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Ross Mason

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:16:03 +1200

School of Hard Knocks. Dutch – Head Hunting.

Poor Katie Glynn. Blackstick sacrificial lamb.

PS – attempting a tackle like that these days when the stick can now be lifted above the shoulder is a no no. Tackler beware.

Her comments on Stuff. T for Tough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHO4dU7oT4

Kumara Republic

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:37:06 +1200

I wonder what Roy & HG will have to say right now...

'Aus Zealand' currently ninth on medal tally

Paul Williams

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:09:31 +1200

Now I know this is an eclectic thread and also that I've said (most) of this before, but for all the times I miss and feel estranged from my homeland, this week I feel simultaneously blessed to be a Kiwi in Sydney and alienated too. First, the happy dislocation. Little…

Graeme Edgeler

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:52:17 +1200

what with the bit where the clock stops and you come back on guard in the centre of the piste after a hit is scored and then restart the clock

It was an extra minute, so they weren't going back to the middle.

Havie just caught up with this. It's…

Chris Waugh

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:03:07 +1200

Ooh, front page of the Beijing News for China's and two of South Korea's Olympic badminton match fixers. Lots more inside, as well.

Graeme Edgeler

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:11:23 +1200

NBC more American corporate bullying…

I thought this piece on the non-importance of Twitter was thoroughly excellent. It's about the Olympics, but could easily be about politics or any number of things:

http://sportsonearthblog.com/2012/07/31/nbc-is-ignoring-twitter-diehards-and-rightfully-so/

And while I was looking for that to link to, I came across another piece of the…

Lucy Stewart

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:09:47 +1200

And so I can understand the Koreans arguing for as long as they did as three points(or technically two) in one second does seem very wrong.

It seems less "wrong" than, er, "almost not physically possible", what with the bit where the clock stops and you come back on guard…

Hadyn Green

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:07:21 +1200

I am seriously pissed off at the boxing! The officials (especially the referee) robbed (ROBBED!) the Japanese competitor of a win after his opponent went to the canvas five or six times in exhaustion. The ref needed to give him standing counts or disqualify him for constantly stopping the bout.…

Hadyn Green

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:20:44 +1200

And seriously there is nothing more enjoyable than watching people display genuine talent.
Yes it is amazing!

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:21:47 +1200

NBC more American corporate bullying...
Guy Adams, a Los Angeles correspondent for the London based Independent newspaper, has had his account suspended by Twitter after they received complaints from the mammoth corporate media outlet NBC over Adams criticism of the networks Olympic coverage.

Yamis

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:38:34 +1200

I was watching a bit of the mens handball last night and thought the crowd noise sounded weird. Could hear sticks clacking and women shouting at each other and no reaction to the goals in the mens handball game.

Put two and two together and went down a couple of…

FletcherB

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:02:12 +1200

Watching (on Prime) the cross-country (second) part of the three-day horsey event (yeah, I'm good with official titles)... on several occasions the commentators had to point out that we should ignore the clock on the screen as that pertained to a rider/horse we'd been watching earlier... in several instances you…

Kyle Matthews

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:44:07 +1200

But I heard that Prime was showing it without losing the feed. Surely Prime and Sky are using the same feed??

Both lost picture, but kept sound. Sky went to ads, Prime stayed with it and got it back about 30 seconds in. Sky came back a minute or so…

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:27:57 +1200

Why are women in some sports competing in full (2cm thick) make up?

If it's good enough for the All Blacks..

Paul Williams

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:23:33 +1200

Kiwi women's hockey team were/are brilliant
I can't watch Eventing without jumping in my seat – I expect the High Jump will have the same effect.

Yeah, the time difference in Sydney makes for slightly less late nights. I was loving the hockey last night... oddly no one wants to…

Bart Janssen

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:18:53 +1200

This would seem to be a good place for random comments
Table tennis is amazing (the recycled old fart with his patronizing commentary, not so much)
Women's 10m pistol final was weirdly riveting. They were so very serious. I was very relieved to see they actually could have emotions after…

Bart Janssen

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:08:43 +1200

Yes, problems with the broadcast from the UK

But I heard that Prime was showing it without losing the feed. Surely Prime and Sky are using the same feed??

Megan Wegan

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:37:03 +1200

Yeah. They don't have a ticker or something ready to run?

Greg Sands

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:32:03 +1200

Has Sky said anything about losing the feed during the equestrian last night, during the rides of the final, crucial, two combinations and just breezily going to ads?

Yes, problems with the broadcast from the UK. But why on earth couldn't they just let the viewer know that?

Megan Wegan

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:47:42 +1200

Has Sky said anything about losing the feed during the equestrian last night, during the rides of the final, crucial, two combinations and just breezily going to ads?

Graeme Edgeler

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:23:57 +1200

And finally, don’t worry about Prime cutting off the Olympics to show stupid, vitally important, rugby or league. That’ll be on Maori TV now.

Is the working assumption that my working assumption the other day was correct?

Michael Homer

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:15:51 +1200

That last link is now broken, but the media release about it is here.

Gareth Ward

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:10:25 +1200

This genius tweet from Scotty Stevenson

I mentioned last night that perhaps we should have been suspicious when they changed that girl's name to Yay She Won before the Olympics even started...

Keir Leslie

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:45:26 +1200

The cycling had lots of complaints about coverage.

Public Address

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:45:26 +1200

Discussion from blog post.