This from the Halberg's Chairman (idiot)

 

Im pretty sure it would have been 96 when they won the series in South Africa. Jonah may have won a sportsman title since then but I couldn't tell you that exactly. So give up on the it only goes to Rugby BS will ya.

ops i had a typo in my prvious post.  Meant to say I'm pretty sure there aren't 10 divers sitting out in the ocean.  Hence my differentiation between diving, and say shot put etc  wasn't very clear.

 

Happy to stand corrected SK.  Didn't realise they had meets.  From what I gathered from TV was that a diver would have a crack at the world record whenever they felt like it.  Obviously I'm a dumbarse.

 

So Rugby wins one Halberg in the past 10 years and it always goes to Rugby?

 

If the All Whites dont win every halberg going this year I will have as bigger cry as the rest of you, as I did this year. Sometimes Rugby bashing comes a bit to easy and unjustified by many of you.

 

Not a dumbarse... I thought the same until the last few years. The big blue is one of my fave movies and still think it's way more romantic to think of a solo diver pushing his limits but like anything fairly dangerous these days its way more regimented & safety orientated and I'm guessing that like any athletes the divers like the chance to meet up and actually see how each other is doing & having an offical body ensures the veracity of the record. And as far as the Halbergs go I just read somewhere else that this was Trubridge's tenth world record

 

maybe... but seriously rugby in NZ (&its fans & media) sets itself up as a target when you get more crap on tv the month before the World Cup about a diff world cup that is a year away and isn't a world wide highly particpated sport

The fact it isn't a world wide highly participated sport does not matter one bit. It is NZs national sport, whether it will be in 10 years is another question, but at the moment it is NZs biggest sport.

Thats why it gets media attention.

 

umm... why is it NZ's national sport? this is an actual question rather than sarcasm (tho I also have that in spades re rugby) but what deterimes a countries national sport? particpants? cause I read somewhere last year that in NZ more people surf than play rugby and i'd believe that and I'm sure there are also more people who play pool

 

Ricki

 

 

 

 

 

Heard somewhere Mark Sorenson said he wouldn't be voting for the All Whites cause we didn't actually win anything at the WC 

 

 

 

Have enjoyed his daily "CGW" TV show during the World Cup- Richardson and his co-presenter are real AWs fans...  they had a lot of cool AWs fan stuff on the show and entertaining segments from James McOnie in SA. Completely positive coverage of Kiwi soccer for several weeks- a refreshing change...

I think football fans should avoid slagging other sports, we all hate the old stereotypes of football in this country and of football in general. We should show other sports some respect, we don't need to belittle other sports to make football look better.