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Rebel alliance to take on the Empire
Trying to make sense of both a proposed 'rebel' rugby tournament and Barrett's decision to kick for goal, PLUS: a smidge of cricket and day one of the…
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Build the walls before you hang the art
ABs lack prettiness, but the foundations are in place, PLUS: Goodbye Southee, hello Smith; the Tyson travesty; and a grim few weeks ahead for…
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Tim to take his bow, but who bats 8?
A cricket newsletter for $ subscribers (plus, a couple of juicy links from the world wide web).
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Sunday Special: The two faces of footy
A quick(ish) round-up of two wildly contrasting tests in this rugby newsletter ($)
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Nerves gather inside the Green Room
Celebrate a genuine rivalry, but not necessarily how we got here, PLUS: A bunch of review material.
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Black Caps make light of the impossible
Unprecedented and near-unthinkable whitewash caps another crazy weekend.
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Out of the mouth of Baz
No, not that Baz, but there is some cricket, as well as both oval-ball codes and, at last, the big round-ball one, PLUS: A reader poll!
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