Articles by D'Arcy Waldegrave
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Test cricket is increasingly becoming a side show
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 8:30amThe World Test Championship final is heading for quite the finish. As we sit, South Africa needs 69 runs to get their hands...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The criticisms of the Super Rugby Pacific finals structure are fascinating
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 9:20amI’m fascinated by the accelerated criticisms around the finals structure of Super Rugby Pacific. Granted, the process is...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Combat sports' contributions to the Darwin Awards
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:40amThe recent explosion of side-show violence masquerading as sport and the associated media coverage has been quite the eye...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: How will Auckland FC play under the pressure?
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 8:50amWe all know the saying, pressure makes diamonds. It’s a wonderful theory, a beautiful axiom that is often delivered as...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Something has gone horribly wrong for NZ Rugby
Saturday, 10 May 2025, 8:38amNZR generated 285 million bucks last year. Sweet. They also manged to flush $305 million. Oops. A quick flick of the abacus...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Basketball NZ are the architects of their own humiliation
Saturday, 3 May 2025, 8:30amBasketball New Zealand has punched itself in the face. Broke its own nose, and is trying to tell us it walked into a door....
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The Blues got flogged by the Reds
Saturday, 26 April 2025, 8:41amAnd the Blues got flogged by the Reds. This fixture should be known as the Purple Smash, as that is what happens when...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Possible motivations for Peter Burling's split
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 8:38amBurling and Dalton have split. Team New Zealand has lost the services of their greatest skipper, the most successful America’s...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: I'm behind Gary Stead, 100%
Saturday, 5 April 2025, 8:26amAs long as you want to, Gary. He’s not gone yet, but it would appear that the end is nigh for Black Caps coach Gary Stead....
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The FIFA World Cup qualification celebration goalposts have moved
Saturday, 22 March 2025, 8:35amLooks like the FIFA World Cup is on for the All Whites. Last night in Wellington the national men’s team pulled Fiji apart,...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The NRL won't get any air to breathe in Nevada
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 8:06amOk, so the NRL are opening their season in Las Vegas. Glamourous, brash, glitzy, tasteless. All show, no substance. A heaving...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Boxing has slung another curve ball
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 8:15amUh oh. The murky world of boxing has slung another curve ball, this time in the direction of Joseph Parker. The kiwi former...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: It's not "too early" for Super Rugby
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 9:34am“It’s too early for Super Rugby”. Possibly the most irritating comment in sport. Stop it. It’s like people who text me...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Joe Schmidt's time heading the Wallabies has revealed some key points
Saturday, 8 February 2025, 9:41amJoe Schmidt is stepping away from his saviour role at the end of this year's Rugby Championship. The good lord giveth, the...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Israel Adesanya is finding himself in an unusual position
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 9:35am“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before the fall.” Israel Adesanya, the Last Stylebender, gets his fight...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: 'Let Me Entertain You' is the theme song of the Aussie Open
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 9:48amHalf man, half monkey. That’s Robbie Williams if you buy into his freshly released movie bio - ‘Better Man’. Williams penned...
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Best of 2024: D'Arcy Waldegrave - Grace Nweke's move is a punch in the face to Netball NZ
Friday, 20 December 2024, 11:54amGrace Nweke has punched Netball NZ in the face. The superstar Silver Fern shooter is off to the Aussie comp, and as a result...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The real work starts now for Liam Lawson
Saturday, 21 December 2024, 9:16amIn what will be my last structured rant of 2024, I'll finish on a high. That high is Liam Lawson. He is following in the...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The real F1 championship title is still up for grabs
Saturday, 7 December 2024, 10:51amThis weekend the 2024 Formula 1 season draws to a close at a carpark in Abu Dhabi The driver’s championship has been sealed...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Let's hope the Black Caps buck the trend
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 2:57pmWhat a day to soil your whites. Yesterday the Black Caps tried in vain to sabotage the first test against England. Day one...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Drink it up cricket fans
Saturday, 23 November 2024, 10:11amDrink it up test cricket fans. Not the current test between the Aussies and the Indians, the upcoming series right here in...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: I want what the Melbourne Storm are having
Saturday, 28 September 2024, 9:44amI want what you’re having. The Melbourne Storm that is. Penrith Panthers too. Regardless of the result in next week's NRL...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: The best thing for the first Bledisloe fixture would be an ABs loss
Saturday, 21 September 2024, 9:53amThe best thing that could happen in the first Bledisloe Cup fixture is a loss for the All Blacks. Or a win for the Wallabies,...
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: People are too quick to shoot down the new Super Rugby system
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 9:35amSomeone always has a better idea. There is always an expert out there who knows best. Invariably it’s a detached non-stakeholder...
