School holiday out of office edition

Sport Review #128

Kia ora - please forgive this shorter edition that falls below the usual quality (cough). I’m blaming travel. And my own disorganisation.

Here’s an evergreen cartoon from 2008:

Thanks for reading - Richard

The week's best NZ sport content

Ria Percival has 150 caps for the Football Ferns, and plays for Tottenham Hotspur - here’s how she got there [NZ Herald]

Suzanne McFadden talks to Olympic paddler Kayla Imrie and what she’s achieved despite competing with a debilitating condition [LockerRoom]

Love Israel Adesanya? Not into UFC? Same, and same as Aiden McLaughlin [Sportsfreak]

The story has moved on since this interview, but Scott Stevenson on the NZR SNAFU is a good explainer [TVNZ]

Trout season is here, but guides are battling without overseas tourists - go hire one [TVNZ]

Long read

Thanks to friend of Sport Review Jamie Bell for this one - The cheating scandal that ripped the poker world apart [Wired]

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