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Top 5 Infamous Moments In Sport

Every sport has that one moment that shocks the sporting community. Some sports (we won't name names, will we rugby league?) seem to have these moments every other week...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 316 reads 2 comments
NRL "Team Of Our Era"

The NRL is one of the toughest competitions in all of sport, and, due to the salary cap, is also one of the closest fought—there is talent spread across all 16 teams...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 758 reads 2 comments
Top-Five Greatest Sporting Comebacks

Top-five time again, and this week we're looking at the Top-Five Greatest Sporting Comebacks.We're talking about sportsmen coming back from career ending injuries, or coming out of retirement ...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 652 reads 0 comments
NRL Bottom Eight: What Went Wrong?

It's a case of "better luck next year" for the eight sides who didn't cut the mustard in the NRL this year.While the best eight sides live to fight another day, that's it for the bottom eight in 2008...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 543 reads 1 comments
Top 5 Greatest Sporting Rivalries

In this week's Top 5, we're looking at the five greatest sporting rivalries.It doesn't matter what sport you watch, there are always a couple of teams or countries that clash, and want nothing more than to beat their arch rival...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 709 reads 7 comments
Top 5 Reasons Why Cricket is a More Demanding Sport to Play Than Baseball

It's that time of the week, and this week we're looking at the Top 5 reasons why cricket is a more difficult sport to play than baseball: 5...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 2,273 reads 19 comments
Make A Stand, IRB—Country Or Club?

Next week the All Blacks take on Samoa in a one-off Test in New Plymouth, New Zealand. While the All Blacks should have no problem against the Samoans, the one-off Test will be a great opportunity ...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 305 reads 7 comments
The Warriors Stumble Away From Home...Again

The Warriors have always been their own worst enemy, and on Sunday they showed us why.The Dragons are never easy to beat, and the Warrior's history at Wollongong is terrible at best—but ...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 491 reads 1 comments
Top 5 Greatest American Sportsmen

In this week's Top 5, we're looking at the Greatest American sportsmen.Seeing as we're from New Zealand, we don't get to see a lot of American sports (we're limited by what they show on ESPN...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 818 reads 6 comments
American Football VS Rugby: Part Three

Since we started this series, we've heard from a number of NFL supporters that tackles in rugby can't hurt much, because they're designed to 'smother', rather than 'stop' the player with the ball...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 280 reads 1 comments
American Football VS Rugby: Part Two

In our first post on this subject, we explained why we won't be taking a side in this debate.We told you we don't know enough about American Football, but that we know (too much, probably....

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 308 reads 1 comments
American Football VS Rugby

One of the hot topics in the Attic lately has been the American Football vs. Rugby debate.It was our original intention to enter the debate, but we've talked about it (and researched it, too) at length - and we're not sure we're in a position to do that..

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 266 reads 1 comments
Top Five Weirdest Olympic "Sports"

It's Top Five time again, and with the Olympics heading into the home stretch we thought we'd give you our Top Five Weirdest Olympic Sports.There are a lot of different sporting events at the Beijing Games, and some of them are slightly odd...

Written by Israel Butson about about 1 year ago 575 reads 18 comments

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Israel Butson Article Archive

Top 5 Infamous Moments In Sport

NRL "Team Of Our Era"

Top-Five Greatest Sporting Comebacks

NRL Bottom Eight: What Went Wrong?

Top 5 Greatest Sporting Rivalries

Top 5 Reasons Why Cricket is a More Demanding Sport to Play Than Baseball

Make A Stand, IRB—Country Or Club?

The Warriors Stumble Away From Home...Again

Top 5 Greatest American Sportsmen

American Football VS Rugby: Part Three

American Football VS Rugby: Part Two

American Football VS Rugby

Top Five Weirdest Olympic "Sports"

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