Tag Archives: Rugby
In Praise of High School Sports, Part One
All Blacks aside, the two most compelling matches I watched over the past week involved players aged between 12 and 19. On Saturday some friends and I trooped along to Eden Park to watch my old school, Auckland Grammar, be … Continue reading
"Don't Make Us Come And Get You" – Rugby Is Dying
6-0. Yes, 6 – 0. The lowest score in Super rugby history and it happened last Saturday. Not only that, it happened between two of the competitions proudest franchises, the Crusaders and the Highlanders. Tragedy. In between the fumbled passes, botched … Continue reading
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Merry Xmas From DeadBall
Merry Christmas to all those visiting us this festive season. The above photograph was supplied to us by Wheelsucker, one of our guest bloggers, and captures something that I think justifies any and all merriment today. Because while Australia might … Continue reading
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Guest Post: In Response – Can Rugby Have Swag?
Note: this is in response to this post on December 19. I agree in theory… but I wonder whether the comparison is fair. For me at least, the reason the NBA players are so intriguing is that their stories speak of … Continue reading
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Hating on the Haka
It seems like every time the All Blacks head out on one of these interminable Northern tours the English rugby writers draw straws to see who gets to roll out their anti-haka piece. This year, the Guardian’s Frank Keating won … Continue reading
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Munster Revisited
It often seems to me that Rugby is a little lost amongst the glitz and glamour of professional sports. The contemporary entertainment economy seems too much, has gone too far, for this game. It’s meant to be the game of … Continue reading
Liveblogging All Blacks vs Munster
Henry and I are going to attempt to live-blog this game, though we’ll be talking around the game rather than about it. The above is a shot of Howlett doing the Haka, along with the other NZers in the side. … Continue reading
I Piri the Fool
Dead Ball hero and national icon Piri Weepu has today completed one of the most impressive personal 12 month turnarounds in rugby – an All Black outsider, ommited from the end of season touring squad of 2007, he has now … Continue reading
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Boys in the Scrum
The NY Times has a fantastic story on what is apparently the United States’ first all African-American rugby team. Hyde Leadership Public Charter is a small Washington school, with a pretty disadvantaged student body, has somehow put together a rugby … Continue reading
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