It is a curious place, Dunedin. The approach to the town from an airport half an hour outside the city shows the magnificent beauty of what quite literally was the backdrop for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Plus a lot of sheep. How did they chase all those sheep away for the filming? A... Continue Reading →

A penitent Bismarck du Plessis will return to the Sharks front row for Friday’s match against the Highlanders in Dunedin but he will not resume the captaincy. The hooker has completed his four-match ban for a kick to the head of a Chiefs player, a suspension that started the week after he had issued a... Continue Reading →

With or without Richie McCaw, the Hurricanes still consider the Crusaders to be Super Rugby's benchmark. McCaw has been ruled out of Saturday's match against the Hurricanes at Westpac Stadium with concussion, the latest hiccup for a team that's lurched its way through its opening ten matches with five wins and five losses. Though McCaw... Continue Reading →

HEART TOP 40 - 25 APRIL 2015 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W PEAK WEEKS NOTES 1 Selena Gomez The Heart Want What It Wants NC 1 1 (3) 8 Last Week's #1 2 Four7 feat. Tiffany J'Adore Up 2 4 2 4 SA Top 10 #1 3 Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do... Continue Reading →

HEART TOP 40 - 18 APRIL 2015 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W PEAK WEEKS NOTES 1 Selena Gomez The Heart Want What It Wants NC 1 1 (2) 7 Last Week's #1 2 Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do NC 2 1 (3) 7 3 One Direction Steal My Girl NC 3 2... Continue Reading →

The Crusaders play a derby at home again this week, this time against the Chiefs. Todd Blackadder has made five changes to the team that was beaten by the Highlanders last Saturday night. Wyatt Crockett and Nepo Laulala will be the starting props on Friday night, with Joe Moody and Owen Franks as cover. Luke... Continue Reading →

HEART TOP 40 - 11 APRIL 2015 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W PEAK WEEKS NOTES 1 Selena Gomez The Heart Want What It Wants Up 2 3 1 6 2 Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do Down 1 1 1 (3) 6 Last Week's #1 3 One Direction Steal My Girl Down 1... Continue Reading →

Todd Blackadder has named an unchanged backline to face the Highlanders this weekend. The team has returned from South Africa to host the Highlanders at AMI Stadium, 7:35pm on Saturday. There are three changes in the forwards, with Joe Moody and Owen Franks the starting props this week, and Alex Hodgman and Nepo Laulala providing... Continue Reading →

HEART TOP 40 - 4 APRIL 2015 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W PEAK WEEKS NOTES 1 Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do NC 1 1 (3) 5 Last Week's #1 2 One Direction Steal My Girl Up 8 10 2 4 3 Selena Gomez The Heart Want What It Wants Up 3 6... Continue Reading →

There is no better past-time for a sports fan than kicking a dog when it is down, so it is no surprise that nobody has picked up on what Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder had to say about his team’s 50-point hammering of the Sharks at Kings Park at the weekend. Sharks fans want blood, understandably,... Continue Reading →

It might seem hard to believe but the Sharks have actually delivered a worse Super Rugby performance than this, they truly have, but never in 20 years of the competition has there been an embarrassment in Durban quite like this. That infamous 5-6 reverse to the Queensland Reds in 2004 was shocking beyond description, although... Continue Reading →

All of the music industry news for the last year or so has been directed at oncoming music streaming steamroller and the downfall of the music download, but what’s interesting is that our good old physical CD still remains a huge part of the music business. Thelatest report from the Recording Industry Association of America... Continue Reading →

The Crusaders will play the second game of their South African leg this weekend, against the current South African conference leaders, the Sharks. Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has named a team which includes seven changes to the starting line-up that played the Bulls in Pretoria last weekend. Props Wyatt Crockett and Joe Moody have... Continue Reading →