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New Zealand’s Next Top Model: Cycle Two / Episode Five
“Chinese go home,” said the man in the orange jacket*, and while at the time it just seemed like garden variety New Zealand racism, as events unfolded it took on the air of a premonition – albeit one which mistook … Continue reading
Posted in Power Rankings, Reality TV
Tagged Amelia, Christchurch, Colin Mathura-Jeffree, Courtenay, Dakota, Dan Carter, Danielle, Elza, Lara, Lauren, Michaela, Nellie, NZNTM, Power Rankings, Racism, Sara Tetro
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Tri Nations Guest Post: I Don’t Want to Spoil The Party…
Poor old John Smit. After 77 minutes of brutal, bludgeoning Tri-Nations rugby, in his hundredth test match, his under-the-cosh side were sitting five points clear of their 2010 tormentors, the All Blacks, with the score at 22-17. Finally something was … Continue reading
Guest Post: The All Blacks – A Mid-Term Report
DeadBall’s regular guest rugby reporter Jeremy Taylor gives us a mid-term report on the ABs, in his words “a bit like what Marc Hinton has done in [yesterday's] Sunday Star Times, but I actually started last week, so, fuck him, … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby, Tri-Nations
Tagged Aaron Cruden, All Blacks, Brad Thorn, Dan Carter, Graham Henry, Jerome Kaino, Springboks, Tom Donnelly, Wallabies
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Guest Post: Worth a Crack, Nigel
Worth a crack, Nigel… For a town as infamously dull as Hamiltron, this was a thrilling game of football. Needing to win and prevent the Boks from scoring a bonus point to keep the Tri Nations alive, and preferably gain … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Cavalry Arrives (Too Late?)
It was a win born of necessity, rather than of the All Blacks’ tactical and physical supremacy, but in the context of this year’s Tri-Nations, it will just about do, and the obvious glee with which Graham Henry greeted the … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby, Tri-Nations
Tagged Adam Asley-Cooper, Al Baxter, All Blacks, Carlos Spencer, Corey jane, Dan Carter, George Smith, Graham Henry, Hosea Gear Jimmy Cowan, Isaia Toeava, James O'Connor, Joe Rokocoko, Jonathan Kaplan, Luke McAlister, Ma'a Nonu, Matt Giteau, Nathan Sharpe, Richie McCaw, Robbie Deans, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Springboks, Stephen Donald, Stephen Moore, Stirling Mortlock, Tri-Nations, Wallabies, Wayne Smith
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Guest Post: Dance of the Desperates
This week’s Bledisloe showdown in Sydney is shaping up as a huge matchup, in which a number of reputations may be salvaged or irreparably damaged – not least of which those of head coaches Graham Henry and Robbie Deans. Both … Continue reading
The Same Old Story
Another year, another Tri-Nations, another All Blacks loss to the Springboks. Despite the altitude and a stupid travel schedule that meant the AB’s had to board a plane within hours of their hard-fought win over the Wallabies in Auckland, this … Continue reading