Farah Palmer Cup 2026
The women's domestic competition kicks off this weekend. If you want to see your local team in action, you better make a plan to get down to the grounds cause otherwise you're shit out of luck. That's right, we've all woken up
Trusting the Process
First up an apology for being missing from your inbox last week. The Black Ferns and Black Ferns XV match being played at 3.30pm landed right on top of my writing time. So I made the executive decision to head down there and ask some questions instead to better
What's up with the Wallaroos?
The Black Ferns will be playing the Wallaroos in 15 days time and a lot of rugby news will drop between now and then. On Monday, the best fifteens players in Aotearoa will be assembled here in Wellington. The Black Ferns and Black Ferns XV scheduled to play a (probably
Putting the community back into sport
It was a year ago that sport minister Mark Mitchell went against the advice of Sport New Zealand to demand the removal of the guidance for transgender participation in community sport. It was yet another example in the growing list of communities that National was willing to sell out to
2026 Aupiki Final
A final has arrived to mark the end of a season like no other. We have always been promised that Aupiki would be the leveling up of domestic women's rugby but this year, year five, it has actually felt like it. We've seen all franchises now
Round 6 - Changing the Narrative
I was going to write you a full preview today but stuff it. This is my newsletter so I'm allowed to just talk about my Poua. Long time readers will have been with me on this journey. Seeing our franchise limp out the gate at the launch of
Round Five: The Tipping Point
A ticket to the final is on the line
Round 4: How Far to Grow?
The stat scorecard at the halfway point of the competition.
Round 3: All in Aupiki
This weekend is the big one, yes because of the match ups and the moment we have reached in the season. But also because we have the matches playing back to back in Pukekohe.
Lessons to learn in round 2
We've seen all the teams and now here's how I want to see them improve
Who I'm watching in Round 1 of Aupiki 26
Super Rugby Aupiki 2026 is about to kick off. Here's who I'll be watching in round 1.
Shallow Realities
Before we know anything, we know what we have been taught. And that's never more clear than when you're watching reality TV.