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Sport Review #167
Rugby World Cup exit 2007 press conference
Everyone remembers the heartbreaking images of a badger-haired Richie McCaw and Graham Henry, eyebrows yet to fully extend, signing off from RWC 2007? Unforgettable names like SNCF, GMF and EDF Energy were there, and can now be part of your Zoom drinks.
Kevin Tamati and Greg Dowling having a fight
It’s not just the rawness of two miscreants settling their differences beside a chain link fence - you also get three stripe trackies, some very full strides and a man in a spotless white suit having the time of his life.
Heat pump Dan
Obviously the nation won’t fall out of love with Southbridge’s finest because of a cut-price Chemist association. Just yet. Let’s remember Dan at his finest - just chilling, screwed to a wall and creating warmth.
Grizz Wylie necking a beer
It’s your round.
Disapproving Richie Benaud
The only bright spots of the Underarm were Bruce Edgar giving Trevor Chappell the fingers and Richie Benaud, 15, tearing strips off Greg Chappell in the studio. With this background you can express your disappointment in this weeks’ TPS Reports with the same gravitas - just make sure to pair it with the beige blazer.
Dennis Conner takes a mental health walk
A great tip for keeping things balanced is to charge the ear buds and take your meetings while walking - here we can see Dennis Conner going remote from the Holmes show, in a move years ahead of its time.
Thanks for reading - Richard
This week's best NZ sport content
Another cracking Between Two Beers pod with Jimmy Neesham, balancing a breezy run through his highs and lows, with a healthy spread of what makes him tick. Neesh is of the most forthcoming cricketers around and this is highly recommended [Between Two Beers]
“Basketball NZ needs to build trust in the community and the community needs to build trust in Basketball NZ … The important message is I am focusing on uniting the community. It’s not going to be easy, or happen overnight, but it’s something I hope to achieve.”
Dillon Boucher is the new Basketball NZ CEO [Stuff]
How the Silver Ferns are leading on athletes becoming mothers [Locker Room]
Your boy Dan Carter doesn’t just shill Chemist Warehouse like a boss, he’s all over crypto and NFT’s now too. Any ideas on WTF is going on or could be next to richard@sportreview.net.nz [Newsroom]
Video nasty
Sanjay Patel is one of NZ’s funniest Tweeters, he’s pretty hilarious in this too:
Long read
Forget DRS, minor league baseball is trialing actual robot umpires - it’s deeply weird [New Yorker]
Recommendation
If you’ve not seen it, early Chris Nolan film The Prestige is on Netflix. It’s good.
Bring back the gif
When you wake up and you’re in Level 4.
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