By the time I settled to watch the rugby last night my aches and pains from the gorse harvesting were already setting in. My pain was only made worse watching England battle against the all blacks. Despite the score 37-20 to the ABs, England put up a pretty good fight and had some moments of [...]

We were treated to an evening at the Cake Tin tonight to watch the All Blacks play Ireland. This was the first match for the ABs since losing out at the World Cup so was important for them to win. Let’s just say it was less than ideal conditions. It was one of those dark, [...]

I don’t want to tempt fate as there is still one more day to run at the test match for England and the Black Caps up in Napier but we did enjoy our trip to the match on Sunday. It was a bit of a worry though as we turned on the radio on Saturday [...]

Reading this blog you wouldn’t know that the England cricket team are here on their NZ cricket tour. It’s not something that get’s talked about much in our house but rather much desparate staring at the TV screen in disbelief. So far it’s not been a great tour. The one day games have been pitiful [...]

Big night out at the Rugby last night to watch the Hurricanes play the Chiefs. The local team delivered a right caning with a 39-19 win over the visitors. It was a balmy evening so made for a pleasant night out. Although it seemed like touch and go whether we’d get tickets as the queue [...]

Can’t help but thinking that the English Rugby Players are not feeling very happy! Jonny certainly looks like a big sulk is going on. Shame really as there is no shame in losing in the final of the World Cup. Better than falling out of the competition in the quarter finals! It was a tough [...]

It’s fair to say that there’s been a topic of conversation dominating the media, the office, pubs, clubs and bar……how can it have gone so wrong? After several days of listening to the respective dissections of how the All Blacks played, the French Team’s passion for the win, the usless refereeing and the controversial conditioning [...]

Thank goodness the ABs did their stuff and kicked off their World Cup challenge with a positive start. Not sure I could have stood a bad start and the immediate malais that would have brought to the country. Instead, headlines this morning read “All Blacks rampant as Italy hammered” New Zealand 76-14 Italy. Go all [...]