Harbour on Heat
By The Spotter *Prior warning: The following may contain an element of bias- I’m North Shore born and bred. But give some latitude- it’s been a pretty long time between drinks[…]
Category: Rugby
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 22 September
Chris Froome is an interesting one. Ousmane Dembele has been at Barcelona for five minutes, pulled a hamstring, and his team-mates arguably over-react a little. Here is Chris Wood catching[…]
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What’s going on in the Mitre10 Cup?
By Scott MacLean “What the hell’s going on out here” is an oft-repeated clip of the late famed NFL coach Vince Lombardi wondering what his Green Bay Packers team was[…]
The State of it
By Scott MacLean As the winter season draws to a close, one thing needs to be called out before memories fade; the state of the regions grass fields. While it’s easy[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 September
Welcome to Lawson Tama in the Solomon Islands; the most OFC of all grounds. More metaphors than you can shake a club at. While wild fires burnt throughout Oregon and[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 1 September
A mixed week for Steven Adams. First he did a Pied Piper training session for 550 adoring kids. Then he took part in this photo opportunity. Former Phoenix keeper Liam[…]
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Flying Ferns make it a Fabulous Fifth
By The Spotter Glory…and redemption. When our brilliant Black Ferns won that thrilling Women’s Rugby World Cup Final (the best-ever Women’s Final, surely), they in turn exorcised the ghost of a comprehensive defeat by[…]
The Biggest Clowns in Town
By The Spotter The biggest clowns of all in this part of the world are you, The NZ Herald, for speculating (and whether it were tongue-in cheek or not you still chose[…]
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Mrs Pinetree, the Media, and the Legacy
By The Spotter There was plenty of excellent coverage from the media in the wake of the tragic passing (surely no exaggeration in that) of Sir Colin Meads. The balance was almost[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 24 August
Hoffenheim went to Anfield during the week for a Champions League qualification game. Imagine going along without brushing your teeth first. Who knew that Luis Suarez had a brand other[…]
