Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 September
Surely a long-serving All Black captain should have read that book by now. There is a bit to unpick in this shot; like the thoughtful finger on chin routine etc.[…]
Category: Rugby
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Shout to the Top
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘If I was Devin Toner ….. I will be asking WR for answers. I feel sorry for him; nothing against for who was properly selected for the[…]
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The True Essence of the ABs- Taking It to the Kids
By The Spotter There they were on the network news a few days back. Interacting with hordes of starstruck kids at various venues across the country- the All Blacks, that is.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 31 August
Social media innovators can struggle at times. But the South African rugby squad announcement was really quite something. During the week Ben Stokes apparently played the Greatest Test Innings EverTM,[…]
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More than you can have
By Scott MacLean Predictably, yesterday’s announcement of the All Black squad for the Rugby World Cup brought out the armchair selection critic in many – “why is he there?”, “why[…]
Brothers in Black
Do you think we are out of new angles to chronicle the history of the All Blacks? Not so. In Jamie Wall’s Brothers in Black there is a retrospective of[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 August
Marvel Stadium Melbourne, and the pre-Fiba World Cup basketball series between Australia and the USA. What’s going on with Brooks Koepka? This is what Colin de Grandhomme gets up to[…]
Heads Roll at Westpac Stadium for Music Mishap
Westpac Stadium has today confirmed that it’s Head of Crowd Engagement and resident DJ has been fired. CEO Harmon McShane told a Sportsfreak roving reporter that Westpac Stadium’s now ex[…]
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Ian Bruce Deans (1960-2019); A Canterbury and Ranfurly Shield Great
By The Spotter Bruce ‘Diesel’ Deans was the halfback for one of the great All Black teams- the 1988 model. A team which in three tests, the first against Wales and the first and[…]
Waltzing the All Blacks
By The Spotter It’s now official. We got done over like a dog’s dinner in Perth and the selectors have gotten the heebeegeebees and pressed the nuclear button. Don’t swallow[…]
