How to fix the Blues
Something different this week - many fine rugby brains have tried sorting out this mess in a city that produces some of the most gifted players in the word and failed. Let's take it to the whiteboard.
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Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport writing
John Hart on the rules for selecting All Black teams. There's more to it than 'I thought it was my mates winding me up' comedy set pieces [Noted]
Marty Banks talks you through his free-form rugby career over a beer - he's played for pretty much every team in NZ, and one in Siberia [NZ Herald]
Wellington club football boasts an honest to goodness YouTube star, 25 year old Matt Sheldon from Portland, who's vlogging his season in charming fashion [Stuff]
Locker Room profiles Bailey Mes, who's battling through the Commonwealth Games fall out by giving it everything on the court [Newsroom]
Video nasty
The BMX video for people who aren't really into BMX videos.
Long read
Astonishing expose and expert take-down of Philadelphia 76ers basketball operations chief Bryan Colangelo, who used five anonymous Twitter accounts to bag fans, bloggers, his players, and merrily reveal confidential injury information [The Ringer]
Selected weekend fixtures
The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers meet in the NBA finals for the fourth time in a row, game one's today at 1.00pm, on SKY and League Pass
Rugby - Highlanders v Hurricanes tonight, and Chiefs v Crusaders tomorrow night, both at 7.35pm and both on SKY
The second England v Pakistan Test starts tonight at 10pm, it's on SKY
Bring back the gif
When you get off the couch after a heavy Netflix sesh.
