Claire Chandler mercatornet.com Claire Chandler is a senator for Tasmania. For several months now, Rugby Australia has been in possession of a transgender participation guideline developed by World Rugby in consultation with developmental biologists, medical experts and sport scientists. The World Rugby Guideline runs to 38 pages. It has
It’s long been said that certain things and people just keep floating to the top. Controversial former Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has been appointed to the most senior sports administration role New Zealand. Australia’s gain is certain to be New Zealand’s loss. Castle utterly bollixed her
“Progressives” are very big on the so-called “Precautionary Principle” – when it suits them. When they want to shut down a mining development, because it might endanger some previously-unknown species of obscure earthworm, why, it’s “precautionary principle!” screamed to the rooftops. On the other hand, when progressives assert that there’
Martin Fitzgerald mercatornet.com The most devastating injury in Rugby is a broken neck. Thankfully, the incidence of this type of injury has been reduced by a worldwide safety campaign. But now there is another campaign — to allow transwomen (ie, men) to compete in women’s rugby. What kind of
The issue of Australia sending unwanted Kiwi expats back across the Tasman has been a bit of a hot-button issue over the last few years. This time, though, it’s not just a voluntary relocation but the Kiwi in question was technically born in Australia, albeit to New Zealand parents
Over the weekend, TV3 showed Born Racer, a very interesting, sometimes very moving documentary following Kiwi Indycar racer Scott Dixon’s 2017 season. This was the year he walked away from one of the biggest crashes the sport has ever seen. One of the central themes of the movie was
Women’s sports has been under attack by men who identify themselves as female and their woke supporters. Just over a week ago something happened which could be a sign that the tide is turning. World Rugby has ruled that such men are banned from playing women’s rugby at
What a weekend! Saturday’s general election was one to be missed by all accounts but there was plenty of racing to keep the petrolheads happy and when Sunday evening came around, Kiwi’s were on top again. Shane Van Gisbergen, after starting fourth in the Bathurst 1000 race was
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com One of our true cricket greats, all-rounder John Reid, has died at 92, thus for once the old cliché that he had good innings is true, both literally and chronologically. My god, he was special, captaining New Zealand through a difficult time in our cricket
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The above, an absurd Stuff website heading yesterday out of Australia. If it had a scintilla of truth we must assume Bolivians, Bulgarians, Taiwanese; I could go on listing the world’s 200 plus countries, were all comatose with shock. In fact 99.9% of
It can be enjoyable watching a good game of rugby between two good teams who play the game well, and these days, many of us choose to sit in the lounge and watch in some semblance of comfort, rather than suffer the indignity of some of the antisocial unpleasantness that
