WWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BEAT THE AUSSIES AHAHAHAHAhAHahahahahaha. The first game in the Oceania Cup was won by the Blacksticks 3-0 and it was a great game to watch with the live streaming running well.

Kyle Pontifex was in goal making some great saves to leave the Olympic champions and number one ranked side in the world with nothing.

Although put under a lot of pressure, the Black Sticks defenders and midfield did well to hold their nerve under a lot of Aussie pressure. The Swamp Donkeys among them were standout performers.

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WITH JEREMY BRYSON

- If the All Blacks win the World Cup, I believe that the whole “the All Blacks can only win the World Cup in New Zealand argument” will be irrelevant due to the injuries the team has had to deal with (particularly the loss of Dan Carter).

- I know that the issue has probably been beaten death by the time you read this, but Sky TV really screwed up by not broadcasting Mils Muliaina’s 100th test cap ceremony. They say that they couldn’t do it because of their host broadcast obligations to screen the post match interviews, which would have been a fair enough excuse had they not screened Richie McCaw’s ceremony a couple of weeks earlier. Good on Campbell Live for broadcasting chunks of the footage, even if the sound was rubbish.

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What a weekend; the All Blacks won, so did the Warriors, and, most importantly of all, so did the Massey men’s hockey team. But first, sincere commiserations for the women, who lost their final against College 2-1 in a very tightly contested game they just could not finish off. I’m kind of gutted since they were doing so well all year.

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with Jeremy Bryson

- It was pretty special to attend the Georgia-Romania World Cup game in Palmerston North last week. It was by no means a classic game of rugby, but the atmosphere and just the thought of being part of the World Cup more than made up for it.

However, I was disappointed with how a lot of the crowd responded when both teams took penalty kicks late in the game. Georgia had a pretty good lead, so for either team to take penalty kicks at that stage was certainly not the New Zealand way of playing, but fans shouldn’t have booed. The teams were simply playing to their strengths and obviously just wanted to score points whenever they could. For them, this game was a big deal; they’re the two best European sides outside of the Six Nations, so there was a lot of pride on the line. To them, any points they could score were good.

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with Jeremy Bryson

- It’s hard to feel sorry for Victor Ortiz after Floyd Mayweather knocked him out a little over a week ago, even if you’re not particularly fond of “Money” Mayweather. It was a series of stupid actions on his part that led to him being laid out on the canvas. First he headbutted Mayweather after landing a flurry of punches on the corner of the ring. Then he made a prolonged apology (hugs and kissed included), which carried on even after the referee declared fight on. Mayweather capitalised with a couple of shots to the head of the unsuspecting Ortiz, and it was all over. Ortiz made the very amateur mistake of not protecting himself at all times. His claim that his headbutt was accidental was also complete rubbish.

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Everyone loves that winning feeling and Massey is definitely feeling it. I’m feeling it, I hope I’m still feeling it as you read this actually. In fact, if we did win over the weekend, I’ll probably still be feeling like shit from the celebration. That said, this weekend will be the 1st of October and also the Massey Bus trip which, as per usual, will be an amazing event so I hope everyone is looking forward to that!

The Massey men played TCOB in their semi-final and had clearly saved the best for the last stages of the competition, as they comprehensively outplayed TCOB to win 5-0. Massey played well for long periods of play and took advantage of many of its opportunities with some clinical finishing up front. The men played well through the whole side, with its back four, midfield and strikers performing well.

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THE END IS NIGH!!

The Massey Men played some hockey a little over a week ago and so managed to beat TCOB 4-2 with no one really putting in any effort, although there were some notable plays during the game. Our #1 most arrogant player, Jake Blanks, came up with one of Massey’s all time worst tackles on a TCOB forward, missing the ball and taking out the player’s legs. This resulted in a yellow card and a penalty corner against Massey.

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with Jeremy Bryson

- I LOVE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011!!! The first weekend of the competition was so gripping and entertaining. All of the so-called minnows played with such passion and intensity, with a few giving their more prominent opponents a good scare.

The Japanese were an absolute pleasure to watch against France. They weren’t the flashiest team on display, but they played with such great speed and courage. They just threw everything at the French. It just a shame the French ran away with it in the last 10 minutes. The All Blacks could probably learn a thing or two from the Japanese about getting quick ball. Coach John Kirwan has shown that he is the real deal. If he can get that kind of display out of a team like Japan, I would not be surprised if he ends up coaching the All Blacks one day.

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with Jeremy Bryson

- Rugby World Cup 2011 is finally here, and I’m calling on the people of Manawatu to get behind the Georgian team. They might only be ranked 16th in the world, but they’re playing two games here, so we should show them our support and make them feel at home.

After all, hosting an international sports tournament shouldn’t just be about supporting your own team. Most of us obviously want (or in some cases, need) the All Blacks to win the Cup, but we shouldn’t forget to have fun and enjoy this global celebration of rugby. Watch as many games as you can, familiarise yourself with the lesser known teams and players, have a few beers with fans from overseas, and try to attend a public training session or two if you’re in the right part of the country (a schedule can be found on the World Cup website). Even if the All Blacks don’t win the Cup, we should still savour the next six weeks because it could be a very long time before New Zealand hosts a tournament of this magnitude again.

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 Massey University student-athletes played a big part in helping the New Zealand team achieve its best medal count at the World University Games in almost 30 years.

New Zealand picked up 12 medals the World University Games held in Shenzen China last month. It was New Zealand’s biggest medal haul since the 1983 games, when the team picked up nine. Massey swimmers had a hand in six of the medals.

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