The New Zealand rugby team. A.K.A the All Blacks for the color of their uniform, won team of the year at the Laureus World Sport Awards. This is the worst possible thing that could happen to New Zealand sport. What this is done, has given false credence to the myth that Rugby and the All Blacks are this global sporting Giant that the world loves, admires and has even heard of. What the New Zealand sporting media hasn't told the public, is that a good majority of the Judges are Ex Rugby Union players based in Europe. They also haven't told the public that, previous winners have included The South African Rugby Team and The English Rugby Team, and previous nominees have included The Australian Netball Team, The Australian Cricket Team and The Australian Rugby Team. So why is bad?? It's bad because the media in New Zealand will now absolutely rammed down the public's throat that the All Blacks are known as the greatest sporting team on the planet, that supersedes any oth...
Dear TVNZ sports Journalists. I understand you will be sending a full team to cover the Olympics, even though Sky has the rights to show the events. I hope Andrew Saville and Jack Tame, cover the Olympics with the respect it deserves, and more so, with accurate reporting on what the world's media is focused on. Here is what the public doesnt want to see and hear. Please don't lie and tell us that the Rugby Sevens is the most popular sport in the Olympics. Please don't lie and say it's Rugby mania in the Olympic village, and the Sevens player's are the world's superstars. Please don't lie and say, Usain Bolt, Kevin Durant, Michael Phelps and the other International sports stars are in awe of the New Zealand sevens team. Please don't lie and say, most the world's media is focused on Rugby and nothing else. If your interviewing a Kiwi Cyclist, a rower, a swimmer, our track and field team, please ask them questions about THEIR events, not if they saw the...
Words fail me, but I'm going to write something anyway. I kinda blame society for thinking that kids taking Selfie's is a great idea, and it breeds confidence, I actually think it breeds obnoxious. I was in a pub/restaurant not so long ago, and this group of people were there, mainly adults, ages ranged from about 65 to around 12. They were all nicely dressed, there were two kids, one a girl in her teens and a boy aged about 12, he seemed to be better dressed than the adults, he had one of those bowler hats on. Anyway, I was there with my group, there were two other groups there at the time. This kid had decided to play a rather loud game on his cell phone, loud enough that everyone else turned around to see where the noise was coming from, he for some reason, was nodding his head up and down saying "Yeah yeah" like he just achieved something really important. I looked around every so often, as other people did, and he was talking to other people at this table, but he...
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