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AI Might Help the Regulators Spot Cheating
Dulani Jayasuriya Jacky Liu University of Auckland Ryan Elmore University of Denver theconversation.com On the eve of the Rugby World Cup kicking off, there have already been whispers of teams spying on each other. Inevitable gamesmanship, perhaps, but there’s no doubt cheating in sport is a problem authorities
Who Will Win the 2023 Rugby World Cup?
Niven Winchester Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com Despite New Zealand’s record loss to South Africa in August, All Blacks fans can take heart from statistical modelling that has them as favourites to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC). According to Rugby Vision, a well-tested algorithm I
SBHS, You Beauties!
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com This is a big week for rugby with the All Blacks first match in the Rugby World Cup coming up
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Tackle of the Day
The World Bowls Championship is currently on in Australia. But for Kiwi lawn bowler (and NZ pairs champion) Andrew Kelly (35) the game switched codes briefly on Friday, when he got to tackle an offender running from the police – a change from the normally sedate sport. “You could hear sirens
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How to Alienate Your Voters
Fear has been instilled in parts of New Zealand’s female population by the activist left’s ludicrous insistence that trans-women are ‘actual’ women and should have access to women’s public facilities, with the media jeering and laughing at their fears and the traditional, factual interpretation of “women’
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Sporting Success and Academic Success
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
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You Vill Enjoy Ze Bugs Raw
What is it with the totalitarian mindset that is so obsessed with “health”? In the 1930s, the Nazis and Fascists were obsessed with a cult of the athletic body, which they forced on the public through such state-run programs as Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude (“Strength Through Joy”). The Soviets,
Football Ferns’ Score Another Goal for Women’s Sport in NZ
Holly Thorpe University of Waikato Julie E. Brice California State University, Fullerton theconversation.com The opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Auckland was a historic moment for women’s sport in New Zealand – and not just because the Football Ferns upset highly-ranked Norway to win