Are the Blues up for it?
By The Spotter The Blues will be up shit street 2018 without a Super Rugby play-off shovel if they can’t motivate themselves to turn around their fortunes against a team that[…]
Monthly Archive: April 2018
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 27 April
There is a lot going on in this photo. (UPDATE: Might not be photo from this week.) Anyway, James Harden from the Houston Rockets produced a similar scene. Always a shot of[…]
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Don’t Panic Warriors Fans
By Keith Miller There’s no way around it. Last night the Warriors copped a shellacking at the hands of a rampant Melbourne Storm. Yet whilst a 50-10 scoreline never looks[…]
There are own goals in netball after all
The Wellington Phoenix and the Auckland Blues must love NZ Netball right now. You think we’ve got issues; have you seen what’s happening at NZ Netball? You could argue that[…]
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Stand up to Such Absolute Garbage
By The Spotter I can’t stand idly by and let this happen. Not on my watch and certainly not while I’m on this site and writing. I’m talking about the mindless abuse[…]
80 words in 80 minutes. NRL round eight
By Stephen Gallagher Wednesday, April 25 Dragons v Roosters, Allianz Stadium, 18.10NZT The classic ANZAC Day clash will no doubt excite. These two teams coming together always give the fans[…]
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The Rise of the Banal, the Fall of the Creative
By The Spotter A fair proportion of the originality and levity of the past in top-line sport is now goneburger. Professionalism and big business has seen to that. I’m not one who cares about having hundreds[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 20 April
The Manchester United 2017/8 season. Where the excitement has been palpable. Also, a snake of coffee cups? The manager of Belgium will have about a fortnight to gel his[…]
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Ivan Mauger- One of the Greats.
By The Spotter When a moderately-sized institution gets authorised to spend $1.7 million on the purchase of memorabilia belonging to a single individual, you know for certain that that person must have achieved[…]
80 words in 80 minutes. NRL round seven
By Stephen Gallagher Thursday, April 19 Bulldogs v Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 21.50NZT After an impressive victory in North Queensland last week, the Bulldogs are looking to give the Roosters a[…]
