Awkward sporting questions edition
Sport Review #98
How many games of Super Rugby have you missed ‘cos of the earlier kick-off?
Actually, how many games of Super Rugby have you tried to watch?
Did you know that other fish hooks in tournament conditions include a ‘no buses or taxis’ rule for the 3rd and 4th playoff, and full squad ice cream countback in the event of a tie?
What are you going to do with your awesome AM/FM radio permanently stuck on Radio Sport now?
And does the Spark Sport / possible internet radio thing mean you finally have to get internet at the bach?
At what point do newsletter writers start to feel guilty about taking the piss out of the Blues? Asking for a friend obviously.
How long did it take you to get SKY back after binning it for the world cup?
Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport content
Alex Braae catches the last of Brian Waddle and Jeremy Coney calling a home Test on Radio Sport. Incredibly tough times but it’s hard to see there being no cricket on the radio next year? [Spinoff]
The story of Kyle Jamieson and how hard work in domestic and age grade cricket has let him burst into the BLACKCAPS [Stuff]
Kate King went along on a programme that gets kids who’ve never been to the beach up and surfing [SKY Sport]
Rob Waddell’s Sky Sport Collective, that puts high school sport on TV, is copping it for creating the wrong drivers for some kids and consequences for schools [NZ Herald]
Fair play to Jamie Wall for a) trying to lift the original Tri Nations trophy and b) doing it while looking like Wally Lewis [Twitter]
Video nasty
The Dutch headwind cycling championship looks like a rubbish time.
Long read
Everyone hates business speak, but how did it actually come about? And more importantly, whose fault is it? [Vulture.com]
Recommendation
I only just caught Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, but it’s certainly a rockin’ good time, I loved it. If you’ve seen it, check out the early Rewatchables podcast.
Selected weekend fixtures
It’s Hurricanes v Blues 7.05pm Saturday night at the Caketin, it’s on SKY
The Womens T20 world cup final is Australia v India, 8pm Sunday night on SKY
Bring back the gif
When you get out of work at 4.55pm
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