Peeping Tom’s Home Cinema – Six of the best: Rugby Union
Not really my code but you gotta anticipate this one. The world’s eyes are on Auckland – apparently. At least that’s what my mates there tell me. Sounds like bloody hysterical media hype to me. Mind you, it’s not like the country has an economy so maybe anything is good so long as it detracts [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 – Toys
Some people are so into this year’s RWC that they’ll actually buy any and every piece of paraphernalia that goes with it. Jerseys, hats, shirts, jackets, flags, stickers, beanies, those holder things that keep your beer cool, bottle openers, key rings, socks. You name it. They’re also the people who buy their children the fucking [...]
Animal Rugby Team
To get excited about the Rugby World Cup, I thought we should start discussing some footy on MMP. Over the years I’ve witnessed a few debates as to who would make the World Animal XV. Well we’ve done it, and here’s the dream line up. We had to leave the water-based creatures out of this, [...]
What’s wrong with NZ rugby? Are our players too hot?
Another article from the archives, and one of our first collaborative pieces, from August 2009 – ‘What’s wrong with NZ rugby? Are our players too hot?’ Click HERE to read
I don’t think I can handle any more heartbreak
This Saturday Otago challenges Southland for the Ranfurly Shield. And you know what? I really hope the boys in Blue and Gold win. I have supported this lot my entire life and now I feel I deserve a bit of payback. Ever since I was born, in what’s now Hayward University Hall in Dunedin, I [...]
That’s Shark Park my friend and don’t you bloody forget it!
It’s a jovial drive as you hurry down the Dunedin one-way system. The atmosphere is lively to dangerous in the club van, loaded to the rafters with over twenty code heads. It bumps around the corner and takes another late orange/blatantly red light. Things are boiling over. It is in situations like this that the [...]