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Super Rugby will commence in a matter of a couple of weeks and a few days, with a new system being trialled to protect players, mainly their noggins. While it mainly seems that something should be done to protect knees, the new measure is aimed at lowering the incidence of player concussions. Any player who … Keep Reading “Super Rugby High Tackle Trial Will Out Players for Two Strikes”

The Black Caps were whitewashed for the 10th time in 90 years’ worth of Test cricket. The optimist in us has nothing to say. The first Test was a 296-run loss. Maybe the optimist in us could say that the Black Caps managed to keep it under 300, but that might be a bit of … Keep Reading “Bush Fire Smoke Produces Black Cap Lethargy”

This is often the day for retrospectives of the year concluding, but for reasons yet to reveal themselves, we find ourselves looking ahead more than in past years, so we will merely thank 2019 for the mostly good year that it was and look forward to 2020. We do not intend to throw predictions about … Keep Reading “Former Pom Hooker Suggests Eliminating Rugby Conversions”

Is there any chance one of the footy codes could lure New Zealand’s Steven Adams away from the NBA? His length and bulk would make for a fearsome scrummer in the rugby codes or more possibly, a forward or a ruck in the AFL. Breathe easy, any NRL or AFL club that would hate to … Keep Reading “Kiwi Big Man Adams’ Late Heroics Contribute to Club Record Comeback”

There is one immutable fact with regard to contact sports. The human brain is like an egg yolk, fits loosely inside the skull and does not appreciate being sloshed about and slammed into the bones of the head. Progress is being made. More attention over the last few years to the potential long-term consequences of … Keep Reading “University of Auckland Scientists Undertake Concussion Study”

Were we Sonny Bill Williams, we would train for our $10 million paycheck with the Toronto Wolfpack by eating three square a day at Maccas. It is, after all, Canadian football and SBW already a giant of proper football of the sort played in the southern hemisphere, should find himself a giant amongst midgets when … Keep Reading “SBW Prepares Intensely for U.K. Super League Debut with Toronto”

When rugby football success is found, it does not take much investigating to find a Kiwi hand involved. Watch out world! A New Zealander has taken the helm with the Wallabies. The topic for now, however, is the impact a certain Simon Jones produced when he went to Japan for a role with the Brave … Keep Reading “Simon Jones back in New Zealand after Whipping Japan into Shape”

Birds might like to fly. Pilots might like to fly. Us? Not so much, but then, we are crammed into an aluminum tube that invariably is populated by screaming babies and people for whom the term moderation does not apply when it comes to the subject of body fragrance application. You might think basketball players … Keep Reading “Breakers Vodanovich Adds Another Issue to Turbulent Breakers”

The search for Steve Hansen’s successor is in full swing in New Zealand. We do not know who it will be, but the bloke had better be ready to suffer the slings and arrows of ascending to a role where comparisons to Hansen will not be limited to football results only. The new man might … Keep Reading “Hansen’s Successor will Need Extra Thick Rhino Skin”

Sonny Bill Williams, done with the All Blacks, will join the Toronto Wolfpack on a two-year deal reportedly for $10 million, making him the highest paid player in rugby anywhere in the world. Ten million is almost NBA money and it is certainly NFL money, at least for some on the lower-paid positions. Toronto is … Keep Reading “SBW to Canada on Huge Deal with English Super League Toronto Wolfpack”