Tall guy is good at Frisbee, also Discus

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

Marshall Hall is probably the best Dunedin athlete you have never heard of. Most people would have noticed him around uni (he’s 6’10” and massive) and thought, “who the fuck is that tall guy? I bet he’s good at basketball.” You would be right (NZ U18 rep), but he’s even better at throwing a discus. Read more...

University Entices Students With Stolen Gym

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

The Otago University has still not had to pay for the University Plaza building located in front of the stadium, despite using it since the start of the year. The Unipol recreation complex has been open since mid-January and has had massive numbers of students from the University and Read more...

Hyde and seek

Posted 6:37pm Sunday 11th March 2012

OUSA president Logan Edgar has lashed out at claims by the Otago Daily Times’s Rosie Manins that the Hyde Street Keg Party has been “marred by disorder” in previous years. The comments from Edgar came as he clinched a significant political victory, securing the future of the keg party after having Read more...

William Tell, apparently not such a fantastic shot after a tray of SoGos

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

In a continuation of the gratuitous violence that has plagued Dunedin in recent weeks, a man was shot in the foot with a crossbow during an alcohol-fuelled incident in the suburb of Mornington. A 54-year-old male required surgery to remove a crossbow bolt from his foot after a 51-year-old Read more...

Otago's Manhood Swallowed by Giant Hole

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

The Otago Rugby Football Union is officially broke. They can’t afford SoGos, they can’t buy ramen, they can’t even pay the power bill. And they certainly won’t be springing for the whole team to get tuggies down at Lucky Sevens on Friday night. At the time Critic went to print on Thursday Read more...

The Rise of the Lady Referee

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

For five long minutes Brigitte Tyler was the darling of the New Zealand sporting universe. It was Wellington Sevens weekend. You were probably drunk, wearing a stupid costume you cobbled together in 5 minutes. Or you were drunk somewhere else. You were drunk. That’s all there is too it. It was a Read more...

Single White Cricketer

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012

Neil Wagner is a driven man. Since the age of 14 he has dreamed of playing international cricket, but things just kept standing in his way. He wanted to play for the Proteas, but he couldn’t. He wants to play for the Black Caps but he can’t (yet). It’s all he wants to do. Please New Zealand let this Read more...

Critic goes to the Rugby

Posted 4:08pm Sunday 4th March 2012

Apparently a part of my job as sports reporter for Critic this year involves actually going to sports and reporting on them so, here we go. Joe (the editor) and I went and mixed it up with the other media types in the press box up the back of the main stand. That guy from 3 Sports with the massive Read more...

Remember the Highlanders

Posted 3:06pm Friday 24th February 2012

Whatever happened to the Highlanders? They were a force to be reckoned with at the start of last year and then disapeared into a green oblivion. Well, this year, they are your new favourite rugby team. They have new, better players (cheers Mark Hammet), including an experienced campaigner to do the Read more...

Freshers run about in meaningless bid for physical prestige

Posted 2:56pm Friday 24th February 2012

Last Tuesday hundreds of freshers packed Logan Park in their colour-coordinated and wittily-branded hall T-shirts, to take part in semi-formal passive-aggressive athletic pursuits. Plenty of skills were on show in volleyball, touch, netball and soccer but many chose to keep it casual to avoid being Read more...