Top ten merch ideas pitched to the 1995 All Blacks
Sport Review #181
All Blacks Modem - comes in ‘Goldie’ and ‘Fitzy’ speed options
The Marc Ellis Dunedin Bed and Breakfast experience - minimum experience for guests includes one game of Mexican, three absolutely classic self-deprecating stories featuring Ellis supplemented by six raised eyebrows, and at least three crates of Speights. Breakfast is supplied by Night n Day
Tracksuit pants - these ones open up down the side, and also convert into shorts
Richard Loe elbow supports - just in case anything pesky gets in your eye line
Laurie Mains Atkins Diet - Eat anything you want, but it must be boiled for 20 minutes and be tasted by a neutral party first
All Blacks Wella / Swarfega Gel collab - Keep your bathroom cabinet credible, the mullet looking dance floor-ready and your hands clean in one go
All Blacks edition Oakley Blades - comes in ‘Viaduct’, ‘Drenching’ and ‘Jetski’ colourways
‘Black to the Future’ CD / tape - side one features Pearl Jam, Exponents and Simply Red. Side two is a 30 minute mix of Cotten Eye Joe
Luis Luyt Gold Watch - half digital / half analogue ‘If you can’t beat them join them’ edition
Fitzy and Zinny Auckland experience - be one of the big dogs: lean against the clubrooms bar for the afternoon having jugs bought for you before a maxi taxi to Ponsonby Road for a seafood platter and tequila laybacks
Thanks for reading - Richard
This week's best NZ sport content
Dylan Cleaver with a walk through what went wrong for the BLACKCAPS in Mumbai, and where we go from here [The Bounce]
How WHITE FERN Amelia Kerr recognised and worked on her mental help struggles alongside her family and a solid support network in the game. Plus - how Women’s Cricket World Cup is helping former WHITE FERN Aimee Watkins and all families enjoy the tournament with free childcare at all matches [Locker Room]
Disclosure - I’m doing contract work for CWC22
If you’re at home, worried about an opening to leap from your seat to get another beer, don’t be. You won’t miss a thing and neither will the TMO, although it’s often unclear what they are searching for.
Joseph Pearson is sick of the TMO, and he is right [Stuff]
The big interview - Chris Rattue gets the inside world on Emma Twigg’s redemption story [NZ Herald]
Video nasty
Every sport a bowling ball.
Long read
Inside the California cult Love Has Won and its sticky ending [Rolling Stone]
Recommendation
The Big Picture podcast on the upcoming father-of-Venus-and-Serena Richard Williams pic, and the gang discuss their top five sports movies ever is a great listen [The Ringer]
Bring back the gif
When you are easily distracted.
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