That Was The Week That Was
Considering the Blackcaps and White Ferns haven’t played, it’s been quite the week for New Zealand Cricket and their partners. Last Friday a report out of Hawke’s Bay regarding[…]
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Rugby’s big headache
By Scott MacLean A little over a month ago I wrote in this space about the events of the fourth and final Bledisloe Cup Test that saw All Black Ofa[…]
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Righting Past Wrongs
By Andrew Dunford Wellington, 24 September 2020 BREAKING NEWS New Zealand Rugby (NZR) today confirmed its intention to retrospectively cut short the All Blacks’ 1972/73 tour of the British Isles,[…]
One in Seven
By Aiden McLaughlin Can you imagine if, after all the discussions of the last week, New Zealand Rugby had turned around a few days ago and said ‘We regret to[…]
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The Rugby Championship
By Aiden McLaughlin On a day where Week 2 of the Farah Palmer Cup and Week 1 of the Mitre 10 Cup kicked off in a double header at North[…]
Fields of Unglory: The Blurred Lines of Elitism in College Sport
By Paul Montague Never had much of a rugby career- two years at high school was my lot. In the opening game of my third season, I knocked my head[…]
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Bad Optics
So the North v South rugby clash has hit a bit of trouble. Some of it has been bad luck, but some of it has shown up how NZR doesn’t[…]
New Zealand wants to be the Super Rugby Top Dog – And Rightly So
By James Rodbourn If we are to believe recent media reports, New Zealand rugby has come in hot to discussions with its fellow SANZAAR partners around the future of Super[…]
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Twin Steve Mafia Goneburger, So Right Time to Reconnect Back to the Clubs
By The Spotter Viewing last week’s episode of ‘The Breakdown’ and the exceptionally good new production ‘Loosehead Footy’ on Sky, brings one to the realisation it’s the right time, right now in the present winds[…]
We need to talk about William
By Jamie Bell In 2017, to coincide with the British and Irish Lions rugby tour, the New Zealand Cricket Museum ran tours of Wellington’s Basin Reserve. The Basin is an[…]
