Sports

22 June, 2017. 13:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The writing team behind the NRL's most popular TV drama, The State of Origin, are tipped to win next year's Gold Logie Award after last night's theatrics in Sydney captivated audiences around the nation. Often viewed as the last real gladiatorial sporting conquest, Origin, as it's known locally, is repeatedly compared to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The touring British and Irish Lions have revealed their plans to respond to the All Blacks haka this weekend in Aukland - and it's the most British thing ever. Set to the tune of Pink Floyd's seminal 1975 prog rock masterpiece, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part VIII), the Lions will dance beneath the 4-meter tall...

PAUL MORELLO | Victoria | CONTACT Brunswick Football Club Head Trainer Dave O’Keefe has been a part of the furniture in the Bat Cave (the team’s clubrooms) for the previous 28 years. “He says it’s like a second home, but I’ve never seen him leave… I think he sleeps on the rub down table” said 38-year-old Bats wingman, Allen “Skinny” Ablett. That...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A close-knit group of school friends from Christchurch have put aside any plans they had this weekend to spend the night in watching their All Blacks take on the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park. The fourth form students from an underprivileged government school on the edge of South Island city all agree that...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The board of Australian Rugby has done its best this afternoon to try to instil confidence in the fledgeling sport by explaining that Australian cricket is also in turmoil. CEO Bill Pulver said that the public needs to understand that rugby union isn't the only sport that's going down the drain in this country -...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former Wallabies coach, and former All Blacks players Robbie Deans has been spotted over the weekend in an exclusive Kiwi Rugby Royalty clubhouse on the Avon River in Canterbury, a water estuary named after his pioneering great-great-great-grandfather John Deans. It is believed that Deans was seen taking part in a jovial and rambunctious conversation with...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Johnathan Thurston has sent a scare through the Banana Republic this week after going down twice at training with a broken neck while at the Gold Coast State of Origin base on Sunday. The GOAT was reportedly back on track for Game II start tomorrow night, after being sidelined for five weeks with a shoulder...

ROY MARTIN | Killers Editor | CONTACT With the Las Vegas band The Killers all set to play at this year’s AFL Grand Final, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has also revealed the set list, containing one song and one song only. “I’m pleased to reveal that not only have we locked in The Killers for our headline set at the 2017 AFL Grand Final, it...

15 June, 2017. 13:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A number of leading boxing and mixed martial arts commentators have come to the agreement that the 'trash-talk' and 'build-up' leading into the historic August 26 bout between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will be better than the actual fight itself. The undefeated US boxer has knocked 26 of his 49...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Today's historic Golden State Warriors defeat over the Cleveland Cavaliers to regain the NBA Championship with a 4-1 series win was good, but not as good as The Brisbane Bullets Grand Final win against the Adelaide 69ers in 1985. The Warriors secured a 129-120 victory on Monday to take their second title in three seasons and cap a...