Kiwis Begin To Take Flight In Super Rugby

Posted 11:03am Sunday 17th April 2016 by Willy Chapman

Not even half way through this year’s instalment of Super Rugby and New Zealand teams are strongly in the box seat. In what is turning out to be quite a lop-sided competition, New Zealand teams are dominating their overseas competitors as four Kiwi sides are on track to qualify for Read more...

From Schoolyard To Eden Park

Posted 10:53am Sunday 10th April 2016 by Sean Nugent

It was just another lunch break at Mt Eden Normal Primary School in mid-2005. There were around seven or eight of us that would play some kind of sport all year round during lunchtime. Generally we would play cricket in the summer and rugby in the winter. At the time we had an abundance of quality Read more...

IPL Chances Reignited For Martin Guptill?

Posted 10:57am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Willy Chapman

With some strong performances in the latest installment of the T20 World Cup in India, Guptill is showing why he will be sorely missed in this years IPL tournament. Guptill was surprisingly snubbed by IPL bosses in February’s auction, where many thought he would cash in after an explosive Read more...

The Case of March Madness

Posted 11:00am Sunday 3rd April 2016 by Sean Nugent

I've heard a few people asking the same question in the last couple of weeks: “What the hell is March Madness?” In simple terms it’s a college basketball tournament in the United States played by the top 68 teams in the nation. Yet look deeper and it’s so much more than Read more...

Acting Like Dopes

Posted 11:27am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

In wake of Maria Sharapova’s admission to taking a banned substance before this year’s Australian Open, I thought it would be a good time to look back on similar doping scandals that shook the world. So, in no particular order, here’s my top five all-time doping scandals: East Read more...

Leicester City Five Points Clear

Posted 11:32am Sunday 20th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

Leicester City have gone five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United. Shinji Okazaki’s superb first half strike increased the pressure on both Tottenham and Arsenal as the season nears its conclusion. With eight games to go, Leicester have Read more...

The Cricketing Summer

Posted 12:26pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

It's been a turbulent summer of cricket for the Blackcaps. A fairly promising series in Australia was followed by a strong period over the Christmas break against firstly Sri Lanka and then Pakistan. The Chappell/Hadlee trophy was successfully defended, before Brendon McCullum bid his farewell Read more...

Sharapova Tests Positive For Drugs After Big New Years

Posted 12:16pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Sean Nugent

Former world number one and global tennis icon Maria Sharapova has admitted to failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January. The five-time Grand Slam winner tested positive for meldonium, a drug used to help the flow of blood and oxygen. The drug had been banned by the International Read more...

New Zealand’s Greatest Batsman Passes Away

Posted 12:20pm Sunday 13th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

After a prolonged fight against lymphoma, Martin Crowe, New Zealand’s greatest ever batsmen passed away last week in Auckland aged just 53.  A statement from his family headed “God Speed, Rest in Peace” said he had died peacefully, surrounded by family. Crowe was Read more...

Highlanders Hit Early With Injuries

Posted 11:45am Sunday 6th March 2016 by Hugh Baird

Highlanders will have to do without Waisake Naholo and Fumiaki Tanaka for at least the next month, or longer, due to injury. Naholo sustained a new fracture to the same leg that he injured before the World Cup last year. The injury occurred late in the game against the Blues and the fracture was Read more...