The Silver Fern

Although it is hard to judge match to match, against dif teams, at least we will get to see 6 days apart BB and DMac against top 5 teams. It will be also interesting if the game pan changes to be less kick and more chaos, and we see that Razor's big gameplan is 'just go play, boys, and fuck 'em up' - depends on who is ten

The dirty secret from the 2000 season is the best watch isn't the Sydney test, isn't the Wellington heartbreaker - it's the Ellis Park against the Boks.

Tota front foot rugby with two of the best backlines ever, droppies, scrums, packed crowd. The works.

If he asks why Leon MacDonald gives the game up at the end - I still to this day have no idea.

Edge of a New Land: A lengthy but interesting read on the journey of refugee resettlement in NZ over the first three months.

“This sport is very important in New Zealand,” said the male teacher, holding up a picture of an oval object. “Rrrrr…?”
“Ball!” a child shouted.
Rrrrrrrrrruu…?” said the teacher.

Silence from the mat.

“Rrrrrrrrrugby!” said the teacher.
“Rugby!” shouted the children, successfully indoctrinated in so-called New Zealand culture.
The teaching style seemed very different from back in Pakistan, said Hibbah, who’d been watching Attia on the mat. It was much less strict. It looked like much more fun.

Adam Dudding and Chris McKeen At the edge of a new land: The new New Zealanders At the edge of a new land: The new New Zealanders

"Over three months, Stuff journalists Adam Dudding and Chris McKeen followed a family of refugees from Pakistan as they arrived in New Zealand and went through an immigration experience unlike any other in the world – a six-week assessment and support programme that is also a kind of crash-course in being a Kiwi."