OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: McCaw's Super holiday unacceptableThe Super 15 took another smack to the chops and this time it was delivered by the greatest of All Blacks, Richie McCaw, who has extended his Super holiday.14 Apr 05:30 PM
MotorsportFamous growl of V8s comes roaring backMotor racing novice Chris Rattue tries to decipher V8 Supercars speak.12 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Warriors' sparkle begins to showThe players appear to have awoken from a confusing slumber, writes Chris Rattue. A thriller at Mt Smart Stadium, a close loss for the Warriors, and to draw a longish bow, a couple of questions.07 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Erratic players come in all coloursThe Warriors got the monkey off their back when they broke a long losing streak against the Cowboys. But a gorilla of a problem just won't go away, writes Chris Rattue.02 Apr 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Rennie's rangers continue to show they are the real dealThe Chiefs, a team so annoyingly playful before Dave Rennie arrived, have built a ruthless streak.31 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Three cheers for two-metre Peter"Two Metre" Peter Fulton is a cricketer who, as it turned out, is easy to root for, writes Chris Rattue. We've stumbled upon an unlikely sporting hero, a forgotten man no more.26 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Rugby's changed approach to addictionZac Guildford has probably turned a corner. The national rugby union certainly has, writes Chris Rattue.24 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Journos mere relayers as Twitter drivel takes overTwitter has changed many things in short order, including the public's access - perceived or real - to sports stars, writes Chris Rattue.19 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Blues and Warriors have let some good ones get awayOh for a magic wand, and the chance to wave it around the footy fields of the world to call a few of our best Auckland players back home, writes Chris Rattue.17 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Fighting his own corner SBW's skillMr Superstar was Joe Ordinary on debut for the Sydney Roosters in defeat to South Sydney. Little wonder, because he'd spent the off-season getting ready for a joke of a boxing promotion.15 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Drug witch hunt loses sight of principles of natural justice12 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Great crowd, uncertain futureChris Rattue ponders the future of New Zealand softball, now that we are world champs.10 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Pitching on a shoestringeThe lights stayed on late into the night, but they also started to dim on New Zealand's world title softball hopes as the Canadians battered the Kiwi battery.05 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Mexican softballers doing it hardSoftball is a DIY sport right to the top level, writes Chris Rattue. The world champion Australian players are among those to pay their own way to Rosedale Park for this week's world championships.04 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Losing Ranger would be disastrousRanger is finally delivering on his exceptional promise and could be an All Black legend, writes Chris Rattue. The Blues have already won one battle, but they desperately need to win another.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Much too early to cheer the BluesIt will take a lot more than a romp against an insipid Hurricanes outfit before this punter gets remotely excited about the Blues.26 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: The bungle in the rumbleGee whiz. The Sonny Bill Williams fight turned out to be a bit dodgy, like nobody knew that his boxing career was a crock of you know what in the first place.10 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Soccer must be ruthless with those tarnishing the gameThe scale of sport's latest disaster is so immense it is hard to take in.05 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Forget no name sevens, roll on star-studded ninesThe Wellington sevens tournament has been hit by a lot of negative publicity this year and the worst is yet to come, writes Chris Rattue.03 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: More power to maverick MorganAt least Morgan knows there are some fans, which is more than can be said for rugby, which still operates like a masonic lodge, writes Chris Rattue.29 Jan 04:30 PM
LeagueChris Rattue: A bolt from out of the blueTo further celebrate the Miracle of Kimberley, which completed a highly unexpected one-day cricket series victory in South Africa, Chris Rattue finds a few other shock New Zealand sporting victories to drool over25 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: An addiction that shows no mercyFar be it for me to definitively diagnose Zac Guildford from afar, writes Chris Rattue, but a string of alcohol-related incidents indicate the young All Black has a serious problem with the firewater.22 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Oprah's Armstrong soap doesn't make the blood boilI'm still waiting for my blood to boil about Lance Armstrong, but it just ain't happening, writes Chris Rattue. There are, I think, too many far more important issues to be incensed about.20 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: World waits for Lance crumbs from OprahLets get ready to rumble. Oprah versus Lance Armstrong is shaping up as the first big sporting battle of the year, writes Chris Rattue.15 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Reinstate Taylor as skipperChris Rattue writes: "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, Mike, involves returning Ross Taylor to the test captaincy for the three-test series against England."13 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Influential skipper will leave NZ with colossal hole to fillSome tears will be shed if Ryan Nelsen calls it a day, leaving the All Whites without their prime force for the 2014 World Cup finals qualification.08 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Taylor must get onto the first plane outRoss Taylor's struggle with the great tragedy that has befallen his terrible life is becoming one of the turgid bores in the history of NZ sport, writes Chris Rattue.06 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: If I may, if I might New Year wishes to higher sporting powersRandom sports things that 2013 will hopefully bring... from the realistic to the mainly hopelessly impossible.01 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Ferguson antics inspire condemnation - and fascination30 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: Taylor's sulk lets fans and teammates downNew Zealand's best cricketer has gone on strike in an attempt to get the coach he doesn't trust sacked, says Chris Rattue.11 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionChris RattueChris Rattue: NZ desperately needed Taylor to show his stuff in SARoss Taylor should have taken a deep breath, let the #!@# land elsewhere where it belonged, and joined the NZ side on this tour to South Africa, writes Chris Rattue.09 Dec 04:30 PM
