Hawke’s Bay’s Year
By Aiden McLaughlin When the Mitre 10 Finals weekend clashes with the start of the international cricket season, you know things aren’t normal. A balmy evening in Napier saw the[…]
Tagged: rugby union
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The Bubble
So Sam Cane thinks the NZ rugby public is “brutal”. Seriously? We know the All Blacks media management has always been in lockdown but this is quite something. There are[…]
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The World’s not ended, but it’s a Different Landscape for the ABs
By The Spotter The post mortems have been written and the national state of emergency declared. The All Blacks have lost two test matches in a row. Our main source[…]
The Wait is Over
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘I guess someone will write a book about it.’ Argentina coach Mario Ledesma after his side’s 25-15 victory against the All Blacks in Sydney last night.[…]
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A Brief Lament for Colour
By The Spotter If he knew that more than a few people nowadays take their news from individuals posting on social media feeds, the only sports journalist to be admitted into the NZ Sports[…]
I see Red, Red
By Scott MacLean There’s a number of talking points that could take centre stage after Saturday night’s fourth Bledisloe Test; the All Blacks Brisbane hoodoo continuing as the Wallabies took[…]
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Wahine weekend
By Harbour Heather A sporting Saturday with consecutive games is a fan’s nirvana. In an interrupted sports year, it was good to see both the Black Ferns and Kiwi Ferns[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 7 November
Kobe Steel’s Aaron Cruden, Ben Smith, Brodie Retallick escort primary school children to school. Matt Giteau settles in to watch the Melbourne Cup. You’d have thought that with no spectators[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 October
La Vuelta gets underway in Spain. The Slovenia giro is pretty good too. Winx was the greatest horse of the 21st century, so it was appropriate she was honoured with[…]
All set for the resumption of Six Nations Rugby
Six Nations October Schedule The Six Nations returns with the finale of the competition taking place later this month in October. With four matches played by the majority of the[…]
