New Zealand Maori v Ireland, June 18 2010
My brother and I ventured to Rotorua on a cold Friday night to watch the NZ Maori in action. We enjoyed their first encounter of the season against the NZ Barbarians but thought they were lucky on that occasion and [...]
Blues v Force, Week 10, Super 14 2010
Brief: I was primarily looking for young Australian star, James O’Connor. With his dark eyebrows and short fringe his look has a feline quality. He reminds me of a painting of Siouxsie Soux that I had back in the 80s. Exciting young Wallaby fullback, [...]
Chiefs v Northern Bulls, Week 9, Super 12 (Waikato Stadium)
This week’s brief Blond Fabio Zane Kurchner Sione Lauaki Items of note 1. Blond Fabio New Zealand commentator, Scotty ‘Sumo’ Stevenson had put me onto the Blond Fabio trend in South Africa. Bulls and Springbok inside centre Wynand Olivier was a [...]
Chiefs v Crusaders, Round 5, Super 12, 12 Mar 2010 (Waikato Stadium)
My brief was fairly brief this week. Dan Carter is very popular so I needed a couple of shots of the Jockey model Pin-up boy Daniel Carter The Chief’s Richard Kahui is also popular and so there is likely to [...]
Chiefs v Reds, Round 4, Super 14, 5 Mar 2010 (Waikato Stadium)
I had a very specific brief for last night’s match with 3 core objectives 1. Daniel Braid I needed a good shot of Queensland Reds flanker, Daniel Braid. I had always felt the ex-All Black looked a little bit like the [...]
Northland v Bay of Plenty, Thur 21 Oct ’10
Bay of Plenty had everything to play for in this one. A bonus point victory would put them in the running for a semi-final spot. Northland were out of the running for both the semi-finals and the top 7 but [...]
Falling in love with Palmie. Manawatu v Waikato, 14 Oct, 2010
My original flight was cancelled and so I was on an earlier one that took me via Wellington but still got me there with a couple of hours to spare before kick-off rather than the 50 minutes I would otherwise [...]
Working from an iPad
Despite Scotty Sumo Stevenson’s disdain for the new Apple iPad, I bought one. And although it’s not designed for it, like many others before me, I proceeded to try and use it like a laptop. After trying to do many [...]
Auckland v Hawkes Bay, 1 Oct 2010
Several of the Auckland faithful gathered at the Kingslander before the game, many wearing a version of the Auckland and Blues jerseys. My favourite is the one on the right from last season – the thin hoops gives it a [...]
Wellington v Bay of Plenty, Thur 30 Sep, 2011
The forecast was for rain and wind. There had been an accident on the motorway north and a train crash had stopped rail activity to Johnsonville so I arrived in the capital to busy wet roads. The cab ride to [...]