self-important and super-sized, but isn’t that what it’s all about.  Can London match the Can-do Chinese?]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=573</link>
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<![CDATA[
Things have evened out.  ]]>
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<title>Something Old, Something New</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=572</link>
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<![CDATA[
Could there be more of a contrast between NZ’s first gold medal winners at the Olympics to date?  The best of Old New Zealand alongside the best of the new.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=571</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 23 - The Top Eight battle begins in earnest.]]>
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<title>The Super-sized Weekend.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=570</link>
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<![CDATA[
Stay away from the window.  Stay away from the backdoor too. Disconnect the telephone line, relax baby and draw that blind.  Sport watchers’ heaven is here]]>
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<title>The Amazing Adventures of KP</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=569</link>
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<![CDATA[
So the captaincy debut of Kevin Pietersen the Lionheart starts like a fairytale.  Almost.  So what else did you expect?]]>
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<title>Good and Bad !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=568</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak tells us whats hot and whats not in Beijing]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=566</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 22, and a tight leaderboard]]>
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<title>Our man from SPARC in Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=565</link>
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<![CDATA[
Find the correspondents’ pieces on the SPARC website a bit banal?  Our man on the ground brings you the real flavour of the games.]]>
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<title>Missing Out on a Medal</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=564</link>
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<![CDATA[
As we embrace the Olympic spirit, Sportsfreak looks back at five New Zealanders who were so close, yet still so far away, from Olympic glory.]]>
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<title>Brought Down to Earth</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=563</link>
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<![CDATA[
Did you think it was a new dawn in Sri Lankan cricket?  Not according to a Silly Point commenter who was at the last test.  Far from it in fact.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=562</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 21 - Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff]]>
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<title>Doh !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=561</link>
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<![CDATA[
You know things arent going well in All Black Rugby when...]]>
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<title>The Not So Dearly Departed</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=560</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sonny Bill Williams is off - and the public isn't happy.  League Freak discovers why.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=559</link>
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Round 20 - Some top match ups, and a healthier looking ladder]]>
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<title>Jrods Application</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=558</link>
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<![CDATA[
So we are not the only ones.  Jrod from CWB has got his job application in too.  We’re listed as assistant cultural helper, which sounds a bit like the current regime.]]>
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<title>NZ Cricket Coach Job Application</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=557</link>
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<![CDATA[
The second biggest job in NZ sport has just been advertised.  Sportsfreak is in boots and all.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=556</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 18 - Poor effort all round last week.......]]>
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<title>Follow the Follow-on</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=555</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak comes to the defence of Michael Vaughan and tries to put a stop to an annoying modern trend.]]>
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<title>The Art of Bullshitting at Press Conferences</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=554</link>
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<![CDATA[
Well, well, well - it looks like we have another case of a footballer wanting to change codes for reasons other than money.  Mmmmm........]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Reviews the Test !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=553</link>
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<![CDATA[
Key points from Saturday night....]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Comp</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=552</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 18 - Back up to full speed]]>
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<title>Is it OK for Veitch to stay on?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=551</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak does something a bit different here.  We analyse whether Tony Veitch should be allowed to keep his jobs while trying to steer clear of morality issues.]]>
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<title>Our own Mission-on</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=550</link>
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<![CDATA[
Much outrage in political circles at excessive spending over at SPARC.  Sportsfreak thinks it can solve all this, and offers a friendly hand.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=549</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 17 - And it was 4 from 8 all round last week.....]]>
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<title>Teaching a Big Dawg New Tricks</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=548</link>
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<![CDATA[
The performance of Shane Cameron last weekend was an improvement - and Sportsfreak hopes that he may still have a few more tricks up his sleeve.]]>
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<title>Ruben Wiki - the Greatest Kiwi </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=547</link>
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<![CDATA[
League Freak in Australia disagrees with the assessment of Stacey Jones as NZ's best ever.]]>
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<title>It’s Tri-Nations Time</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=546</link>
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Normally the 3 Nations is seen as just a bloated version of the Bledisloe Cup.  This year, that other team happens to be World Champs, so we’d better take note.]]>
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<title>The Marathon comes to an end.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=545</link>
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<![CDATA[
So at last the 6-test, 10 ODI, 3 Twenty20 intercontinental series comes to an end, with drama and dummy-spitting all the way.]]>
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<title>Save Our Bill</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=544</link>
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<![CDATA[
Yes, you CAN make a difference.  This is democaracy in action....]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=543</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 16 - Some are ripe for the picking.]]>
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<title>Live OBO cricket in Brixton</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=542</link>
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Are you excited?  Of course you are.  We bring you live coverage from some gas works in London.]]>
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<title>The Party Girls and the All Blacks</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=541</link>
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<![CDATA[
So now we know one of the England rugby team can go like the Energizer bunny.  But what would the English lasses make of the All Blacks?]]>
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<title>To Ride or not to Ride</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=540</link>
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<![CDATA[
Lee-Anne Walker gets all Crusty on it.]]>
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<title>The ODI series through English Eyes</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=539</link>
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<![CDATA[
New columnist Past point offers his perspective on where the ODI series in going.]]>
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<title>Blogger as a young Drunken Idiot</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=538</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sport Review blogs from the days when blogging hadn't even been invented.  That's cutting edge.]]>
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<title>These Sour Times</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=537</link>
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Even when NZ at last get it going we can’t win a trick.  This is the final week of the ODI series, and even the Pom tippers are winning this.]]>
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<title>Lighten Up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=536</link>
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<![CDATA[
Had enough of the serious stuff?]]>
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<title>Female Sexualisation in Sport</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=535</link>
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<![CDATA[
Donelle Bradley talks about the bikini]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=534</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 15 awaits, and the table is still as tight as a fish's arse.]]>
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<title>It was not meant to be like this</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=533</link>
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<![CDATA[
An England team motivated by the Yankee Dollar, smart-arse hand switching, and a long lunch have meant that it’s been more gloom this week.]]>
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<title>LIVE Over by Over commentary on the 2nd ODI !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=532</link>
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<![CDATA[
Will New Zealand get her cricketing beans again?  ]]>
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<title>Now for the real stuff: Tipping short</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=530</link>
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<![CDATA[
With the minor inconvenience of that test cricket lark pushed to one side, we look forward to cricket that New Zealand can actually play.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=529</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 14 - We're baaaaaack............]]>
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<title>Leveling the field: Making drugs legal in Sport</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=528</link>
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<![CDATA[
Ben Walsh discusses the issue of getting high]]>
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<title>In a tangle, the Picks for the Series</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=527</link>
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<![CDATA[
Less than a month ago the IPL team of tippers tried their hand at the series as a whole.  That seems like a long time ago now]]>
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<title>Bye Hero</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=526</link>
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<![CDATA[
Who steps up and becomes a new icon asks Emma Oliver]]>
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<title>Put out of our Misery</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=525</link>
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<![CDATA[
The traditional NZ test fatigue kicked in earlier in this test than normal.  So how did everyone pick this?]]>
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<title>World of Warcraft</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=524</link>
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<![CDATA[
A Third Place Community, Elite sport, or a waste of time?]]>
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<title>Women surfers</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=523</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Josh Whitley talks about Surfing like a girl.]]>
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<title>The Final Test.  IPL tips</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=522</link>
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<![CDATA[
Old Trafford threw up a test with more cheesy plot twists than a Coronation St. plot.  Now we preview the finale at Trent Bridge]]>
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<title>"Maw!  Paw! Come quick - Robbies gawn!"</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=521</link>
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<![CDATA[
A not so new disease returns to infect part of the rugby community.  ]]>
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<title>1st world country 3rd world sporting program.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=520</link>
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<![CDATA[
Holly Odgers discusses issues with Secondary School sport.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=519</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 12 - A close leaderboard, and an eight game round]]>
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<title>The Maori Thugby or Rugby Player?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=518</link>
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<![CDATA[
Chris Te Kurapa looks at Maori in Rugby from Off the Bench]]>
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<title>Breaking news on a visit from the Big Cheese!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=517</link>
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<![CDATA[
We brought you the good oil on Shane Bond.  Now we’re back with another exclusive missed by the mainstream media.]]>
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<title>Lets Shuffle Up and Deal</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=516</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak introduces the WSOP 2008]]>
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<title>The Boy in the Corner</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=515</link>
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<![CDATA[
Jrod from CwB looks at the last day failures of New Zealand and the Windies, and makes romantic analogies]]>
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<title>The money or the kete?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=514</link>
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<![CDATA[
Frazer Elliott revisits a Selwyn Toogood catch-phrase.]]>
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<title>Manchester:- Fools’ Gold</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=513</link>
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<![CDATA[
Continuing the trend of excruciating Manchester sound puns we look back at the 2nd test, and the IPL tipping]]>
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<title>A Place for Metrosexuals in Rugby</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=512</link>
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<![CDATA[
Off the Bench returns with the first installment from Mary-Ann Braddock]]>
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<title>The Manchester Sound.  IPL tips</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=511</link>
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<![CDATA[
Following the disappointment at Lords; the cricket wasn’t much better, we look to Old Trafford]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=510</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 11 - State of Origin means another short week.]]>
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<title>2020: let bowlers bite, not just growl</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=509</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak analyst @hina thinks of ways to stick up for bowlers in the Brave New World of Twenty20 cricket.]]>
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<title>When the Marketing Department takes Control</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=508</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s that time of the year again, as Queensland and NSW battle for Rugby League supremacy.  But somehow, it just ain’t the same.]]>
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<title>First results as Dismal as the Weather</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=507</link>
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<![CDATA[
The test may have dozily wandered towards a draw, but the various active tipping categories meant we were on the edge of our seats right until the end.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=506</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 10 - We're back to 8 games worth of embarrassment now.....]]>
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<title>Prince Brendan makes the list</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=505</link>
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<![CDATA[
Cricket With Balls is currently looking at the 5 most important cricketers over the next 10 years.  Today, it’s BB McCullum.]]>
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<title>The Tipping IPL:- At Lords</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=504</link>
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<![CDATA[
A full cricket team, plus a 12th man, make their predictions as to what we can expect at Lords]]>
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<title>International Cricket Bloggers Tipping PL</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=503</link>
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<![CDATA[
Over the next 6 weeks an international group of bloggers and self-appointed experts try their luck at picking what is going to happen in the England / NZ cricket series.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=502</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 8 - Just the six games over the weekend]]>
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<title>What’s the IPL doing to the players?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=501</link>
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<![CDATA[
This is the first of a 3-part post on the potential impact of the Indian Premier League on the game of cricket as we know it.]]>
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<title>A Blight on the Game</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=500</link>
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<![CDATA[
Contrary to popular belief, we suggest that diving may not be the biggest issue in world football after all.]]>
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<title>The Centenary Test Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=499</link>
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<![CDATA[
On the back of last year’s 58 point flogging in Wellington, the Kiwis will be looking to save face on Friday night in Sydney.  ]]>
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<title>Time to go Harmy</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=498</link>
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<![CDATA[
Cricket with Balls has had enough of Steve Harmison and all his whining.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=496</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 8 - Another shortened round will hopefully mean less embarrassment for some]]>
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<title>The Super 14 enters the final straight.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=495</link>
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<![CDATA[
Isn’t it familiar?  The Crusaders on top, the Warratahs getting ready for the annual wobbles.  We are in May and Green and Gold looks at the next 3 weeks.]]>
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<title>KOd</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=494</link>
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<![CDATA[
For the first time in 20 years, there will be no NZ representation in the boxing ring at the Olympics.]]>
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<title>Like a Giant Experiment</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=493</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks ahead to the cricket tour of England, and wonders whether the hugely experimental look to the squad can pay off. ]]>
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<title>Rebel with a Cause !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=492</link>
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NZ XI cricket tour opener.]]>
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<title>Mullet Heaven</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=491</link>
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Big Hair, Big Pecs, Big Egos.  Yep, American Gladiators is back.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=490</link>
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Round 7 - Well, at least a few teams have the bye.....]]>
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<title>RugbySmart - Ironically, an NZRU Initiative.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=489</link>
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<![CDATA[
Whilst the timing is dubious, there may be some valid points in this press release.  Possibly.  But hell, there are some real gems anyway.....]]>
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<title>When Perception Becomes Reality</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=488</link>
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<![CDATA[
We take a look at the Media vs Manu Vatuvei, and reckon it's time to cut the big fella some slack.]]>
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<title>The Ego has landed, and it’s here to stay.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=487</link>
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<![CDATA[
Big, bold and brassy.  The IPL parachuted its way into living rooms all round the world over the weekend.  We take a breath and review]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=486</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 6 - And some ground has been made up]]>
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<title>A 720 degree holistic review of the review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=485</link>
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<![CDATA[
Faster than a speeding snail, the Independent Review is finally with us.  Sportsfreak attempts to translate.]]>
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<title>New Zealand cricket Wheel of Fortune</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=484</link>
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<![CDATA[
Marinating our dedication to the fad.  In 6 words we assess the players with a central contract.]]>
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<title>The List – 11 reasons to be happy</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=483</link>
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<![CDATA[
No cricket for a few weeks, everyone seems grumpy with rugby, and the NRL has barely got going.  Some might call this a flat patch, but we get positive.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=482</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 5 - and it's starting to even up]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak’s Guide to the IPL</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=481</link>
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Not grabbed by the IPL yet?  That’ll be because you haven’t worked out who to support.  To follow a competition you need to know who to die for.  We help out.]]>
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<title>The writing has been on the wall</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=480</link>
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India are humiliated by SA.  @hinaman looks at the rabble and points his accusing finger in a familiar direction.  NZ parallels are plentiful.]]>
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<title>Roy Keane - from Sunderland to Wellington</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=479</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look the All Blacks' latest recruit]]>
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<title>Sevens World Famous in Fiji</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=478</link>
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<![CDATA[
Any doubts about just how big Sevens is in Fiji has been dispelled over the last week.  They got thrashed, and they are not happy.]]>
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<title>On Hoops - Why America Loves Basketball!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=477</link>
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<![CDATA[
New US correspondent Al takes a look at basketball, and why it is the most popular of American sports. ]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=476</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 4 - Well, it's better than last week.]]>
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<title>Six Word Review, the New Black</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=475</link>
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<![CDATA[
The in-thing for 2008 is the 6-word review.  Republique Cricket, being English, is onto this trend early.  Sportsfreak comments in italics.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=474</link>
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Round 3 - Go on.  Look at us and laugh.]]>
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<title>The England Series at the Halfway Point</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=473</link>
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<![CDATA[
A real test series.  Never mind the quality, that had us all going.  What now?]]>
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<title>Who is Tim?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=472</link>
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Cricket with Balls scratches his head from over the Tasman and wonders who this child prodigy can possibly be.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=471</link>
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Round 2 throws up some interesting match ups.]]>
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<title>Test cricket the decider</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=470</link>
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A strange series appropriately comes to a climax in the strange position of the sides being tied at 1-1.  We preview, and predict the outcome.]]>
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<title>The Army steals the show</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=469</link>
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Sportsfreak finds itself in the unfamiliar situation of heaping praise on The England’s Barmy Army for turning a mediocre test into something special.]]>
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<title>A Day of 3 Thirds.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=468</link>
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Forget all the normal clichés; this was an absorbing day of test cricket, made more interesting because they kept changing the pitch around during the breaks.]]>
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<title>The Great NRL Intersite Tipping Challenge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=467</link>
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Welcome to the challenge, in which Sportsfreak takes on League Freak and Blogging it Real!]]>
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<title>At last the FA Cup rises from the ashes</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=466</link>
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It will never happen again.  Lap up this last chance to remember what the FA Cup has always been about]]>
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<title>1st Super XIV Report card in !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=465</link>
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We rate the Kiwi teams and name the good, the bad & the ugly]]>
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<title>England laid bare on the couch</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=464</link>
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Following their latest capitulation, our Australian correspondent looks at the England cricket team on the psychiatrist’s couch and doesn’t like what she sees.]]>
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<title>Back to NRLs Crystal Ball</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=463</link>
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Here's hoping our predictions for the 2008 NRL season are a little closer than 2007.]]>
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<title>How the Mighty Have Fallen</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=462</link>
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Once the masters of the commentary game, Channel Nine have slipped badly in recent seasons.]]>
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<title>England’s take on the test series</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=461</link>
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So how are the English approaching this tests series?  Answer: nervously.  A preview from Republique Cricket]]>
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<title>Do they really think we are that stupid?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=460</link>
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Sportsfreak grabs hold of a truck and drives it through the various arguments used to justify yet another Bledisloe Cup test being thrust on us this year.]]>
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<title>New Zealand set to start 6 test series.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=459</link>
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Well not really, but this is as close as we are ever going to get.  It is not an easy task, but we predict what is likely to unfold]]>
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<title>England Falling Apart </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=458</link>
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Pepp is rolling around on the floor laughing at what she picks is the beginning of the end for the England cricket team.  At least someone is optimistic!]]>
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<title>Sledging in the Modern Era</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=457</link>
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Is it mental disintegration, or just frustratingly juvenile?]]>
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<title>Vaughan’s Do or Die Moment</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=456</link>
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Sportsfreak’s latest contributor Pepp, a lady living in Sydney, casts her eyes over this England team and feels we can be positive going into the test series.]]>
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<title>Some Pigs are more equal than others</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=455</link>
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So England is beaten 3-1 in the ODIs.  But the performances from the NZ players were anything other than even.  We rate the wildly different inputs.]]>
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<title>The Tale of Two Fighters</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=454</link>
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What's in store for David Tua and Shane Cameron in 2008?]]>
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<title>Football Teams up for Adoption</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=453</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak wonders about the strange phenomenon of us and we.]]>
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<title>An Ode to the Cult Hero</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=452</link>
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Carly Simon predicted this in 1980; we reprint her prophetic ballad..]]>
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<title>Ricky Ponting is rubbish.  Why?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=451</link>
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Cricket With Balls looks at what is going wrong with Ricky Ponting.  Ever since a certain test in Sydney he has not been the assured son of GWB he was beforehand]]>
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<title>The 4th ODI Live and Free, right here!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=450</link>
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England found some form at Eden Park, which means it's crunch time at Napier.  It's little wonder KP is looking so fierce.]]>
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<title>Torn Between Two Lovers</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=449</link>
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Following the sham that was the coverage of the NZPGA at Clearwater, we look at the choice between Pay TV and the free to air option.]]>
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<title>Stephen Fleming the legacy</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=448</link>
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Now the dust is settling Sportsfreak looks around the globe to assess how the enigmatic career of Stephen Fleming is being reviewed, how he will be remembered]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=447</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak breaks out his 1st column of 2008]]>
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<title>More live cricket triumphalism free</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=446</link>
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After the success of the OBO coverage of the blood-letting in Hamilton, we are going to give it another go today.]]>
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<title>Badonkadonk Ryder brushing dirt off his shoulder</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=445</link>
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Jessie Ryder, cult hero.  It takes an Australian to explain why.]]>
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<title>2008 Super XIV Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=444</link>
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We assess the NZ teams chances - contenders or pretenders ?]]>
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<title>The Ongoing Decline of NZ Tennis</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=443</link>
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Sportsfreak takes a look at a breathtaking win over our traditional tennis foes Oman.]]>
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<title>2nd ODI:  Live and Free Here</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=442</link>
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Not near a TV, find Alan Mac impossible to listen to, and get bored by Cricinfo cheesy commentaries?  Or perhaps you live in Australia?  Well follow the 2nd ODI here, with over-by-over updates.]]>
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<title>The New Medallion Men</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=441</link>
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In the good old days, cricketers wore large gold coins around their necks.  These days they seem to be in some dodgy competition to look like Posh Spice.]]>
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<title>Strauss is Rubbish Shock</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=440</link>
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Republique Cricket has noticed that Andrew Bigmouth Strauss’s stint at Northern Districts isn’t going so well.  Sportsfreak comments in bold. ]]>
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<title>The Perfect Boyfriend</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=439</link>
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Cricket with Balls looks at the enigma that is Jacob Oram, and hits on a bit of a theory…]]>
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<title>It All Starts Here</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=438</link>
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Sick of all the bickering cricket from over the Tasman?  A proper International Tour with really nice fans starts at Eden Park tonight.  Bring it on.]]>
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<title>An Australian dares to preview the England Tour</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=437</link>
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Cricket with Balls takes a break from covering court room dramas and monkeys, and looks ahead to the forthcoming series against England.  Patronising?  You bet….]]>
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<title>Its Superbowl time !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=436</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreaks free Dummys Guide]]>
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<title>The Final Sermon</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=435</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak bids farewell to Adam Gilchrist; the greatest ‘keep-batsman of all time, and righteous git.]]>
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<title>The Phoenix - a Season in Review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=434</link>
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Sportsfreak removes the rose tinted glasses for a few minutes to take a look at just how well - or not so well - the Phoenix performed.]]>
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<title>Sam Spratt - Racings Marketing Dream</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=433</link>
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We provide an update on one of NZ racing's potential superstars.]]>
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<title>Batting with a Century Hangover</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=432</link>
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Sportsfreak puts on its anorak and looks at the alarming record of NZ batsmen in tests when batting in the innings that immediately follows a century.]]>
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<title>Why Would Ya Wayne?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=431</link>
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League Freak can't quite come to grips with why Wayne Bennett would want to go anywhere near the Kiwis.]]>
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<title>Antipodeans Winning Ugly</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=430</link>
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A home side on the rampage, winning at all costs, breaking records, and their supporters are getting a bit ugly about the whole thing.  Sound familiar?]]>
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<title>Joey Barton :- Psycho Extrodinaire</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=429</link>
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200% looks at the career of probably the biggest knob in world sport.]]>
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<title>The biggest questions in test cricket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=428</link>
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20 reasons why the cricketing world should be focussed on the Basin Reserve for the next 3 ½ days.]]>
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<title>Every Australian is an A-Hole</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=427</link>
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Cricket with Balls owns up to what we’ve suspected all along, as well as calling for some kind of change.]]>
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<title>Grinders backbone of NZ cricket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=426</link>
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Following yet another rolling of an underprepared Asian side in NZ conditions, it is time to pay tribute to the GRINDERS of NZ cricket.]]>
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<title>Operation Deep Throat - Australian Tour Guidelines</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=425</link>
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Hot on the heels of our recent scoop on Shane Bond, comes this - compliments of www.cricketwithballs.com]]>
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<title>The New Bledisloe??</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=424</link>
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Cricket with Balls looks at the recently completed Trevor-Barry series, and is not convinced this is The Real Thing]]>
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<title>The Evolution of Braces</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=423</link>
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We take a look at how the player we loved in 1986 has morphed into the coach we don't quite understand in 2007.]]>
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<title>Light at the end of the tunnel</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=422</link>
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They call it the silly season.  We look ahead in a positive light to what the rugby world offers in 2008.  Surely it will be better than this year…]]>
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<title>Putting the Heat on Marshmallow Administration</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=421</link>
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We think it is about time that NZ sporting bodies stood up to their employees.]]>
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<title>Ahhhhhh.......remember the good old days?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=420</link>
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We take a look back at how the last chappell Hadlee Series was won in a canter.]]>
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<title>Wellington Phoenix vs Queensland Roar - Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=419</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews this weekend's upcoming A-League fixture]]>
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<title>Aussie ideas to improve 20/20</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=418</link>
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Cricket with Balls thinks 20/20 is rubbish, and suggest some appropriate ideas for an overhaul.  Well if Kerry Packer got away with changing ODIs…]]>
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<title>Now they are just taking the piss…</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=417</link>
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Whether or not you are sick of the saga, the manner of the reappointment of Henry as All Black coach reaches new levels of conceit from NZRU.]]>
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<title>Phoenix put three past Glory</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=416</link>
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The Wellington Phoenix moved themselves off the bottom of the Hyundai A-League table with a convincing win over Perth Glory at Westpac Stadium on Friday night.]]>
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<title>Bond to sign with Rebel League</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=415</link>
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Sportsfreak’s biggest scoop to date.  NZC rolls over, ICC not too happy]]>
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<title>Cars, Rugby, a girl called Kara, and Sport</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=414</link>
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The race is reaching it's climactic end, let's make sense.]]>
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<title>Kiwi sporting heroes of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=413</link>
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All is not so bad after all.  We cast our eye over some of the true Kiwi champions of 2007.]]>
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<title>An Ode to the G</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=412</link>
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Cricket with Balls pays respects to the holy place that is the MCG ]]>
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<title>The World Unlovable XI</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=411</link>
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With a tour of South Africa underway, this seems the right time to pick the current World’s most vile cricket XI.]]>
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<title>The Long and Winding Road</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=410</link>
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1982 revisited?  The All Whites are in with a show of making the FIFA World Cup 2010.  But it is going to test the patience]]>
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<title>Should we merge with the Baggy Greens?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=409</link>
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Cricket with Balls gives the Australia perspective on what is best for New Zealand cricket.]]>
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<title>Andrew Chalmers - The Smooth Operator</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=408</link>
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Chairman Andrew Chalmers is under fire after a culture of overspending is alleged at the NZRL]]>
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<title>A team picked apart</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=407</link>
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Yikes!!  11 months of waiting for a 5-day test, and we’re still waiting.  Sportsfreak tries to make some sense of the Train Crash on the Veldt.]]>
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<title>More reasons to hate South Africans</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=406</link>
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Cricket with Balls provides us with further ammunition....]]>
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<title>Something does not look right</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=405</link>
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Michael Hussey’s dream record in tests continues.  We remain unconvinced]]>
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<title>The List most embarrassing test defeats</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=404</link>
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So New Zealand suffers a humiliating 358 run defeat to South Africa.  That result is in good company.]]>
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<title>Leave Davu alone Winston!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=403</link>
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<![CDATA[
In the second preview, we look at Groups C and D, which includes some outside hopes and a Sportsfreak favourite.]]>
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<title>Lambs to the Slaughter</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=402</link>
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This week, New Zealand plays its first test for 11 months.  They have never been so ill-prepared.]]>
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<title>How bad can it get?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=401</link>
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League Freak tells it how it is from an Australian angle.]]>
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<title>The Girls are back in Town</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=400</link>
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Shaking off the perception in some quarters that it is a chauvinistic website, we deliver the first of two expert articles previewing the World Netball champs.]]>
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<title>Football May Or May Not Be Coming Home </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=399</link>
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200 percent football looks at the likelihood of England hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup.]]>
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<title>Game, Set and Match?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=398</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look at tennis match fixing allegations.]]>
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<title>All Together Now...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=397</link>
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It all seems surreal.  While it is refreshing not to have the bloodletting that has followed previous RWC failures, this atmosphere of ambivalence seems contrived.]]>
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<title>Phoenix vs the Knights vs the Kingz</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=396</link>
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Halfway through the competition, and the pressure is starting to increase.  So is this franchise any better than their predecessors?]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=395</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak offers some opinions.]]>
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<title>2007 RWC Tournament team named !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=394</link>
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We have it right here just for you...]]>
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<title>Tears of a Clown</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=393</link>
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Indian crowds give Andrew Symonds the monkey call, and Australia is outraged.  Oh, the irony…]]>
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<title>The Importance of Winning on the Road</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=392</link>
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After a sorry start to the season, the Breakers have now won three on the trot.]]>
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<title>So Farewell then Potato</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=391</link>
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Last week one of the great characters in international sport stepped down.  We salute Inzamam-Ul-Haq.  Sadly his type are becoming a rare commodity these days.]]>
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<title>Why South Africa must win the World Cup</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=390</link>
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So there it is then; the World Cup Final from hell. What to do?  Sportsfreak puts forward the case for backing the Boks]]>
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<title>Chalmers supplies the Ammunition for the Aussies</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=389</link>
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League Freak - our friends across the Tasman - tell us why Andrew Chalmers needs to shut his trap.]]>
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<title>It’s all about momentum</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=388</link>
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In case you hadn’t heard 1000 times this week, the KO stages of the RWC are all about momentum.  We look at who’s got it in Paris this weekend.]]>
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<title>Kiwis vs the Kangaroos - the 100th Test </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=387</link>
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It is Australia 70, NZ 27 (that means two draws Einstein).]]>
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<title>The Judge’s Decision</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=386</link>
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So there’s going to be an Official Review.  Wow!  That sounds important.  Sportsfreak wants to save the NZRU the pain and expense, and offers its findings.]]>
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<title>The Sunday Hangover</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=385</link>
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Saturday’s games feature all the big boys, but then there’s still Sunday’s pair; featuring the 2nd favourites, a couple of surprise packages, and bloody Scotland.]]>
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<title>The Best Laid Plans…</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=384</link>
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Mais non, it was never meant to be like this.  France were to be in Paris for the KO phase, and the All Blacks weren't going to start shuffling their backline this time.]]>
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<title>Straya vs the Poms: LETS GET IT ON</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=382</link>
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In conjunction with Green and Gold rugby blog, we look forwards to this weekend’s quarter-final.  Sportsfreak comments in bold to add balance.]]>
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<title>2007 NRL Grand Final Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=381</link>
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It is Manly up against Melbourne in what should be a belter.]]>
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<title>2007 AFL Grand Final - Up there Cazaly!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=380</link>
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There is more to the game than tight shorts you know......]]>
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<title>The Revolution is being televised</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=379</link>
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Bang!  A quick game played in a short tournament, has fast become the biggest bickering point in cricket.  Why are people so scared?]]>
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<title>The Best and Worst of the RWC</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=378</link>
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A great weekend that highlighted some of the issues facing the brains trust that is in charge of this event’s future.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=377</link>
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Sportsfreak ponders a few things]]>
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<title>The Beauty of Chabal </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=376</link>
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With the help of Green and Gold we review the best bits of France's rising star]]>
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<title>Lets get back to France</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=375</link>
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Following some dreary affairs in the UK, the action steps up again this weekend; Sportsfreak looks backwards and forwards.]]>
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<title>Sitinmi Ford’s World Cup Diary.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=374</link>
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Based on the parody diaries at Allblacks.com, Sitinmi Ford tells us what’s really going on in France.]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Week 3 - All or nothing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=373</link>
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Last week saw the end of the Dogs and the Warriors.  Who will we farewell this week?]]>
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<title>Go the Little Guys</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=372</link>
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The best ever?  Too early to say, but Sportsfreak looks back on a great weekend of World Cup rugby.]]>
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<title>Italy on the Retreat</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=371</link>
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Rising 6 Nations team Italy promised so much before this tournament.  So far they have been awful, while the real minnow continue to surprise.]]>
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<title>Clowns in Charge</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=370</link>
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NZ Cricket may have made the wrong decision to get rid of a proven captain, but at least they’ve shown who’s boss.]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Week 2 - No Second Chances</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=369</link>
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So who will meet Melbourne and Manly next weekend?]]>
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<title>Just Your Average Boxing Promoter</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=368</link>
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Sick and tired of watching David Tua foot it with chumps?  Meet the man making it all possible.]]>
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<title>It wasn’t meant to be like this.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=367</link>
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Ooops! Le chat est vraiment parmi les pigeons maintenant.  Sportsfreak reviews the opening round of matches at the RWC. ]]>
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<title>Rugby World Cup on the Net</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=366</link>
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Want to get your RWC fix from sources other than Hamish MacKay and Willie Lose?  We cast our eye over the interweb options.]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Series Week One</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=364</link>
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<![CDATA[
The fuse has been  lit, and we are off and running in the knockout stage.]]>
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<title>Blurring the Lines</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=363</link>
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The admission of Andrew Johns has opened up a whole new can of worms.]]>
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<title>Damn that Murky Crystal Ball</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=362</link>
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<![CDATA[
We dive back 25 weeks to show you why predicting the NRL can be futile.]]>
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<title>Get ready boys she’s here</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=361</link>
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Rugby’s dominatrix is not everyone’s favourite influence.  Too dominating, too commercial, too new.  But get over it, the Rugby World Cup is about to start. ]]>
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<title>NRL Round 25 - Stand up and take a bow Storm......</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=360</link>
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......and why the Warriors may not actually need to win to get a home semi final.]]>
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<title>Nelson Piquet a real sportsman</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=359</link>
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EdBlog reviews the charismatic career of Nelson Piquet in light of his recent revocation of his … drivers license.  World sport needs more like Nelson.]]>
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<title>RWC Pool C</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=358</link>
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We preview the AB's opponents]]>
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<title>New team, new code, same old media...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=357</link>
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<![CDATA[
Rugby journos just can't seem to accept that people might enjoy another sporting code...]]>
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<title>Dinosaurs and Islanders</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=355</link>
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Group A offers the sublime and the ridiculous, and what is likely to be some pretty interesting match-ups]]>
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<title>NRL Round 25 - Two Rounds to Go</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=354</link>
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It's all on the line for a couple of sides this week.]]>
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<title>A board game guide to the football codes</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=353</link>
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<![CDATA[
Coastie from the Green and Gold blog draws comparisons between the various codes of football and …. Board games.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 23 - A farewell looms for a team or two</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=352</link>
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Pluck and courage have taken a couple of teams a long way this season - Round 23 could be a bridge too far.]]>
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<title>Pool D – The Group of Death</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=351</link>
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You can’t have a World Cup without a Group of Death.  In this case, it’s genuine; 3 of the World’s top 6 teams find themselves battling for 2 spots.]]>
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<title>World Cup deja vu?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=350</link>
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<![CDATA[
As the Rugby World Cup draws nearer, the ghosts of campaigns past are starting to reappear]]>
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<title>NRL Round 22 - Tighter than a fishs arse</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=349</link>
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Some teams are gathering momentum - some others are starting to sweat.]]>
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<title>2007 – 8 EPL Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=348</link>
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The biggest show on earth starts this week, and we predict  some surprises; a change to the Top 4, and not all promoted clubs going straight back down. ]]>
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<title>The Fix – The Facts</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=346</link>
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<![CDATA[
House of Honcho picks over the bones of the grime around Davydenko’s clearly fixed throwing of last weekend’s match… ]]>
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<title>Tasman has their Gear nicked</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=345</link>
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<![CDATA[
Canterbury, and their co-author Rico Gear, re-write the book on how to rort the system.]]>
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<title>The Rugby World Cup is brought to you by…..</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=344</link>
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So what is TV coverage of the World Cup likely to be like?  This is how Matt Nippert in the Listener reviewed Hamish McKay’s performance back in July 2005.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 21 - The Crunch</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=343</link>
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Some very even match ups this week.]]>
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<title>When sport becomes more than a game.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=342</link>
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Perhaps Iraq’s success in the Asia Cup was not quite the surprise it seems from afar.  But still, it’s an achievement to remember.]]>
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<title>World Cup Pressure :- The History</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=341</link>
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In Sportsfreak’s first article covering the Rugby World Cup, we look at the history of past campaigns, and how the pressure has built up.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak reports live from Paris !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=340</link>
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This is what happens when a non-cycling fan reports on cycling !]]>
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<title>NRL Round 20 - Time is running out for a few sides</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=339</link>
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A few sides are currently on shaky ground - will their luck run out in Round 20?]]>
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<title>New Zealand Rugby has its own Brad Butterworth</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=338</link>
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For those who say 'good on him' we disagree !]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=337</link>
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We ask the hard questions and ponder the inponderables]]>
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<title>NRL Round 19 - Make or Break</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=336</link>
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Time for a few teams to step up if they are going to be serious contenders.]]>
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<title>The List: Eden Park test venue RIP Part 1</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=335</link>
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Sportsfreak’s latest list looks at the most memorable moments in the history of Eden Park diamond shaped cricket ground as a test venue.]]>
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<title>Cheese Rolling - chasing the sacred squircle</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=334</link>
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As heard on Kiwi FM's State of Play - on every Saturday 7am to 9am]]>
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<title>NZ Virtual Sport site review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=333</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks at the recently revamped NZ Virtual Sport site; a bit like the Telecom virtual rugby sites, yet a lot better.]]>
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<title>Boring Boring Brazil</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=332</link>
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The world’s 3rd biggest sporting tournament is on, and 200percent looks back at the semi-finals and looks forward to the big boys meeting in the final.]]>
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<title>Rugby lineouts straightforward? </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=331</link>
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<![CDATA[
Hamish McBrearty explains some misunderstood laws of Rugby Union, beginning with the lineout. ]]>
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<title>NRL Round 18 - And they Straighten for Home</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=330</link>
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Bluey and Anderson have gone, Origin is over, and the crunch is on.]]>
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<title>Bog Snorkelling</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=329</link>
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As heard on Kiwi FM's State of Play - on every Saturday 7am to 9am]]>
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<title>NRL Round 17 - The comp starts to take shape</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=328</link>
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Origin is over for 2007, so all eyes are back on the NRL]]>
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<title>The List: Carisbrook cricket ground RIP</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=327</link>
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Sportsfreak’s latest list looks at the most memorable moments in the history of Carisbrook as a cricket ground.]]>
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<title>A take on drugs in the WWE</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=326</link>
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We spotlight where this sport has gone terribly wrong]]>
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<title>A list :- MCG Memories</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=325</link>
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To commemorate this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sportsfreak looks back at the most memorable NZ moments at that great ground]]>
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<title>Whippersnapper</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=324</link>
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In conjunction with Edblog, Sportsfreak looks at the young talents of motorsport; kiwis included]]>
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<title>NRL Round 14 - Not the easiest to pick this round</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=323</link>
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Just the six games this week, as State of Origin takes its final toll in 2007]]>
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<title>SKY TV’s coverage of THAT semi-final</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=322</link>
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The 2003 World Cup was covered in New Zealand by TV1.  But what if the lateral thinkers in the SKY commentary team had been doing the honours??]]>
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<title>NRL Round 15 -  One Tight Competition</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=321</link>
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There is one hell of a log jam..........]]>
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<title>Let the (real) games begin !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=320</link>
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Sportsfreak previews the All Blacks first Tr-Nations game]]>
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<title>The Future has never looked brighter</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=319</link>
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Braces is on top of the world.  Like any good general, he’s a survivor.]]>
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<title>Wok the Hell?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=318</link>
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As heard on State of Play - Kiwi FM's Sporting Saturday Show]]>
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<title>NRL Round 14 - Back on Track after State of Origin</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=317</link>
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Halfway through the competition, and the pressure is starting to mount.]]>
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<title>Once were Quarter-Finalists</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=316</link>
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At the Quarter Finals of the 1991 World Cup, the All Blacks were pushed by Canada before making it through to the next round with a 29-11 win.  How times have changed.]]>
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<title>Blowing the Whistle on the NZRL</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=315</link>
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<![CDATA[
According to League Freak across the Tasman, the NZRL should be taking a good hard look at itself.]]>
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<title>The Americas Cup is not Your Cup</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=314</link>
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With all the inevitability of a Cliff Richard Xmas hit, we are being told Americas Cup fever is here again.]]>
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<title>The Top 10 Worst Sporting Nicknames in the USA</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=313</link>
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As heard on State of Play - Kiwi FM's Sporting Saturday Show]]>
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<title>NRL Round 12 - Flip a Coin Time</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=312</link>
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There are some tough ones to pick this week, but we are on a roll.]]>
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<title>The Worst of Times</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=311</link>
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<![CDATA[
The 29th of May is the anniversary of one of European football's most infamous disasters,]]>
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<title>The Broadcasting Cash Cow</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=310</link>
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<![CDATA[
League Freak - our friends over the Tasman - give us the low down on the money spinner that is Origin.]]>
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<title>The Time of My Life</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=309</link>
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<![CDATA[
Fresh from his reconditioning programme, All Blacks star Sitinmi Ford writes for Sportsfreak.]]>
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<title>The man with the whistle !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=308</link>
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<![CDATA[
NBL Referee Alan Godden writes exclusively for Sportsfreak !]]>
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<title>State of Origin #1 - The Air of Inevitability</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=307</link>
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<![CDATA[
When Queensland bounced back from a halftime deficit of 12 points last night in State of Origin #1, was anybody really surprised?]]>
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<title>NRL Round 11 -  Will Origin players bounce back?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=306</link>
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<![CDATA[
A shortened version this week, with most eyes on State of Origin.]]>
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<title>The cups overflowing !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=305</link>
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<![CDATA[
Why NZ rugby fans shouldnt push the panic button]]>
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<title>The Glass is nearing empty</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=304</link>
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Suddenly it seems to be dawning on the nation that prospects are bleak for the World Cup in France.  The more you think about it, the worse it looks]]>
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<title>NRL Round 10 - Origin Duty Strikes Again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=303</link>
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At Origin time, teams will look to capitalise on the selection misfortune of others]]>
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<title>The Enigmatic Clock</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=302</link>
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<![CDATA[
Joe Karam’s successful crusade to clear David Bain’s name has been remarkable.  Yet the common tag of “ex-All Black” does not begin to cover his sporting career.]]>
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<title>Flying in Under the Radar</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=301</link>
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<![CDATA[
You wouldn’t know it, but New Zealand currently has one of the most promising fighters in International boxing in town.  ]]>
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<title>The Knights RIP.  Where are they now?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=300</link>
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With the early promise shown in the Phoenix signings, it’s timely to reflect on the rabble that was the Knights, and where they are now.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 9 - More upsets on the cards?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=299</link>
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<![CDATA[
We were on fire last week.]]>
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<title>So what ?!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=298</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak says "lay off Ali Williams" !]]>
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<title>Mundine to Defend his World Title in NZ</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=297</link>
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<![CDATA[
Forget Cecil Coffey - New Zealand fight fans finally get the reward they deserve.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 8 - Logjam Alert!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=296</link>
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<![CDATA[
Is the unbeaten run about to end for the Storm?]]>
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<title>Betting on the All Blacks?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=295</link>
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<![CDATA[
Most Betting agencies are now offering $1.40 for the All Blacks to win the RWC.  We explain why that's rubbish]]>
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<title>A Time to look forward</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=294</link>
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<![CDATA[
Comical Braces looks back on what was a minor battle in the Big Campaign]]>
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<title>Big Sam calls it a day...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=293</link>
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<![CDATA[
A new era dawns at the Reebok Stadium. Sam Allardyce steps down from Bolton Wanderers.]]>
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<title>Great Balls of Fire</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=292</link>
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<![CDATA[
6 months ago, Alan Ball was being touted as the saviour of the Knights.  Sadly he passed away yesterday. ]]>
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<title>The Enigma Moves On</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=291</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks back at the captaincy reign that changed New Zealand ODI cricket.  Almost.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 7 - Sportsfreak picks the winners</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=290</link>
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<![CDATA[
Q.  How many unbeaten teams after this weekend?  A. We say none.......]]>
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<title>In defence of Maa Nonu !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=289</link>
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<![CDATA[
We put the case on behalf of the defence]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=288</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak talks sport (again)]]>
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<title>Kiwis vs the Kangaroos - the Anzac Test Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=287</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Australia knows it as The Bundy Test – NZ prefers the Anzac Test.  But whatever you want to call it, she’s all on come Friday night.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 6 - More results turned on their heads?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=286</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Friday night's Anzac Test sees a shortened round.]]>
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<title>First test team announced !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=285</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak has the first AB team of 2007]]>
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<title>NRL Round 5 - Here we go again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=284</link>
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<![CDATA[
More upsets last week - the NRL remains predictably unpredictable.]]>
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<title>Were getting there now</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=283</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
New Zealand at the top of the world and England has a new hero.  Week 4 at the World Cup]]>
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<title>Sam Spratt - Sheer Determination</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=282</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak salutes the triumphant return of one gutsy jockey.]]>
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<title>Sponsorship in the Internet Age</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=281</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
League Freak, our friends across the ditch, discovers that in the Internet Age, sponsorship may have it's boundaries.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 4 - Two recent Premiers remain winless</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=280</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Round Four hits, and this competition is starting to look tighter than Luciano Pavarotti’s undies.]]>
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<title>The World Cup Week that Was</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=279</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
“The drama will stop once the Super 8 gets going”.  Not quite.  Sportsfreak reviews another week of the sublime and the ridiculous at the World Cup.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 3 - At least ONE unbeaten record will go</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=278</link>
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<![CDATA[
The last three Premiers are yet to win a game.  That will change in Round Three.]]>
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<title>Another Bizarre week at the World Cup</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=277</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak casts its eye back over the second mad week of the fast-moving, ever-changing World Cup.]]>
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<title>Historic Firsts</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=276</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Gibbs and Sobers?  Nah.  We profile the men that REALLY made it possible.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 2 - All the Fun of the Circus</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=275</link>
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<![CDATA[
The second week kicks off tonight - how are we looking?]]>
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<title>The Cricket World Cup Week that Was</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=274</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak casts its eye back over one of the most amazing weeks ever seen at an international tournament.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak talks - you listen !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=273</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
What an interesting last few weeks of sport !]]>
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<title>The World Cup on the Net.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=272</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
With the biggest sporting event of the year underway, Sportsfreak looks at the best of what’s on offer on the Interweb.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 1 - Let the games begin!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=271</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak's tipster returns in 2007 to send you broke.]]>
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<title>The Warriors should have nabbed Sonny Bill</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=270</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Welcome to the controversial Aussie perspective on the Warriors - brought to you by League Freak!]]>
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<title>Coming Out in Sport</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=269</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
A large percentage of the population, but where is that reflected in the world of sport?]]>
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<title>Patrick on Rugby !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=268</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
He's back with another dose.....]]>
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<title>The Inconsistent Ones</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=267</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
In the final group preview article Sportsfreak looks at New Zealand’s group, including some targeted ribs and a mouthful of Os.]]>
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<title>The Curse of the Home team</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=266</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The hosts, the schizophrenic Pakistanis, the blot on the ICC, and the English haters team up in the most eclectic group.]]>
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<title>Group B - The tightest group</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=265</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
It’s a mini Asian Cup and a big fatty slugging it out in Group B in Port of Spain.]]>
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<title>Guts, Glory and a Potential Superstar</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=264</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
This morning’s boxing from the Sydney Entertainment Centre proved more than a few points.]]>
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<title>Patrick on Rugby !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=263</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak unveils its hot new Rugby Reporter !!!]]>
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<title>World Cup preview Group A</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=262</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Gremlins in the ICC seeding department have meant that the top 2 ranked sides in the world ended up in the same pool at St. Kitts]]>
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<title>2007 NRL Preview - Part Three</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=260</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The Sportsfreak Top Four]]>
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<title>2007 NRL Preview - Part Two</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=259</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
We look at the teams that will be there or thereabouts]]>
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<title>2007 NRL Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=258</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
We look at the sides to miss out in 2007.]]>
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<title>Beach Footy: Filling out the Rugby League Calendar</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=257</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Brought to you from League Freak - our friends across the ditch - we have a look at the new Rugby League development that is Beach Footy.]]>
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<title>Cheating sportsmen beware.........</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=256</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
 we've got you in our sites!]]>
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<title>Alternative history</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=255</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
What should have happened at Croke Park on Saturday]]>
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<title>The Winds of Change may just be a Gentle Zephyr</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=254</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The NZRL meets on Friday to vote on constitutional change.  Is it a case of the same old same old?]]>
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<title>Show Me the Money!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=253</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
When it comes to negotiating a new contract for Sonny Bill Williams, all may not be as it seems....]]>
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<title>The Perfect Fit</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=252</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Has Australia gone out of fashion ?]]>
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<title>End of an Era  </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=251</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Retiring at the age of four worth $10 million is something most of us can only dream of.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=250</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak comments on 'matters sport'.....]]>
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<title>New Zealands Latest Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=249</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Check your balls - are you man enough ?]]>
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<title>Harris makes it yet again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=248</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak does some crystal ball gazing and marks a great New Zealand milestone.]]>
</description>
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<title>Super 14 bullet points</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=247</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak makes it easy for you...]]>
</description>
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<title>Bring on the Big Show</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=246</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Award-winning Broadcaster Steve Joll gives us a run-down on the upcoming Superbowl]]>
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<title>Sustainability the Key to Success</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=245</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Where to for the New Zealand based A-League franchise?]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=244</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks some relevant Sporting questions]]>
</description>
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<title>Rising above Mediocrity.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=243</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Comical Braces gives another insight into his mercurial battle plans ]]>
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<title>All of that for nothing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=242</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sri Lanka tour New Zealand for the third successive year.  Sportsfreak takes a look back to see what was achieved - if anything.  ]]>
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<title>2006 Year in Review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=241</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look at those on the NZ scene to make an impact in 2006]]>
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<title>2006 Year in Review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=240</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes a look at some who captured our attention on the International Stage in 2006]]>
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<title>Darts: So much more than tattoos and pint mugs</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=239</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Thanks to Sportingo.com, Mark Rivlin speaks of Darts. ]]>
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<title>The Art of Rotation</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=238</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
One coach gets it right, the other is going to struggle.]]>
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<title>Shane Warne’s Ashes Diary</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=237</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The Great Australian writes for Sportsfreak following the last day in Adelaide.]]>
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<title>The Lowest Common Denominator</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=236</link>
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<![CDATA[
Punishing those that do little wrong.]]>
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<title>Dont Shoot the Messenger Jake</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=235</link>
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<![CDATA[
Apparently the New Zealand Cricket team is on a hiding to nothing with the public, and don’t get the credit they deserve.   ]]>
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<title>Hitler was an Austrian</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=234</link>
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<![CDATA[
Now we’ve got your attention, lets look at how the New Zealand cricket team under Fleming has contrived to be more Australian in attitude than the Australians themselves.]]>
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<title>Sportfreaks Guide to where to watch cricket</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=233</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Now that the first-class season is properly upon us, Sportsfreak casts its eye over the best grounds in the country]]>
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<title>ABs precious haka arrogance a joke</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=232</link>
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<![CDATA[
Stephen Jones waxes lyrical !]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak says !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=231</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak comments on 'matters sport'.....]]>
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<title>Sports Comedy Shows and New Lad Culture in NZ</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=230</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Thanks to Dr Toni Bruce and the University of Waikato, Sportsfreak is proud to present a very controversial thesis]]>
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<title>Checkmate!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=229</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak brings you an exclusive report from the International Braille Chess Champs from Anchorage, Alaska]]>
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<title>End of year awards</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=228</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak offers an alternative to the IRB version !]]>
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<title>For the Love of the Jersey?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=227</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Has the Vilimaina Davu saga once again exposed International Netball as a lost cause?]]>
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<title>Ten reasons for the Stadium</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=226</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak puts the case for the Waterfront]]>
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<title>The Knights bid farewell to Paul Nevin</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=225</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The Knights parted company with coach Paul Nevin today.  Is it time to give up the licence for good?]]>
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<title>Learning Lots in France</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=224</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Based on the All Black diary parodies at www.allblacks.com, Sportsfreak keeps in touch with Sitinmi Ford high-noting it in Paris.]]>
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<title>The case for Eden Park !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=223</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak comes up with 10 good reasons]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak talks - you listen !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=222</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks the hard questions and ponders all things sport.....]]>
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<title>The Nations Stops !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=221</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Its Melbourne Cup Day]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the ABs Northern Tour</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=220</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
France]]>
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<title>Knights at the Wrong Table</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=219</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
We examine the extraordinary performances of the NZ Knights; arguably the world’s worst professional football club.]]>
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<title>Farewell to another colourful boxing character </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=218</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Former WBC Heavyweight Champ Trevor Berbick found murdered ]]>
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<title>Halt Divorce Proceedings - The Split is Over.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=217</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks behind the scenes at the CBA and Canterbury Rams.]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the ABs Northern Tour</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=216</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Wales]]>
</description>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the ABs Northern Tour</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=215</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
England]]>
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<title>The Greatest Campaign of All</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=214</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
He’s back.  New Zealand’s Minister of Cricket Information reports from India.]]>
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<title>ANBL Talk</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=213</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Alan Godden talks Hoops !]]>
</description>
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<title>Air New Zealand Cup Grand Final</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=212</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Its down to 2]]>
</description>
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<title>Question Time !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=211</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks some relevant Sporting Questions (again) !]]>
</description>
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<title>Men talking Indoor Netball !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=210</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak goes where few men dare to tread - the Netball.]]>
</description>
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<title>Air New Zealand Cup Semis...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=209</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
'The Bouncers' return for the Lions]]>
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<title>ICC Champions Trophy The Final 4</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=208</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak looks at the teams that we think will make the Semis]]>
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<title>Air New Zealand Cup</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=207</link>
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<![CDATA[
Quarter Final tips]]>
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<title>The Bi-polar Tournament</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=206</link>
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<![CDATA[
In the first of 2 articles, Sportsfreak assesses the likely early casualties from the Champions Trophy.]]>
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<title>Where have all the little sports gone?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=205</link>
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<![CDATA[
Joe Atkinson gets Off the Bench for the little guys.]]>
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<title>The NRL Grand Final - Melbourne vs Brisbane</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=204</link>
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<![CDATA[
And after all that, it comes down to two sides.]]>
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<title>My Season So Far</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=203</link>
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<![CDATA[
NZ Knights player Chistophe Turnovich's diary on the season so far.]]>
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<title>May the best team win</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=201</link>
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<![CDATA[
It’s everywhere.  The USA lost the Ryder Cup because of a lack of teamwork.  But hang on; this is golf.]]>
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<title>Get rich here !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=200</link>
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<![CDATA[
This weekends Air New Zealand Cup tips..]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Week 3 - The Preliminary Finals</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=199</link>
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<![CDATA[
And then there were four.............]]>
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<title>In defence of the Air New Zealand Cup !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=198</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak goes into bat for the NZRFU....]]>
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<title>Jeremy Elley-Brown discusses equity.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=197</link>
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<![CDATA[
Are female athletes getting a fair deal in the sports media? ]]>
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<title>Air New Zealand Cup - Round 2 starts</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=196</link>
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<![CDATA[
First Friday double-header tonight !]]>
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<title>The Fable of the Village and the Festival</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=195</link>
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<![CDATA[
The village just can’t work out where to hold the climax of its Morris Dancing Festival]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Week 2</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=194</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Battle of Attrition]]>
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<title>Kieran Brookes enters the squared circle of debate</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=193</link>
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<![CDATA[
Boxing, talented athletes or a bunch of brain bashing thugs?]]>
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<title>Wrapping up the Warriors for 2006</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=192</link>
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<![CDATA[
The year of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]>
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<title>Air New Zealand Cup - Week 7</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=191</link>
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<![CDATA[
Get Rich Here !!!]]>
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<title>NRL Finals Week 1 - Time to put up or shut up!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=190</link>
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<![CDATA[
Will things go according to rank?]]>
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<title>Its Oscars Time....</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=189</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak hands out some Tri-Nations Gongs.]]>
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<title>Its all over !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=188</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak Reviews the All Blacks Tri-Nations team.]]>
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<title>Salary Caps are coming.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=187</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Tony Dunseath warns us of things to come.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 26 - The End is Nigh</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=186</link>
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<![CDATA[
Watch for teams out of the eight to disrupt as much as possible]]>
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<title>Rugby’s Drinking Culture</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=185</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Billy Emeny staggers in Off the Bench]]>
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<title>Sitinmi Ford in Sun City</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=184</link>
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<![CDATA[
Based on the All Black diary parodies at www.allblacks.com, Sportsfreak keeps in touch with Sitinmi Ford from South Africa.]]>
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<title>Noise or No Noise, that is the question.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=183</link>
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<![CDATA[
Nic Reindl comments on the state of spectatorship in NZ.]]>
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<title>Player Suffers Dizzy Spell as Henry Rotates Select</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=182</link>
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<![CDATA[
Moenui rugby coach Henry Graham has stuck to his season-long rotation policy, today selecting an all new team and crowd for Saturday's match against Southbank]]>
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<title>The Greatest ever ?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=181</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak compares some great All Black periods and teams...]]>
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<title>No Hair Loss</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=180</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
How can one man inflict so much damage in such a short period of time?]]>
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<title>NRL Round 25 - Jockeying for position</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=179</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Eight is pretty much a done deal.  Will the order change?]]>
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<title>Eating Disorders and Your Children</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=178</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Stacey Smith brings up the issue of diet and the extrinsic influence of sport.]]>
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<title>Yeah Right !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=177</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak ponders some of less believable quotes coming out from Sportspeople lately...]]>
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<title>NRL Round 24 - The march is on to make the Finals</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=176</link>
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<![CDATA[
How big IS the loss of Andrew f***** c*** Johns?]]>
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<title>The Neville Effect</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=175</link>
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<![CDATA[
The news that Phil Neville is back in Steve McClaren's first England squad is odd...]]>
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<title>It was a dark and stormy night</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=174</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Steve Joll writes for Sportsfreak]]>
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<title>A Sporting Fixture with a Difference</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=173</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak rubs shoulders with the oppostion and hears about the Maori Madonna]]>
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<title>NRL Round 23 - Can Melbourne make it 11 in a Row?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=172</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Watch for some changes in the Top Eight]]>
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<title>Denial is as endemic as drug taking</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=171</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Why is it that drug cheats seem to be the only people who will always deny their wrongdoing?]]>
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<title>Man, she is hot!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=170</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Kirstie Thomsen questions the medias motives.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 22 - Tighter than a fishs arse</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=169</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
This really is not getting any easier....]]>
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<title>X marks the spot</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=168</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Damian Bosher is up Off the Bench]]>
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<title>My 5 Cents Worth....</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=167</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Award winning broadcaster Steve Joll writes for the Freak....]]>
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<title>All Black Diary</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=166</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Based on the All Black diary parodies at www.allblacks.com Sportsfreak introduces its latest columnist; Sitinmi Ford.]]>
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<title>Question Time !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=165</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks some more pertinent questions and ponders 'matters sport']]>
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<title>Ka pai to ‘Ka mate’</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=164</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Justin Simpkins gives his perspective regarding the older version of the Haka.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 21 - Sportsfreak gives you the Lowdown</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=163</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Ready for an upset or two?]]>
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<title>Another Tua of Duty.  Yawn..........</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=162</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
David Tua kicks off yet another comeback with a win in New York.]]>
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<title>Fijian…….Put him on the wing!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=161</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Jamie McQueen steps up to the plate and discusses stereotypes.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 20 - Sportsfreaks Get Rich Quick Guide</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=160</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Local derbies, and the Minor Premiership in the bag]]>
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<title>NBL Finals</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=159</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
NBL Referee Alan Godden writes exclusively for Sportsfreak !]]>
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<title></title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=158</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak ponders the current state of the Ranfurly Shield]]>
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<title>Give Football A Fair Go</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=157</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sam Wilkinson questions NZ media from Off the Bench]]>
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<title>NRL Round 19 - Let the Run In for the Finals begin</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=156</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Eight very close games this week.  Then there's the Manly/Souths game.....]]>
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<title>The Whistles are for you Blatter</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=155</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
One of the abiding memories of this World Cup will be the crescendo of whistling that occurred every time Christiano Ronaldo touched the ball.  What was that about? ]]>
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<title>World Cup Tournament XI</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=154</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The 2006 tournament has now ended in triumph for Italy - and we announce our team of the tournament.]]>
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<title>A Tactical change sees Merv Brown Off the Bench</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=153</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
THE CONUNDRUM FACING SPORT  –  modify or commodify?]]>
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<title>Carlin Linklater speaks out Off the Bench</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=152</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
From Wimbledon to Kazakhstan, the downfall of New Zealand Tennis]]>
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<title>NRL Round 18 - The Turn into the Home Straight</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=151</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
With State of Origin over, the competition heats up for the Top Eight.]]>
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<title>Subs are called. Holly Hippolite is Off the Bench </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=150</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Highlighting Maori and Polynesian Athletes in the Wrong Way?]]>
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<title>World Cup Form XI - The Quarter Finals</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=149</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
The old master Zinedine Zidane stepped up in the Quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup - who will join him in the Sportsfreak Form XI?]]>
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<title>NRL Round 17 - Origin Duty Strikes Again</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=148</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Some close ones this week, although Souths ARE playing.....]]>
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<title>Western Springs vs Westmere Whingers</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=147</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak revisits the issues a year or so on.]]>
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<title>Its Off the Bench for Sam Westerman.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=146</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Amazing Game]]>
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<title>Question Time !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=145</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak ponders some relevant sporting questions and offers some thoughts on 'matters sport'.]]>
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<title>World Cup Form XI and Review - the last sixteen</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=144</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
As the World Cup enters the knockout stages Sportsfreak casts an eye over the eight matches to find the quarterfinalists.]]>
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<title>Dyllon Pederson subs in Off the Bench</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=143</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Television vs. Exercise: The need for kids to get active.]]>
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<title>World Cup Form XI - third round</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=142</link>
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<![CDATA[
With the group stages over and the business end of the competition looming, Sportsfreak announces our form XI for the third round of group matches.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 16 - The Competition heats up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=141</link>
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<![CDATA[
Into the second half of the season, the intensity lifts.]]>
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<title>Natalie Broadhead steps up from Off the Bench.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=140</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Media Praise Sportswomen’s Efforts: Yeah Right.]]>
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<title>World Cup Form XI</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=139</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak announces our second World Cup form XI... no prizes for guessing which country contributes the most players, but we still may have a surprise or two for you.]]>
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<title>Riding the Crest of a Wave</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=138</link>
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<![CDATA[
New Zealand Rowing to the fore again on the world stage]]>
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<title>Myles Reid writes from Off the Bench</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=136</link>
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<![CDATA[
Aggression: The Sports Media’s Constructed Bad Boy]]>
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<title>Thinking of England</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=135</link>
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<![CDATA[
It is a tradition in New Zealand that prime focus during the early stages of a World Cup is on the progress, or lack of progress, of the English team]]>
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<title>Dont Panic !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=134</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak provides a brief 'State-of-the-AB-Nation' report]]>
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<title>Off the Bench contribution from Shane Hooks.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=133</link>
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<![CDATA[
What’s wrong with New Zealand sport…..supporters?]]>
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<title>NRL Round 15 - Harder to pick than a Broken Nose</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=132</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak gives you the lowdown on the latest action from the NRL.]]>
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<title>Farewell Test Cricket  - may you Rest in Peace</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=131</link>
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<![CDATA[
NZ Cricket has decided once and for all where their priorities lie.]]>
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<title>The Big Interview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=130</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak gets under cover with NZ’s latest auctioneer.]]>
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<title>First Test Wrap-up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=129</link>
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<![CDATA[
Close but no Cigar for unlucky Irish...]]>
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<title>NRL Round 14 - Origin duty strikes again.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=128</link>
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<![CDATA[
 Isn't this supposed to get easier?]]>
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<title>World Cup Survival: For Dummies !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=127</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak offers the essential guide to surviving the World Cup.]]>
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<title>All Blacks vs Ireland - 1st Test Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=126</link>
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<![CDATA[
We say closer than most think !]]>
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<title>Introducing the Sportsfreak Guest Tipsters</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=125</link>
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<![CDATA[
Meet the Guest Tipsters we have involved in the Sportsfreak World Cup competition]]>
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<title>Macca - Youre Fired !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=124</link>
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<![CDATA[
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<title>Steve Joll talks Football with Sportsfreak !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=123</link>
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<![CDATA[
Award winning broadcaster Steve Joll gives his take on World Cup 2006 ]]>
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<title>NRL Round 13 - The abridged version.........</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=122</link>
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<![CDATA[
No dicking around this week - we give you the winners in one.]]>
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<title>Foggy Thinking Week</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=121</link>
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<![CDATA[
Time for major administrators to clear the fog and wake up to 2006.]]>
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<title>Question Time !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=119</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks some relevant Sporting questions]]>
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<title>NRL Round 12 - Back to some sort of normality.....</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=118</link>
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The Origin stars are back - what sort of shape will they be in?]]>
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<title>Steve Joll writes for Sportsfreak !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=117</link>
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<![CDATA[
Popular Wellington Broadcaster Steve Joll previews tomorrow nights big game !]]>
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<title>Final Sportsfreak All Black Form XV named !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=116</link>
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<![CDATA[
We release ours before Graham releases his !!!]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super XIV Grand Final Preview...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=115</link>
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<![CDATA[
We say Crusaders to make it 6 !!!]]>
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<title>Origin 1 - Sportsfreak rates the Players!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=114</link>
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<![CDATA[
Who looked the goods, and who failed to impress?]]>
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<title>Someone left the cake out in the rain</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=113</link>
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The stadium in Wellington has created a unique atmosphere in its existence.  But, at a time of rare success for the fans, things changed on Friday night.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 11 - Warning!  Upsets aplenty!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=112</link>
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Look out punters - this will be the week of the upset!]]>
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<title>The end of Henry?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=111</link>
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<![CDATA[
Most of you will no doubt think I mean Graham, but I'm talking about Thierry...]]>
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<title>The night The Man earned some Respect</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=110</link>
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<![CDATA[
Anthony Mundine cleans out Danny Green in a one sided match up in Sydney]]>
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<title>Special Preview - Super 14 Semis</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=109</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews Saturday nights sudden death semi at Jade !]]>
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<title>Special Preview - Super 14 Semis</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=108</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews Friday nights sudden death semi at the Stadium]]>
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<title>Fishing - Samoan Style !!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=107</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak provides an excerpt from a recent fishing trip undertaken in Samoa...]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 14 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=106</link>
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<![CDATA[
Canes & Tahs play for home semi...]]>
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<title>NRL Round 10 - Sportsfreak strikes again.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=104</link>
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<![CDATA[
Open your wallets and run to the TAB - we'll fill your pockets!]]>
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<title>SPARC Restructure</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=103</link>
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SPARC have advised the sport and recreation sector of an internal restructure. Here at Sportsfreak, we’ve put the message from the throne through the unspin cycle of the corporate spin machine so that]]>
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<title>Welcome to the other side of Professional Sport.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=102</link>
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<![CDATA[
Does it always come down to the fame and the fortune?]]>
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<title>Sportsfreaks player rankings for the SA Series</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=101</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak ranks the players following the ill-fated tour of South Africa, as well as offering advice to some of them for what to do with their winter.]]>
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<title>Steve Joll writes for Sportsfreak</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=100</link>
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<title>Living Beyond Your Means</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=99</link>
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<![CDATA[
The article by Terry Maddaford in the Weekend Herald previewing NZ Soccer’s annual congress should send a massive shiver down the spine of all soccer fans throughout the country. ]]>
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<title>Kiwis vs the Kangaroos - let the battle begin!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=98</link>
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<![CDATA[
We all know what happened last year, but it’s history now.  What are the chances for the Kiwis tonight?]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 13 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=97</link>
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<![CDATA[
Its War at Pretoria !]]>
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<title>NRL Round 9 - Two points assured for the Warriors</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=96</link>
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<![CDATA[
Three teams equal at the top, and the competition closes up.  What next?]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 – whose gonna take it out...</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=95</link>
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<![CDATA[
We say the Tahs !]]>
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<title>Problem?  What Problem?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=94</link>
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<![CDATA[
It seems some issues with the NZ cricket team are fair game; other not so...]]>
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<title>The Curse of the Commentator </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=93</link>
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<![CDATA[
Different approaches to broadcasting can create different problems.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 12 Review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=92</link>
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<![CDATA[
Crusaders wobble and the Chiefs depart]]>
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<title>NRL Round 8 - How we at Sportsfreak see it going.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=91</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Cowboys suffered their first loss last week, and the Storm continued to impress.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 12 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=90</link>
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Will any Semi-final questions be answered this weekend ?]]>
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<title>Chins Up Soldiers!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=89</link>
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<![CDATA[
So how is Comical Braces going to explain away the latest disasters to hit the Black Caps?]]>
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<title>Keith Miller - one of the great innings....</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=88</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak reports on Keith Miller's 185 for the Dominions against England at Lords in 1945]]>
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<title>Finally! A north-London derby worth the hype!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=87</link>
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<![CDATA[
This morning's match between Arsenal and Tottenham finally lived up to pre-match expectation]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 11 Wrap</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=86</link>
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Blues gone, Canes teeter & Chiefs still in it !]]>
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<title>Contenders versus Pretenders</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=85</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews the All Blacks selections - the forwards]]>
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<title>So when is a Salary Cap NOT a Salary Cap?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=83</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak tries to provide some perspective on the Mark Gasnier affair.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 11 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=82</link>
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Hurricanes go in search of a semi-final spot !]]>
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<title>NRL Round 7 - Sportsfreak picks the winners</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=81</link>
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Andrew Johns out again, Melbourne get to play a game at home, and the Sharks get to host the unbeaten Cowboys. ]]>
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<title>Contenders versus Pretenders</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=80</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreaks casts its eye over All Black hopefuls - today - the backs !]]>
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<title>New Zealand - Sporting One Time Wonders !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=79</link>
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<![CDATA[
Indepth and conclusive research and reporting proves this title correct.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 10 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=78</link>
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<![CDATA[
Aussie derby pick of the Easter matchups !]]>
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<title>Dear Mr. Hill</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=77</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak thought it was about time to apply for the best job in town.]]>
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<title>NRL Preview - Our picks for Round 6</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=76</link>
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<![CDATA[
The surprises continue, and we see the return of Sonny Bill.  What will happen this week?]]>
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<title>So what IS wrong with SPARC?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=75</link>
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<![CDATA[
In Part 2 of Sportsfreak’s review of SPARC, we outline what we believe is the real problem with the way SPARC is run.]]>
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<title>Just Like the Zulu War!!</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=74</link>
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<![CDATA[
Well he’s in South Africa now.  What’s Comical Braces’s latest spin on what’s going on with the New Zealand Cricket team?]]>
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<title>Putting SPARC under the microscope</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=73</link>
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<![CDATA[
As Part 1 of a 2 part series, Sportsfreak looks at the statements and performances of those who fund sport in this country.]]>
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<title>Time Waits For No Man</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=72</link>
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<![CDATA[
John Adshead announces he is stepping down.]]>
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<title>Barrel Racing</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=70</link>
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<![CDATA[
The first to start is not necesarily the first to finish. A likely scenario as the race for artificial reefs gains momentum... ]]>
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<title>The Theatre of Romance</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=69</link>
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Sport does not get any more romantic than this.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 Roundup</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=68</link>
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<![CDATA[
Kiwi sides show whose boss.....again !]]>
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<title>The Masters</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=67</link>
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<![CDATA[
We take a look at Cambo and the end of day three.]]>
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<title>NRL Round 5 - How we see it panning out</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=66</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round 4 saw the Warriors make it to zero, and the Cowboys remain unbeaten.  Will the trends continue?]]>
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<title> Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 9 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=65</link>
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Potential whitewash for Kiwi sides this weekend !]]>
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<title>10 Reasons why the NRL kicks the Super 14s butt !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=64</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak discusses why the League Boys have it all over Union at the mo...]]>
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<title>Choppers Travels</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=63</link>
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<![CDATA[
Wairarapa-Bush star Nathan Riwai-Couch reports from the USA Super League especially for Sportsfreak !]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 Wrap-up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=62</link>
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<![CDATA[
Crusaders show whose boss as Chiefs stay in touch !]]>
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<title>Super 14 - Round 8 Action</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=61</link>
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<![CDATA[
3 big games in NZ this weekend !]]>
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<title>NRL Round 4 Preview - How  Sportsfreak sees it</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=60</link>
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<![CDATA[
Some towellings, some close ones, and some first up wins in Round 3 - will it continue?]]>
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<title>Whats in a name ?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=59</link>
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<![CDATA[
Popular Wellington Broadcaster Steve Joll comments on some of our Sports teams weird & wonderful nicknames]]>
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<title>Hurricanes vs Crusaders - Special Match Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=58</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak previews the sides* before Saturday evenings big game !]]>
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<title>Sportsfreaks player rankings for the Test Series</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=57</link>
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<![CDATA[
So the first half of the New Zealand’s condensed test summer has been completed…  Sportsfreak ranks the players]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 7 Wrap</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=53</link>
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<![CDATA[
Hurricanes find more ways to win while the Chiefs are robbed !]]>
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<title>One Percenter Review</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=52</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak takes the time to review our featured athletes.]]>
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<title>Super 14 - Round 7 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=51</link>
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<![CDATA[
Huge Battle looming in Wellington !]]>
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<title>NRL Round 3 - How Sportsfreak sees it panning out</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=50</link>
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<![CDATA[
Round Two was just strange.  Will the early season form continue?]]>
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<title>Choppers Travels</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=49</link>
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<![CDATA[
Wairarapa-Bush 2nd 5/8th Nathan Riwai-Couch Reports from the USA Rugby Super League]]>
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<title>Random Thoughts on Random Sports</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=46</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak asks some relevant Sporting Questions]]>
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<title>Crossing Live from Melbourne</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=45</link>
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<![CDATA[
Award winning broadcaster Steve Joll comments on the high quality of the TVNZ games interview team...]]>
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<title>The Knives are out Already</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=44</link>
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<![CDATA[
Six days into the Commonwealth Games, and the media are already sharpening up the knives in expectation of an underperforming New Zealand team returning home in a week’s time. ]]>
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<title>Super 14 - Round 6 Wrap-up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=43</link>
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Hore 'Seals' Victory for the Canes...]]>
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<title>NZ Basketball Season ramps up </title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=42</link>
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<![CDATA[
NBL Referee Referee Alan Godden previews the upcoming NBL Season]]>
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<title>All Hakaed out !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=41</link>
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<![CDATA[
Popular Wellington broadcaster Steve Joll reports for Sportsfreak on the plethora of bad Hakas invading Melbourne at present]]>
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<title>Super 14 - Round 6 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=40</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Highlanders adjust to life without Nick Evans]]>
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<title>Victorious despite attacks from all sides</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=39</link>
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<![CDATA[
Ever wondered what John Bracewell is on about?  Sportsfreak provides another opportunity for Comical Braces to outline his battle plans in his own way after this dramatic week….]]>
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<title>How we at Sportsfreak see Round Two of the NRL</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=38</link>
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Round One saw some upsets, some tight games and a few points scored.  Will the pattern continue in Round Two?]]>
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<title>New Zealands finest sporting songs</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=37</link>
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<![CDATA[
This Sportsfreak correspondent will have his ear trained for any strains of music emanating from the television.]]>
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<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=36</link>
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<![CDATA[
NPC Star Nathan Riwai-Couch reports from the USA Rugby Super League]]>
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<title>The One Percenters</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=35</link>
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<![CDATA[
Call us weak but Sportsfreak just had to join the tidal wave of hype.]]>
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<title>Real-time coverage of news is NO spoof</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=34</link>
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So we won our closest test in terms of runs, yet half the nation was focussed on a cricket story generated from the internet.]]>
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<title>Super 14 - Round Five Round-up</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=33</link>
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<![CDATA[
Hurricanes Houdini Act while Crusaders stay on top.]]>
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<title>Rebel Sport Super 14 - Round 5 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=32</link>
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<![CDATA[
Can the resurgent Chiefs cause the first major boilover in the S14 ?]]>
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<title>Drawing Flies</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=31</link>
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<![CDATA[
As cricket fans settle into viewing another format of their beloved game, the test match, another sporting code is gearing up for a seasonal change. ]]>
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<title>Another Campaign Begins</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=30</link>
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<![CDATA[
Ever wondered what John Bracewell is on about?  Sportsfreak provides this unique opportunity for Comical Braces to outline his battle plans in his own way….]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the NRL - TheTop Five</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=29</link>
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<![CDATA[
So at the Business End of the season, who will be staking a claim?]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the NRL - The Also Rans</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=28</link>
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<![CDATA[
We look at the teams that will be there or thereabouts when it comes to the Top Eight]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak Previews the NRL - The Cellar Dwellers</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=27</link>
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<![CDATA[
Today we have a look at the teams that will run 11th to 15th.  Who will get the wooden spoon?]]>
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<title>Leaked Correspondence between the Home Union FAs</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=26</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreak has obtained a copy of correspondence between the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Football Associations.]]>
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<title>Super 14 – Round 4 Wrap</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=25</link>
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<![CDATA[
“Crusaders go to the top of the class – and its only early March” !]]>
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<title>Scandal or not ?  You decide.</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=24</link>
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<![CDATA[
Sportsfreaks newest columnist offers his take on the latest ]]>
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<title>Super 14 – Round 4 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=23</link>
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Improvement by all teams & referees needed !]]>
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<title>18 Holes with Iles</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=22</link>
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<![CDATA[
We sent a correspondent to the Clearwater Resort.  Why ?  Because we can !]]>
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<title>Does Anyone Care About the Commonwealth Games?</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=21</link>
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<![CDATA[
Hands up all of you who know the start date for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.  Yep - I thought as much.]]>
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<title>The World as seen from the Pineapple State</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=20</link>
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<![CDATA[
In the first of a series of Sportsfreak’s travelling experiences, from attending the FIFA World Cup in Germany to observations in the People’s Republic of Queensland:]]>
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<title>The Tui Civil Offence Squad Launches</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=19</link>
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<![CDATA[
The Tui Civil Offence Squad is a rapid response unit to support the Hurricanes and their fans...]]>
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<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=18</link>
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<![CDATA[
NPC Div III Star Nathan Riwai-Couch reports for Sportsfreak !]]>
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<title>Sportsfreak’s Retrospectives of West Indian tours</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=16</link>
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In the first of a series reviewing past visits here by West Indian teams, Sportsfreak looks at previous ODI series played here between the two teams:]]>
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<title>The Top Timing of Taylor !</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=15</link>
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Question:  How many New Zealand domestic players have scored 3 centuries in the one 50 over home season ?]]>
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<title>2006 Sportsfreaks S14 Preview</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=14</link>
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We give you our low-down on the Sharks' chances in this year's Super 14.]]>
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<title>New Zealand Warriors 2006 Campaign</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=13</link>
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2005 was not a great season for the Warriors.  Their loyal fanbase held high hopes, but once again their team failed to live up to expectations ]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Cheetahs</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=12</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Cheetahs' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Brumbies</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=11</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Brumbies' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Correspondent: Wellington Sevens</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=10</link>
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We sent a monkey to the Sevens to give us a low-down!]]>
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<title>Columnist: Alan Godden</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=9</link>
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Columns written by Australian NBL Referee Alan Godden.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Force</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=8</link>
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Sportsfreak's take on the Forces' chances in this year's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Blues</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=7</link>
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Sportsfreak's take on the Blues' chances in this year's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Crusaders</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=6</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Highlanders' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Highlanders</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=5</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Highlanders' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Chiefs</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=4</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Chiefs' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Read your ticket before blaming security</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=3</link>
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New Zealand Cricket is running a very strong risk of being remembered for it's off field events]]>
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<title>Super 14 Low-down: Hurricanes</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=2</link>
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Sportfreak's low-down on the Hurricanes' chances in this season's Super 14.]]>
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<title>Underarm: 25 Years On</title>
<link>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=1</link>
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The underarm bowling incident a quarter-century onwards...]]>
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