The second wave of Canadian Sports has just begun with the three sports of cricket, rugby league, and rugby union getting professional sports teams or leagues in Canada. This all started with the Toronto Wolfpack, which was born in 2016, but began life as pro rugby league team in 2017. That team now leads a […] READ MORE
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Radio Sport NZ culled amid Covid-19 sport ‘lockdown’
Radio Sport New Zealand (NZ) operates in an industry of content. So while health and safety are paramount, Radio Sport NZ has been culled amid the worldwide Covid-19 sport ‘lockdown’. A sign of the times, one might say. A period of self-isolation for sportspeople that has taken a victim of a different type. An organization, […] READ MORE
Rugby could use Duckworth-Lewis-Stern system to finish season
With the rugby season up in the air it could do with looking at cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in order to decide future fixtures – if they can’t be played due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In order to finalize the tables, and ensure fair and proper qualification for the subsequent European competitions a year later, this […] READ MORE
What to do with Eden Park? Stadium questions of New Zealand Sport
Discussion in New Zealand this week, has returned to the longstanding question ‘what to do with Eden Park?’ The home of the very first Rugby World Cup, site of two RWC victories for the All Blacks and Cricket World Cup matches, but commonly thought of as poorly positioned and an ageing white elephant. All sentiment […] READ MORE
Sport and Politics Make Strange Bedfellows: a Short Rugby History
With the Prime Ministers of Japan and New Zealand present, diplomacy was in full action while cradling the game of rugby union. Many will see benefits and shortfalls in the dichotomy of this relationship. Sport and Politics make strange bedfellows, but over time the relationship has brought benefit to each–so the announcement of a Rugby […] READ MORE