Swinehound Sports Quiz #12
By The Spotter Feel like racking the brain? Have a go at the Swinehound Sports Quiz, edition 12. All Qs carefully prepared- it does take a while nowadays to dig into my 50 year-old brain, so at[…]
Monthly Archive: February 2020
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 February
The 100th test for Ross Taylor, the 100th test win for New Zealand. All in one picture. The last time the Hurricanes played on Napier both Barrett brothers played. Good[…]
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The Mt Victoria Tradition: in Pictures
It is 1998, in the grunge era. and New Zealand had just beaten Zimbabwe at The Basin. Simon Doull had an idea, Adam Parore got wind of it, and a[…]
Confidence
By his standards this has been a particularly frustrating season for Trent Boult. There was the test against England at The Mount where he limped off on the final day.[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 22 February
Cricket fashion. Gunn and Moore, on-trend for 2020. The Women’s T20 World Cup started this week so it was obviously time for all the photo ops. Those hats…. Sophie Devine,[…]
Do We Really Want This?
By The Spotter It’s unfortunate to say, but is becoming clearer and clearer, that NZC has at its helm an archetypal, corporate yes-man who is more interested in building an empire than[…]
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Giving it a Go
By Aiden McLaughlin We’re some of the lucky ones. Parents to two healthy daughters. My wife and I are able to provide a loving and stable environment for them to[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 February
You get the feeling Baby Grace will have plenty of White Ferns aunties looking after her. Over the top KFC sponsorship and product placement isn’t confined to Australian cricket. Everton[…]
Transition Offense
By Aiden McLaughlin Twenty seven games down, just one to go. Christchurch on Friday night will see the Breakers take on South East Melbourne in their final regular season game.[…]
