Christchurch Won’t Host World Cup – updated

The British newspaper The Telegraph has obtained confirmation from a senior International Rugby Board source that the forthcoming engineer’s technical report on the condition of the AMI stadium is likely to be “bleak” The article made the following observations, some of which will be sombre news for the people of Christchurch that own the stadium.…

The Haka – Come Prancing? – updated

A writer for UK’s  The Sunday Times has torn-off NZ Rugby a strip, saying their Haka is a self-important bore and arrogant. (emphasis ours) “IT WAS once a theatrical affair, loved by children and armchair fans, but the ridiculous bout of pre-game posturing has no place in rugby today.” The article, re-published on The Australian‘s…