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The New Zealand sport newsletter that sometimes has sport in it.

Newsletter · By Richard Irvine · Official site

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    All the bad calls from the Warriors at Eden Park (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    Sport Review notebook dump (opens the original)

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    The rugby Confession time - I didn’t really watch a lot of the greatest rivalry series. My Sunday morning routine is fairly locked in: get up early, watch Spurs lose (more on that below) then play tennis at 7am. Sorry, but no little rugby tests were going to get in the way. In any event, I was able to catch the 25 minute or so highlights packages and get a reasonable sense of the game. With ball in play time down and scrum reset / TMO time way up, I find a full 80 minute match a tough watch thes

  3. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Surprise! Next time, Nisbo’s flying the plane (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    Retread - Most cursed haircuts in New Zealand sport (opens the original)

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    Sorry team, I’m out of time this weekend. Went along to the big North Shore football derby on Saturday, and the women’s league crescendo today, was a good time. Here’s a classic [cough] Sport Review post to keep you going, normal service will be back next week. I am sorry to be bleak, but Sport Review has celebrated the most blessed haircuts, and you cannot have a high without a low

  5. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    Who are all those people who run on the field at a rugby game? (opens the original)

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    In rugby, at every infinitesimal break in play the field is swarmed like the Uruk-hai hoardes invading Helm’s Deep, all high viz and fanny packs and rugby boots for some reason. Who are these people, and why are they interfering with my view of the eighth scrum reset? Water Boy: One job - maximum hydration. Get that water into those players, do everything short of performing a water boarding if you have to. Water Sommelier: Hang on, did that come out of the fucking tap? These guys are profession

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