Are the Blues up for it?
By The Spotter The Blues will be up shit street 2018 without a Super Rugby play-off shovel if they can’t motivate themselves to turn around their fortunes against a team that[…]
Category: Rugby
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 27 April
There is a lot going on in this photo. (UPDATE: Might not be photo from this week.) Anyway, James Harden from the Houston Rockets produced a similar scene. Always a shot of[…]
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Be Careful what you wish for
Never trust a Press Release that comes out at 6:04am on a Monday. Especially when that Monday happens to be the day after the conclusion of a major sporting event.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 April
So there has been a bit of rain at Worcestershire cricket club in the northern spring. That should never get in the way of a pre-season team photo. And, further[…]
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When PR Goes Wrong
By Scott MacLean In case you missed it, the Hurricanes billed their clash with the Chiefs at the Cake Tin tomorrow night as the “Taranaki Land War”. While a nod[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 April
Self-indulgence corner. This feature started in 2013 after a photo of Kane Williamson bowling at Eden Park with a field similar to this got a fair bit of comment. The[…]
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Vale to three top men of the ‘8’ Jersey
By The Spotter Gary Seear, then Mac McCallion and just this past week, Dylan Mika. It’s a sad, premature farewell to three prominent members of the NZ Rugby family. And all played[…]
S.O.S.- ‘Sos’ departs
By The Spotter As a Rugby Union halfback for Wellington in the 1980s, fans would remember Neil Sorensen for his tracer bullet of a pass. The one that often set Wilson,[…]
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The Bumbling Blues- Rugby’s Ultimate Passion Killers
By The Spotter There won’t be much indepthness in here, more like lament. The Blues-Chiefs last night, especially the first half: To borrow a J Marshall-ism (just this once- you have my[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 February
Winter Olympics corner. And one really large TEAM USA!!! hug at the Ice Hockey. Emotions. Carlijn Achtereekte of the Netherlands is really happy with her gold medal. In contrast… Akwasi[…]
