I saw bits and pieces of various UK SuperLeague games last weekend.
You knew when a try was scored when Blur’s Song 2.
Sadly, it was all a little underwhelming. 10,000 pasty faced Poms sitting there being told to get their mojo out. Woohoo indeed.
Don’t get me wrong. Great, great song. But when the crowd is struggling [...]
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Looks like a good night to be at the pub, at home in front of Sky … anywhere except on the road to visit the Mother!
What a feast:
The Black Caps take on the Indians
The Breakers face sudden death against the Melbourne Not The Storm
The Hurricanes are on the road to face the Crusaders who will [...]
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In a reversal of the time honoured tradition, instead of the shit hitting the fan, a rugby fan has hit out at moi for my shit stirring comments about rugby earlier in the week.
It is great news for rugby that they still have a fan. Perhaps like the kakapo, they could put him in captivity [...]
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I saw this on The Crowd Goes Wild at the weekend and thought I’d flog it and make you think my research department had found it all by myself.
High School Basketball Teams Bring Sportsmanship to Life
Mind you, the story on line is actually the script from the news so I’m not the only one flogging [...]
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The NRL may still be a couple of weeks away, but the extensive advertising campaign has started in New Zealand, Australia, and even South Africa.
Yep, the Super 14.
Actually I blogged a recently about oxymoronic sports events and right now there’s not a lot super about the Super 14.
The Waratahs v Chiefs game really highlighted the [...]
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The Orange has patented Tana Watch, there should be as much interest in New Zealand’s highest paid sports star, Ryan Nelsen (in case you needed a bit of help).
In case you need a little bit more help, Nelsen is a defensive player with Blackburn in the English Premier League and good enough to be captain. [...]
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Richard Boock likes to get up people’s nose.
And good on him too.
Too much of the New Zealand sporting public acts like they’re been at the bottom of too many rucks or gone too many rounds with Mike Tyson. Without head protection. And without ear muffs.
Over recent weeks, there’s been a couple of issues that are [...]
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At least with the LOTR trilogy, things got better for our merry band of misfits up against the odds.
Or should that be in Tana’s case, up against the Frogs.
Tana is now once again a living legend who is risking his own personal legacy to try to get out of jail. So far, he only looks [...]
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The ARC are now taking it up the chutney following the debacle with David Beckham and a Galaxy that is now far far away.
The loss is now reported to be close to $2 million which is a great ROI if you happen to be an Auckland ratepayer.
According to the Granny Herald, the ARC shelled out [...]
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OK I know this isn’t really sport but it does involve a team (of players!) and excessive use of alcohol.
No, it’s not New Zealand rugby.
Apparently the Rolling Stones are considering giving Ronnie Wood the DCM (Don’t Come Monday) if he doesn’t clean up his act.
According to Stuff:
Ronnie failed his medical for the 2002/2003 tour because [...]
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