I'd be willing to guess it was Steve Holloway jumping on the potential good press and view counts the Herald could receive from the YF (Because lets face it, nobody else cares).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11166979
Backhanded compliment to 2B's blog: "occasionally humourus".
Hard to make a call either way with two posts. Statisticians would be having a conniption!