Nice work from Singh. I always appreciate it when journalists make the effort to write for the benefit of readers, rather than players, coaches, or administrators. (Too often in provincial centres the media defaults to become the PR arm of the clubs, with a host of soft-belly copy.)
Good to see him persistent enough to get on-the-record comments from HBU, woven in alongside his own narrative as a sports reporter, so that we can make up our own minds on the merits of the case.
Ha, was just thinking, 30 years ago we would have excused Angell as "a character". ("the game needs characters" etc).
The irrelevant anecdotes that make up the first eight pars, detailing a sad moment in Angell's career, with no segue to his actual point aren't bizarre? (if they detailed a history of bad behaviour, the issue at hand, they'd make sense)
And wtf is 'Thirsty Whale-sponsored side' about? Same way of bringing up the sponsor (an affront to any writer with taste) appears in the report of the Tasman game, where Cory Chettleburgh is referred to as a 'homeboy' - again, wtf.