Things That Get Coaches Sacked: A Poem
Bad results/Ugly style/Haven’t won for a while/Getting stale/Gone off track/This is what gets coaches sacked
The Dictionary of Sporting Euphemisms
Be it from the voice of some highly paid commentator in broadcast, a coach or a player spilling breathless/guarded clichés to the media or just a few folks sinking beers in front of the telly, sports chat is like an open gallery for the sly art of the euphemism.
Hard Knocks Hurricanes
In America they have this show called Hard Knocks. It’s a sports-reality show, going all the way in depth on an NFL team as they make their way through a gruelling pre-season, taking in the many characters and storylines that always emerge as they go.
A Nichey Niche Convo - Spilled Beer, Pink Balls & Local Telly
Please don't spill beer on the athletes. They're trying their best.
We Won the World Cup! A Poem.
The All Blacks 2015 Rugby World Cup journey as told in rapid verse.
The Wildcard’s Sporting Wishlist for 2015
No silly resolutions for me, no sir. Just a compendium of odd wishes and hopes for the coming year, all out of my control.
The Kick, aka The Greatest Kiwi Film Ever Made
It’s not often that we talk about rugby here. That’s down to a number of reasons… the fact that it’s everywhere already, the fact that every NZ man, woman and their dog has an opinion on the All Blacks and they’re all free to share them, the fact that rugby opinion is done so well already, etc., etc., who cares, etc. But perhaps only once in a generation, nay… a lifetime, will there be a cultural moment so powerful and meaningful as The Kick. Just like Richie at the breakdown, sometimes rules simply need to be broken.