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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Greats of Coaching- What Makes Them Outstanding?
By Paul Montague For anyone aspiring to become an outstanding coach in their chosen sport, the initial mindset they’d have would surely be an unrequited passion for the sport itself- as opposed[…]
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Swinehound Sports Quiz #14
By The Spotter Quiz #13 was way back at Easter- it feels like half a year ago. The pride of Mid Canterbury, Andrew Mitchell, is the current champ. Andrew is[…]
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[…]
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Looking Back: Historical Sporting Friendships
By Paul Montague At this year’s ASB Women’s Classic tennis tournament in Auckland, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki professed a close friendship for one another. It was evident the comments weren’t just[…]
The Swinehound Sports Quiz #13
By The Spotter The Swinehound Shield holder is Mid Canterbury, in the form of Andrew Mitchell. This edition is slightly longer for the Easter weekend. It’s tough, I reckon. The[…]
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“Old Man Radio” Hit for a Six
By Paul Montague It’s pretty difficult to think of a more damaging psychological hit over the boundary than being fired smack in the middle of a nationwide lockdown and when you’re[…]
Swinehound Sports Quiz #12
By The Spotter Feel like racking the brain? Have a go at the Swinehound Sports Quiz, edition 12. All Qs carefully prepared- it does take a while nowadays to dig into my 50 year-old brain, so at[…]
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Do We Really Want This?
By The Spotter It’s unfortunate to say, but is becoming clearer and clearer, that NZC has at its helm an archetypal, corporate yes-man who is more interested in building an empire than[…]
When Good Breaks go Bad
By The Spotter Holy holiday, Batman, what in the dereliction of duty is going on here? Beaudy B was off lording it at the Super Bowl and while he spent time cheering[…]
