By William Felt I usually finish in the office at 6.30; in time to catch the sports news at 6.40 on TV. This is especially important during the All Black season and more so during a “World Cup”. Seeing what our team is up to in the hours
Whenever real women have the temerity to ark up about hulking beefcakes in dresses crash-tackling their way into women’s events, organisations and spaces, they’re fobbed off with mealy-mouthed rubbish about “inclusion”. But, as women are discovering to their chagrin, “inclusion” is just the “progressive” way of
Former All Black Stanley ‘Tiny’ Hill MBE has died on Wednesday, aged 92. Hill, who served in the New Zealand Army for 30 years, played 11 tests and eight games for the All Blacks between 1955 and 1959. He captained them twice, against Australian state sides. The only points he
Rallying in New Zealand has been missing its pinnacle event since 2012, but gravel chuckers everywhere are rejoicing in the news this week that there will again be a World Rally Car Series round in NZ, at least in the short term. Rally New Zealand was named in WRC Promoter’
If Australia’s rugby bosses thought they had successfully got rid of Israel Folau, they’ve had another thing coming. Not only has Izzy hit back big time with a massive lawsuit, but it looks like he’ll be back, playing Test rugby very soon. Tongan officials have armed themselves
The All Blacks have put on a dominant display in their final game on home soil before the World Cup, with a 92-7 win over Tonga in Hamilton. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Australian Rules Football really is becoming as soft as rugby fans have always said it is. We’ve got fans getting kicked out for correctly observing that an umpire is a “bald-headed flog”, over-zealous security guards rushing on to the field to break up a couple of players
Israel Folau has emerged as the unlikely champion of freedom of expression in Australia’s culture wars. Unlike too many spineless cowards in the public sphere, Folau is not only standing his ground he’s also taking the fight right up to the wokescolds. Israel Folau has broadened his case
Fresh from outraging Twitter wokescolds and spooking gutless advertisers by verbally bashing New Zealand’s Part-Time PM, Alan Jones is taking the rhetorical cudgels to another bunch of Kiwis. Well, to be fair, he’s not bashing the second-rate Kiwis infesting Australian rugby, but rather the Australian administrators
I failed to load and schedule Carl’s Sports quiz last weekend so gave myself a very stern talking to and a slap over the wrist with a wet bus ticket. My sincere apologies. SB
