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Chris Bowden

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:05:12 +1200

Since the appointement I have heard at least two interviews with JK where the interviewer referred to him as "Sir John" and JK immediately replied that he was more comfortable with "JK". He is certainly in the honeymoon stage with the media at the moment, but I suspect things will…

LegBreak

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:28:44 +1200

Thanks; that makes sense.

To me JK and Kirwan sound right. The Honours system baffles me at the best of times, but this seems to be a bit of a grey area. From what I’ve seen over the last 24 hours it’s an even split on whether the Sir gets…

Russell Brown

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:06:39 +1200

Oversight or deliberate?

First one, then the other.

I wrote the post and then remembered the "Sir". It seemed better without.

TracyMac

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:34:27 +1200

Are you pointing out the omission of the "Sir"? A column that talks about Kirwan in his professional context, not at an afternoon tea party with the Queen, should be all "Sir John" this and that?

(By the way, you don't give someone's full name with the "Sir" preceding. It'd…

LegBreak

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:01:29 +1200

A minor thing.

I note that in this, and HG's piece, there is no reference to Sir John Kirwan?

Oversight or deliberate?

Ana Simkiss

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:06:56 +1200

Eden Park this year has worn boat shoes... an excellent metaphor. Not true I must say for the one match I attended this year there, but then it was the Warriors not the hapless Blues.

Tristan

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:03:30 +1200

And Eddie!...you two are cosmically aligned

Russell Brown

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:35:55 +1200

Hadyn has an interesting post about John Kirwan freshly up.

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:35:06 +1200

Russell: I will have to take you along to the Waikato Stadium and the Chiefs some day, to restore your faith in the rugby experience.

Allan Moyle

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:10:41 +1200

Whooo that's telling it like it is. At least some of the Japanese will have some physical smashing experiences coming soon – what with Jerome K and SBW in their midst.

Public Address

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:10:40 +1200

Discussion from blog post.