Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 August
Oh, Dan Carter. Not only was it not a particularly cold day in Auckland, but if you’re that concerned about feeling the cold surely you’d wear socks. From the England[…]
Category: Rugby
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Leave the backline alone
By The Spotter In the wake of last Saturday night in Perth there has been some (almost surprisingly) controlled gnashing of teeth from talkback callers. Have the ghosts of centre position experiments past with[…]
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A Moment in Time
By Scott MacLean A shade after 10.30pm our time on Saturday night, what was already shaping as a difficult outing for the All Blacks got a whole lot worse. Under[…]
The Swinehound Sports Quiz #8
By The Spotter Welcome to the eighth edition of the ‘Swinehound’ sports quiz. There hasn’t been one for a good while, so there’s an increase from the regular 8 question set to a full XV this time. The joint defenders[…]
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Bledisloe Cup Under-Rated XV
By The Spotter Here is a first XV of under-rated players from Bledisloe Cup matches from the past forty years or so. The team is top-heavy with Wallabies- logically so[…]
Strength Through Adversity
By Aiden McLaughlin Mitre 10 Cup time has arrived and with it comes exposure to some of the brightest young talents in New Zealand. Some are fresh out of 1st XV[…]
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Lochore; a True Rugby Great
By The Spotter Sir Brian Lochore was revered and loved by the NZ rugby public. Undoubtedly a major reason for this was his enduring humility, even though he had a pile of[…]
Waikato coach eyes higher performances in 2019
By Michael Pulman New Waikato coach Andrew Strawbridge is aiming for a higher performance that goes well beyond results in order to lift Waikato toward the pointy end of Mitre[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 2 August
The build-up to The Ashes in England. So much to answer for. Well that backfired. Props to the guy with the matching t-shirt; not so much to the guy whose[…]
Mixed Emotions
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘You guys that know me know that I’ll tell you all the time that worry is a wasted emotion. It’s a wasted emotion because if the thing[…]
