Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 January
Rugby Uganda style. They might not have corporate boxes but they do have a waitress who clearly loves the sport. Even when the Farrell family catches up for a photo[…]
Tagged: rugby union
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Fantasy Rugby Draft
By Richard Gordon The rugby season is starting in January. Yes that’s right, January. This is far too early and I could write an article about how the saturation of[…]
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When Things Don’t Add Up
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘We talked about sitting down after 5, 10 years time and saying it was good to be a part of that.’ The words of Michael Lynagh in[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 17 January
Props to the King of Sweden yelling at a handball match. Although it would appear not everyone agrees. In other royal news, Konrad Hurrell donning his best jandals for a[…]
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Three New Zealand Sporting Heroes of 2019
Sonny Bill Williams After the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, one of New Zealand’s most polarising figures in its entire sporting history became a symbol of unity. Williams had prayed at[…]
Heroics & Heartbreak
By Aiden McLaughlin 27th October 2018. It seems like a lifetime ago. The All Blacks are playing Australia at Yokohama International Stadium in the first match of their end of[…]
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Joe Schmidt: Ordinary Joe
By Aiden McLaughlin At the start of April this year, I attended a fundraiser for the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union. Joe Schmidt was the guest speaker. As with all these[…]
Talking Points: 2020 Super Rugby Squads
By Richard Gordon Blues Five first fives? While I could imagine having four as Beauden Barrett will miss half the season, five is too much. It appears that either Leon[…]
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Doing it with Class (and a Bit of Arse)
By Paul Montague If there’s ever been a humbler group of winners at a final whistle than the South Africans at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, then I’d love to have come[…]
The Mitre 10 Cup Team of 2019
By Ryan Nixon (and Scott MacLean) It’s become an annual tradition for myself and Scott MacLean to pick over the bones of the Mitre 10 Cup season and come up[…]
