The All Blacks were this morning crowned world champions, after the French team unexpectedly pulled out of Sunday’s final. New Zealand beat Australia last night in a commanding and dominating performance. French coach Marc Lievremont said his players had watched the game on television and had been awed and frightened by the power and ferocity of…
Having watched the All Blacks demolish mighty Japan last night, I am now convinced that we will go all the way and win the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In previous World Cups what has done for us is a chop-and-change selection policy, coupled with injuries to key players. Invariably we have ended up tinkering with…
Labour Party leader Phil Goff is today the subject of renewed questions about his leadership, after blogger Campbell Slug released a recording of a Labour MP contradicting an earlier statement by Goff. Mr Goff told listeners on Paul Henry’s Radio Live show on Monday that his favourite All Black player was Richie McCaw. However, this morning…
When I read Shayne Philpott’s rugby story in the news the other day it brought a lot of things back to me. Things I thought I had put behind me. It also brought back a few tears. Some things are just so painful they never really left you. Philpott was a handy utility back in…
Prime Minister John Key said on Saturday that he was delighted with the Mana byelection result. Although Labour’s inexperienced candidate got over 1000 more votes than the National candidate, MP Hekia Parata, Mr Key said it was still a victory to National. “We never expected to win this,” said Mr Key. “So to pull this…
Rugby superstar Sonny-Bill Williams is set to make his debut for Canterbury next week. Canterbury coach Colin Slade said the niggling injury that has kept the exciting player on the sidelines for so long has almost healed. “Last week he wasn’t there, but this week he’s ninety-five per cent fit. “But we decided not to…
Tonight’s big rugby game will be a test for the boys in black, but they have been in sizzling form and will destroy Australia tonight. The clinical destruction of South Africa by the All Blacks is a clear sign of what to expect this evening. And, my word, the boys are confident. They have been…
SYDNEY- Prime Minister John Key was a hero on Saturday night, kicking the winning goal to secure Bledisloe Cup victory for the All Blacks against Australia. With two minutes to go in the game and with Australia ahead by two points, things were looking grim for the New Zealand team. But a Wallabies transgression gave…
Imperator Fish 