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Written by BartMan
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Sunday, 29 October 2006 |
 League: A win at last for the Kiwis, against the mighty Lions. I
have to admit, I have seen about ten minutes of the three matches so far, league
this season has left me cold. While the rugby Air New Zealand Cup may have
offered up some dross, a bad game of rugby still competes with a good game of
league in my books any day! The Kiwis though, on the scoreboard at last,
and should they beat the Poms again, whcih they should (shouldn't they), it
gives them a chance to win the Tri Nations the second season running.
Assuming of course that the Lions don't go and beat the Aussies twice in 'pool'
play, which I am sure they won't. Not event eh fights this year have been
able to force me to watch the Kiwis, how bad is that? Almost as bad as the
new 'granny gate', the eligibility of 'Kiwi' hooker Nathan Fien, whose GREAT
Grandmother was born in New Zealand. Mind you, that is a quote from the
head honcho of NZ League, Sel whathisname, the bloke that sounds like he should
be managing the Tairua Pipi Pickers Golden Oldies team, where he organises piss
ups and dirty girls...
Tennis: A win for new Zealand's Marina Erakovic
(good Kiwi name that) in a tennis singles event thingy. She kicked arse in
Beijing. This win means that a Kiwi lass will be the in the top 200 female
tennis players for the first time since New Zealand was in the Soccer World Cup!
Soccer: That was a nice lead into the soccer wasn't it, and what
better time to talk about soccer, and being able to put the boot in than now,
when the NEW ZEALAND Knights continue to look incapable of kicking over
sandcastles at the beach, let alone blast goals past goalkeepers in the
Australian A League. They now have eight losses on the trot, are cemented
to the bottom of the league ladder, have a minus 19 goal differential, and had
2400 odd fans turn up on Friday for their 0-4 loss to league leaders Melbourne.
Rugby: Tana has landed. No burnout for the dreaded wonder.
He's now in France, picking up his $600,000, before heading back to the capital
for a final season of Super Rugby, and who knows what else, perhaps wearing
black a few months later...
Cricket: Holy Cow! The Kiwi cricketers have managed to qualify
top of their group at the ICC Champoions Trophy thing, and now face the Aussies
this Wednesday. As per usual, Bond has missed one game because of a sore
back (lying on it too often when injured perhaps). and Styris has alse been
crocked by injury. This is after both players were passed fit by the
Cricket bosses pre tour. People of little faith (ie, me) have not yet
managed to watch more than a few overs live at this stage, and no doubt when we
do, the boys will go down in their usual blaze of mediocrity...
Rugby: King Carlos, back from a three week break, due to injury and
suspension was a the peak of his powers over the weekend as his club Northampton
beat Borders 37-13. Sounds like he was the confident Carlos that we saw
all to infrequently in New Zealand, with the no look passes to the fore.
Fellow Kiwi Mark Robinson also got onto the scoreboard - on the field, not off.
Golf: The fall from grace continues for New Zealand golf. Not
only do we have a loud mouthed flash in the pan as New Zealand golf's figurehead
/ rent a quote, but our performance on the amateur stage has gone from hero to
zero too. The latest Eisenhower Trophy Result saw New Zealand
finish 19th. RIP, New Zealand golf...
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