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The South Africa Springboks will be without the services of flanker Jaco Kriel for this weekend, when the Springboks and the All Blacks take the field. He has a shoulder injury that prompted his return home and South African Rugby announced via tweet that he would not be replaced by another player. Is it resignation … Keep Reading “Springboks to Play All Blacks in North Harbour with Less Spring”

Kiwi professional golfer Lydia Ko has seemed to have found her form recently. She was playing the LPGA Tour Indianapolis Tech Championship and while it does not seem as though she has enough holes remaining to catch American Lexi Thompson, Ko has shown well recently, including goo performances in the U.S. Women’s Open and the … Keep Reading “Kiwi Ko Hopes for Strong Showing in New Zealand Open”

All Blacks Coach Steve Hansen, who seemingly has an inexhaustible supply of players he can plug into his lineup as his whims dictate, has made seven changes to his starting side for an upcoming match against Argentina in a Rugby Championship game Saturday in New Plymouth. It is believed that he is adding the new … Keep Reading “All Blacks Coach Hansen set to Unleash latest Fifita Fury”

It is win or else in the NRL, as former South Sydney Rabbitohs Coach Michael Maguire can attest. Two years remaining on the contract? Just a minor detail. Long-term contracts are for winning coaches in the NRL. The Rabbitohs, at least, had the good decorum to wait until the season was over, although some might … Keep Reading “Michael Maguire Experiences Brutal Reality of Win-or-Else NRL”

Other than speculation that they might be recruiting players from the ranks of some American club rugby side, how else to explain how a country that can produce the All Blacks is also responsible for the woeful Warriors of the NRL? The Telstra 2017 NRL Premiership competition came to a merciful end for the Kiwi … Keep Reading “Warriors Happy to Hear Final Siren on Dismal 2017 NRL Campaign”

The New Zealand Silver Ferns loss to the England Roses in the Quad Series by the score of 49 – 45 in Auckland recently has Coach Janine Southby looking for silver linings, hoping the team can take away some insight from the disappointing loss on Wednesday night. It must sting a bit like nettles to … Keep Reading “Silver Ferns Lack Focus in 49 – 45 Loss to England Roses”

The New Zealand Warriors will not make any changes to the list for the Telstra 2017 NRL Premiership competition final, standing pat with the lineup that has taken them nowhere when they play the even more dismal Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval in the Sydney suburb of Lilyfield. The Warriors could have been called the … Keep Reading “New Zealand Warriors Hope to Avoid Dubious History in Round 26”

Flat-earthers and deniers of human-induced climate change are now joined by those who thought that the Wallabies actually had a snowball’s chance of beating the All Blacks in Dunedin in game two of Bledisloe Cup play. Granted, there was a nervous moment or two, but the 35 – 29 victory by the All Blacks that … Keep Reading “All Blacks Survive Brief Scare by Determined Wallabies”

We thought for a moment that we had switched on a replay of the first Bledisloe Cup series when we saw the 52 – 34 final score in front of our eyes, but it turned out to be the Parramatta Eels doing an All Blacks number on the Brisbane Broncos. That sort of result does … Keep Reading “Brisbane Broncos Thrashed at Suncorp by Parramatta Eels”

Wallabies Assistant coach Mick Byrne is requesting patience from the team’s Aussie supporters. He stopped short of attaching a time frame to his request, but it is highly doubtful that he would be so bold as to seek another 15 years forbearance for the Wallabies to win another Bledisloe Cup. According to Byrne, the Wallabies … Keep Reading “Wallabies Assistant Byrne Seeks Patience from Suffering Aussie Fans”