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 may struggle against a tidy Irish outfit smarting from their loss to the All Blacks ...
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, James O’Connor 80′s punk icon, siouxsie-sioux Also, I had written off the Blues victory over the ...
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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 strong candidate with his dark roots. Fabio? 2. Zane Kirchner I had earlier seen a ...
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 be an angle or poll around who is the best looking. Tanerau Latimer – Classic ...
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 half-lion, half-man TV character, Vincent in Beauty and the Beast. It was one of Linda ...
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 their favourite son, David Holwell was playing his last game for the province after the ...
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 have had. I used the time to visit the Sport and Rugby Institute at the ...
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 things with it for 6 weeks, here’s what I’ve found so far trying to maintain ...
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 slightly less traditional slant. To the game … My main target was Hika Elliott. He ...
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 the Cake Tin involved some great dialogue with an ex-pat Cantonese chap now a local ...
