Dan, missing lady action at home, has frigged himself into such a frenzy that he has broken his nether regions. This is bad. Well, as predicted Dan Carter will not have to be relied on to win us the World Cup. Dan the most outrageously gifted first five we’ve ever had will again not be … Read more
On the morrow our destiny arrives, for France await to break our spirit or fill our hearts with glee. I can count the number of really bad days I’ve had on two hands. Days where I’ve wanted the world to open up and swallow me, so I didn’t have to deal with the reality unfolding … Read more
Today’s the day. 24 years on from the year our cup was won and it’s back home again. Some (me) would argue that the intervening years have been a fairly terrible time for NZ rugby. The birth of the tri-nations, emergence of super rugby, the abolishment of the NPC, the removal of tours, yearly trips … Read more
Well, there we go, our glorious semi-final defeat rolled around again. The good things though are that we actually made this into a real game – a poor collapse of the previously always reliable kiwi tail meant the last 6 wickets fell for just 25 runs. Normally the tail in a kiwi lineup provides the … Read more
What if we live in a mutually exclusive world? Can we have our cake here and eat it too in the rugby world cup later in the year? Or will we be using up our proportion of luck, skill and talent to have success in the CWC? What if the success of our cricketers is … Read more
It’s been an awesome World Cup for us. The overwhelmingly huge defeats we inflicted on the Associate nations just put us in a mood for more good cricket. And once on a roll we’ve seen ever better performances. I’ve no idea if our second game against the quite brilliant Sri Lankans will be better than … Read more
As I write we are staring a massive hiding in the face and asking it for more. Nathan and Dan are at the crease trying to hold it together and we are 138-7 after being 73-6 earlier in the innings. Nathan has just swung and missed at 4 of the last 5 Tait deliveries. Things … Read more
Have woken up early this morning expecting to see us struggling against one of the minnows of world cricket Kenya. Normally this would be the sort of game where we make part-timers look amazing, one of them will tonne up and we will be chasing some enormous score just to stay in the cup. Not … Read more
If a NZer ever needed a reason to hate Australians, then the following should be in their top 5. I remember it like it happened yesterday. It still burns. They are scum. Never forget.
6 Nov, 2010 – Twickenham, England. Not quite the victory we were looking for. In fact, we were a bit lucky to hang on in the end, being a man down, due to the appalling refereeing by Frenchman Romain Poite , who attempted to whistle us off the field. Allowing the try after Ashton was five … Read more