Bad Sport: Fallen Idol
By Aiden McLaughlin On 11th October, it will be exactly 21 years since Hansie Cronje received a life ban from any involvement in cricket, from the United Cricket Board of[…]
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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,[…]
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White Ferns: Will To Win
By Aiden McLaughlin When the White Ferns squad and coaching staff assembled in Mount Maunganui prior to departing for their tour of England, they had company – Spark Sport[…]
Road to Nowhere
By Aiden McLaughlin With New Zealand preparing for a 3pm update from Jacinda Ardern and Ashley Bloomfield, an email arrived in my inbox at 2.52pm on Friday afternoon: ‘All Blacks[…]
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All Blacks 33 – 25 Australia
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘At the end of the day it’s a Bledisloe Cup series, we put a stake in the ground, we’re 1-0 up and we’re looking forward to next[…]
NZ NBL: Final Four
By Aiden McLaughlin 90 games down, just 3 to go. After a Covid affected season that resulted in the one-off (and award winning) NBL Showdown in 2020, the Sal’s 2021[…]
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100 Miles High
By Aiden McLaughlin What did you do over the weekend? Maybe you watched or played some sport? Perhaps you spent some time with family and friends? I dare say a[…]
Turn it around
By Aiden McLaughlin At 9pm UK time on Sunday evening, just hours after the first Test at Lords had ended in a draw, the ECB released the following statement: ‘England[…]
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Hurricanes v Western Force
By Aiden McLaughlin Round three of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman kicked off in Napier this evening with the Hurricanes and Force doing battle at McLean Park. Although this weekend’s fixtures[…]
