Hayden Meikle

The last word: A perfect game

• When everything... The world works in mysterious ways.

Debating whether to get a World Cup football game is a bit like debating whether to build a fancy new stadium in your city. You ask two basic questions: Do I need it? And can I afford it? Then, even though the answer to both questions is a sort of "hmmmmm", you go ahead and get the darned thing anyway.

Basketball: Result shows plenty of talent in Otago

Todd Marshall says Otago's young hoops stars have done themselves proud but it is too soon to ask them to save the Nuggets.

The last word: Auckland rugby's big catches

• Winding back... Interesting news that Auckland rugby is welcoming back three old - make that "old" - players for the NPC or whatever it will be called later this year.

Rugby league: Hard questions being asked of 'the game'

The Melbourne Storm's systematic rort of the National Rugby League salary cap has shocked the sport to its core. But is it an isolated case, or are others cheating the system in their desperation for success?

Shearing: Fagan - a cut above the rest

Shearing: Fagan - a cut above the rest

He is arguably New Zealand's most successful active sportsman but David Fagan gets a fraction of the recognition he deserves. That doesn't bother the master of the handpiece, who chases his sixth world individual title later this year at the age of 48. Sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to Fagan about his extraordinary career.

Motocross: Otago pair ride away with silver medals

Otago rider Joel Meikle navigates the track at the national junior motocross championships near...

Motocross: Otago pair ride away with silver medals

Leading Otago motocross riders Courtney Duncan and Joel Meikle claimed silver medals at the national junior championships near Blenheim at the weekend.

Cricket: Time for Cumming to assess the future

Cricket: Time for Cumming to assess the future

Otago captain Craig Cumming says he has too much respect for Bert Sutcliffe to prolong his career simply to break Sutcliffe's records.

Rugby: Donnelly may miss rest of season

Highlanders lock Tom Donnelly may have played his last game in the Super 14 this season and is not optimistic he will get the chance to play for the All Blacks again until the end of the year.

The last word: Higlanders' performance woes

• Rejigging the draft . . . There are various arguments running as to why the Highlanders find life so difficult in the Super 14.

Golf: Clearwater has no intention of poaching Open

Clearwater general manager Mike Sharp says his course has no intention of poaching the New Zealand Open from The Hills.

Rugby: Changes to franchise urged

A prominent voice in the heartland has deflected blame for the Highlanders' woes from the coaching staff and called for a radical change in administration to revive the franchise.

Hayden Meikle: Those who fall can rise again

Frustration. ... Liverpool's David Ngog sums up his team's season. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)

Hayden Meikle: Those who fall can rise again

The most salient piece of advice anyone ever gave me about sporting loyalty was this: "You don't choose which team to follow. Your team chooses you."

Last Word: NZRU apologies

• Sorry, the hardest word There has been some interesting discussion this week on the topic of whether the New Zealand Rugby Union should apologise to Maori players left behind on South African tours because of the home country's apartheid regime.

Paralympics: Hall to be welcomed home today

He's coming home. Adam Hall. Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall returns to Otago today on a flight scheduled to reach Dunedin Airport at 4.25pm. Hall will be greeted by family, friends, supporters and at least one person puffing on a certain musical instrument that always greets returning Otago sports heroes.

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