More luck this time

I don’t want to tempt fate as there is still one more day to run at the test match for England and the Black Caps up in Napier but we did enjoy our trip to the match on Sunday.
It was a bit of a worry though as we turned on the radio on Saturday morning [...]

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A right caning

Big night out at the Rugby last night to watch the Hurricanes play the Chiefs. The local team delivered a right caning with a 39-19 win over the visitors.
It was a balmy evening so made for a pleasant night out. Although it seemed like touch and go whether we’d get tickets as the queue went [...]

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A nation mourns it’s hero

Today is the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary. There has been wall to wall media coverage since he died last week. An icon of New Zealand, a national hero, has brought 10’s of thousands to walk past his coffin in Auckland before the state funeral today.
One of the greatest known explorers has had a [...]

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Rugby bores

It’s fair to say that there’s been a topic of conversation dominating the media, the office, pubs, clubs and bar……how can it have gone so wrong?
After several days of listening to the respective dissections of how the All Blacks played, the French Team’s passion for the win, the usless refereeing and the controversial conditioning training, [...]

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Let the games begin!

Thank goodness the ABs did their stuff and kicked off their World Cup challenge with a positive start. Not sure I could have stood a bad start and the immediate malais that would have brought to the country.
Instead, headlines this morning read “All Blacks rampant as Italy hammered” New Zealand 76-14 Italy.
Go all blacks……….

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