Hamish has been an opinion and sports writer for over 20 years in New Zealand, featuring on RNZ, New Zealand Herald, Stuff.co.nz, and RugbyPass.
It’s not so much that the newly-named Hurricanes captain is versatile, more that he’s had to accommodate different All Blacksâ…
As rugby becomes more professional and goes further down an NFL-type model, with more coaches and support staff and a greater comp…
As the All Black are currently constructed, Tuivasa-Sheck would probably be a wing and - frankly - New Zealand Rugby (NZR) needs a…
In a rugby sense, history may not judge outgoing NZR chairman Brent Impey that favourably; that a juggernaut ground to somewhat of…
To get better bang for their buck, might outside investors insist that New Zealand Rugby negotiate a great number of tests every y…
While the world got through 2020 reasonably unscathed, the game can’t absorb another year of that nature. We need meaningful com…
All’s right in the rugby world. The All Blacks are home and out of quarantine, captain Sam Cane has been crowned player of the y…
The game faces a massive challenge in dealing with the legal issues that are potentially coming its way. Brain trauma is real and …
Moana Pasifika is a celebration of the Pacific’s rugby talent and culture. It’s a fine initiative that - provided it can pay f…
Ioane looked fit and fearless and even a little bit frightening against Argentina. More than that, he looked a man, and not the ov…
So how has it got to this? How is that Barrett - in the eyes of many of his peers the best New Zealand player of this generation -…
Foster was the steady-as-she-goes option for NZR, assuming they actually considered anyone else for the post. Poor Scott Robertson…
I greatly admire Perenara. I haven’t always, but you can’t deny the man’s work-ethic and combativeness. He might not be the …
All Blacks teams aren’t judged week-to-week, but against how they compare with all those who’ve gone before them. We haven’t…
In his play and in the way he carries himself and speaks, the Chiefs and Taranaki flanker screams elite player. More than that, Bo…
The All Blacks have proven nothing and frightened no-one.
Some have suggested the Wallabies achieved some kind of moral victory, but that’s just cobblers. Games come in three shapes and …
In these straightened financial times, NZR is simply not in a position to absorb the costs associated with suddenly setting a Supe…
But his all round rugby game is now worthy of great respect too and he looms as one of the more influential figures of the upcomin…
Provincial rugby isn’t cheap and the returns aren’t great, but it remains our best connection between the past and the present…
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