Questions to ponder as sport comes back

1. Anyone else excited about the Nuggets coming back? And if they win, will anyone care if they have no Otago players in the team?

2. Is it true a leading racing official from up north told a southern trainer it takes two hours to drive from Kurow to Riverton?

3. Playing rugby in France is a grind, according to Colin Slade. What world does he live in?

4. How many minutes will Ben Smith play for Green Island to get his 50th cap?

5. Does anyone in racing have any time at all for the top brass?

6. How weird is it going to be to watch games with no crowds?

7. Why can’t a crowd of say 3000 be spread out at Forsyth Barr Stadium to watch games?

8. Why is not every Super Rugby game being played under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium?

9. Will people now realise what an amazing asset Dunedin has in the Edgar Centre?

10. Any truth in the rumour Josh Ioane wants to head to the capital?

11. How much of a gamble is Nehe MilnerSkudder going to be? Is it worth it?

12. Would you rather have a Highlanders back three of MilnerSkudder, Vilimoni Koroi and Jona Nareki, or Josh McKay, Scott Gregory and Chris Kuridrani?

13. Have people got blinkered memories about sport going back to grass roots? If it was so great back then, why did we ever leave?

14. Is Dunedin club rugby going to look silly when it is twiddling its thumbs when every other club competition in New Zealand will have started?

15. Has Otago got any hope in the Mitre 10 Cup if all the All Blacks are available?

16. What exactly is the reason for the ANZ Premiership being played at just one venue?

17. How much say has Sky TV had in leagues getting started?

18. The Highlanders would have finished their regular season next Friday night. How many games would they have won?

19. Everyone is saying sport was out of control, with too much excess before Covid19. But wasn’t every industry like that?

20. When will Sam Cane actually run on to the field and captain the All Blacks?

21. Will Hayden Parker one day wear a red and white jersey?

22. Is women’s sport going to have to take a step back in these financially challenged times?

23. Does anyone listen to these podcasts which every Tom, Dick and Harry of the sports world has brought out in recent weeks?

24. How much is the land at Forbury Park worth? And who gets the money it if it closes and is sold?

25. How poor is it the Sharks and Saints are not playing in the national basketball league?

AS plans are made to get sport back on the field,

Steve Hepburn asks some questions about what is ahead and what we have left behind.