Collected Memory: the future of the NZ Sports Hall of Fame
By Jamie Bell In the 1990s, I was a sports mad kid growing up in Central Otago, deep in a sports mad country. While we had the opportunity to see[…]
Monthly Archive: September 2021
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A Letter For Reece
By Scott MacLean Hi Reece, You’ve had a hell of a weekend haven’t you? Let’s start with Saturday night. It’s easy to say “What were you thinking?”, but instead what happened,[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 26 September
Sometimes headlines write themselves. The European Ryder Cup team in an attempt to get some locals on their side, because it’s said they love their cheese in Wisconsin. Each badge[…]
Test Match Therapy: Those That Stopped a Nation
By Euan McCabe It’s drawing rather a long straw to suggest that any game of cricket has ever actually brought this country to a stop. But what else could I[…]
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Preliminary Finals Preview
By Stephen Gallagher Both games right last week. 130/196 for the season! FRIDAY: Rabbitohs (3) V Sea Eagles (4) – Suncorp Stadium – 21.50NZT With a week off, the[…]
Will the Demons be Exorcised?
By Kiwi Kali It’s tempting to drag out all of the 2020 clichés. Unprecedented times… A season like no other… Hubs… Bubbles… Tradition thrown out the window… But with the[…]
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The 80/20 Rule
The majority of All Blacks v Springboks tests, numerically speaking, have been in the last 20 years. There have been some good tests in that time; the mauling of Albany,[…]
An appreciation of Jack Phillipps
Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell a story about a prominent New Zealander. This is David Battersby’s 17th Monograph. He is a lifelong Glamorgan fan with an interest in[…]
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Ranfurly Shield: Hawke’s Bay v Bay of Plenty
By Aiden McLaughlin A Ranfurly Shield defence, but not as we know it. With the usual advantage of a home crowd hugely reduced due to Covid-19 Level 2 restrictions,[…]
NRL Finals – Week 2
By Stephen Gallagher No good last week. 2/4 128/194 for the season! FRIDAY: Sea Eagles (4) V Roosters (5) – BB Print Stadium, Mackay – 21.50NZT Embarrassed and disposed[…]
