Awkward sporting questions edition
Drafted your Spark-messing-up-the-world-cup-streaming tweet yet?
Is 'resting for the world cup' a valid reason for pulling a sickie at your place of work?
Find yourself wondering which sports will announce reviews in 2019?
Do you imagine Tana Umunga's expression at Blues trainings roughly translates to 'not as easy as it looks chaps?'
Owen Glenn funding more sports would certainly ramp up the general tension levels hey?
Would the most pressure on Scott Robertson be coming from winning games of rugby or coming up with new breakdance moves for the final?
Can the NRL offer this much entertainment during the actual season?
What would Graham Henry's signature breakdance move be called? The cackle? The scary look? The eyebrow?
Put in your business case for going to the Cricket World Cup yet?
Should school kids strike against the world rugby league while they're at it?
Can we get a couple of months' more summer please?
Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport writing
Football writing legend Bruce Holloway on Fritz Schmid, the All Whites coach who doesn't get to coach very often [NZ Herald]
Jamie Wall has surveyed our chances in the 2019 World Cups so you don't have to - get his assessment on: Women's football, Cricket, Netball and Rugby. [RNZ]
Carolijn Brouwer is set to helm the Dutch America's Cup entry and become the first women to do so - turns out she has a long history with sailing in New Zealand [Locker room]
If you've ever wondered why fast bowlers break down so regularly, it's because their bodies undergo the same stress as a car crash. Fascinating read [Stuff]
Harbour Heather on how the cavalcade of reviews means sport is only now reaching an acceptable duty of care for their athletes [Sportsfreak]
Video nasty
Just some table tennis black magic.
Long read
Wisden on the Lahore terror attack that changed cricket forever [Wisden]
Bonus link - The most perfect camera angles of the greatest football moments. LOVE stuff like this. My addition would be the first angle for this, one my favourite goals ever.
Selected weekend fixtures
The second Test v Bangladesh starts today at the Basin at 11am - get along or catch it on SKY! There's a full Plunket Shield round happening on Saturday too
In the rugger it's Hurricanes v Highlanders at half seven tonight from the Cake Tin, Crusaders v Chiefs at 5.15pm from Christchurch and Blues v the giant-killing Sun Wolves at 7.35 from Albany, it's all on SKY
Bring back the gif
What goes through my mind everytime someone asks 'what do you fancy for dinner?'
