Exit Interview: The Highlanders
By Mark Currie The second in a five part series of writers from the various New Zealand Super Rugby franchises giving their season ending exit interviews. The Highlanders. For a[…]
Tagged: rugby union
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Let Her Play
By Scott MacLean It takes a fair bit to get my blood really boiling, but this nonsense this morning out of Hawkes Bay did. Briar Hales has been effectively excluded[…]
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Exit Interview: The Blues
The first in a five part series of writers from the various New Zealand Super Rugby franchises giving their season ending exit interviews. Naturally The Blues are up first. By[…]
The Tew Era
By Scott MacLean New Zealand Rugby supremo Steve Tew has announced he’ll step down as CEO later this year, ending a stint in rugby administration longer than the professional game[…]
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Swinehound Quiz #7
By The Spotter The 7th Swinehound via sportsfreak.co.nz is centred on Rugby Union and ‘The Mighty Quinn’; NZ’s commentating royalty, Keith Quinn. It is his lines of commentary that have settled permanently into the[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 May
Tiger Ball at the PGA. He didn’t even make the cut, but he still attracts the phones. A Cricket Match by LS Lowry fetched a million pounds during the week.[…]
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Leave the Preaching at the Altar
By The Spotter It’s high time to do away with religious dogma and associated preaching in sport. It’s an affront to me to literally brainwash people with attitudes that originated a couple of thousand[…]
Save a Seat for Asafo
By The Spotter Falling feijoas and I notice autumn has arrived. The Hurricanes scrum starts looking impressive and I know Asafo Aumua has arrived. Yes, he is light on big-game experience, but if Aumua isn’t tucking[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 April
Break the stigma. It’s OK to speak. Challenging times at the Grand National at Aintree. Down the road here is Jimmy Anderson beaming away at the Lancashire open day. David[…]
A Breed Apart (Thank Goodness for it)
By The Spotter ‘Whatever else might be said about him- and there is still serious doubt in my mind that he could pass for Human- he is a goddamn stone[…]
