by Christine Dornan | Aug 22, 2018 | Opinion, Rugby, Sport
Martinborough’s Tristan Flutey has been a standout player this season. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV RUGBY JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz With the Heartland Championship starting this weekend hopes will be high that Wairarapa-Bush can improve on last year’s disappointing...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 23, 2018 | Opinion, Sport
Wellington Phoenix players running drills with local children. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV JAKE’S TAKE JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz The football was entertaining, but the events that occurred during halftime of Tuesday’s match between Wairarapa United and the...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 2, 2018 | Opinion, Rugby, Sport
Masterton Red Star players celebrating their win in last year’s senior reserve final against Tuhirangi. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV JAKE’S TAKE JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz It was clear after hearing the respective views of the Tuhirangi and Puketoi rugby clubs...
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by Jake Beleski | Apr 30, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz James Broadhurst’s retirement from rugby due to the ongoing effects of concussion is the latest chapter in a worrying trend that continues to envelop the sport. The former All Blacks’ and Hurricanes’ lock...
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by Jake Beleski | Apr 22, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Is there anything more bemusing for a Super Rugby side than trying to find ways to contain Hurricanes’ first five Beauden Barrett? Yes — trying to contain two Barretts. Beauden has hogged the headlines in recent weeks...
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by Jake Beleski | Apr 1, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Kane Williamson is rapidly racing towards the mantle of greatest ever New Zealand batsman, but he is a long way from becoming New Zealand’s greatest captain. Williamson’s majestic 176 in the Black Caps’ first...
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by Jake Beleski | Mar 25, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski Earning $10.9m over 10 years might be a good decade’s work for most people, but Jason Taumalolo will likely live to regret it. The New Zealand-born North Queensland Cowboys wrecking ball will become one of the highest-paid players in the NRL from...
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by Jake Beleski | Mar 18, 2017 | Opinion
By Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Far more than competition points will be on the line when the Hurricanes clash with the Highlanders in Wellington tonight. Aaron Smith will be able to kiss goodbye his hopes of wearing the No 9 jersey against the British and...
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