Solve this Riddle
New Zealander Glen Jackson is appointed to referee the 2016 Super Final between the Hurricanes and the Lions. Tumbleweed South African Jaco Peyper referees the first Lions Test. (New Zealand[…]
Category: Rugby
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 28 July
How cool is this? 105 year old Eileen Ash, who made her debut against Australia in 1937, ringing the Lords bell before the Women’s World Cup final. Here she is[…]
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Old Salts and Shitty Night Fare
By The Spotter I’ve been writing on sportsfreak fairly regularly for around three years as ‘the Spotter’ and the thing that still pisses me off the most is our continued subjection to[…]
Stats and other things
The Super Rugby format is a mess; that is universally agreed. But, somehow, we have ended up with the four semi-finalists having the most points in round robin play. We[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 20 July
Pure delight in the Sunwolves coaching box. “These guys spent 12 days acclimatising for this?” The traditional shot of a South African cricketer being consoled by an opponent at the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 13 July
Ah, Louis Vuitton Day at Wimbledon. There is a lot of money in handbags apparently. Of course Dan Carter would be there, but what about Sergio Garcia doing the FKW[…]
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Test Match Town
Auckland transformed on Saturday night. Perhaps even earlier, as the tidal wave of red began to make its presence felt towards the end of the working week. But late Saturday[…]
Team of the Series
By Scott MacLean Mako Vunipola. Yes he was the ‘other’ villain in the Second Test for his twin assaults on Beauden Barrett but take that aside he was more industrious[…]
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Hot and Cold All Blackanaki Share the Spoils
By The Spotter Thank goodness for Jordie and Beauden B. Without their incisive running and ball playing, we in Aotearoa would surely be waking up this morning to the reality of the[…]
