It’s a winter game
consistent returns. I would like to thank the Sky Sport commentators for telling everyone watching how cold it was in Invercargill for the Chiefs versus Highlanders game.
We are at the bottom of the South Island, rugby is a winter game, and if the rugby officials insist on night games then that is what you will get.
I didn’t notice any rain or wind and the ground seemed pretty good, as they all are these days.
The commentators mentioned more than once that conditions led to one or two of the Highlanders’ tries.
Well, I have been to Hamilton and I know that fog and frost are no strangers there. So forget about the conditions. Post-match reports all mentioned that the Chiefs were injury-depleted. Well every team has its share of injuries. The fact is the Highlanders played well and they won.
Most times it is pretty obvious who the commentators want to win and it is usually the big-city, big-name teams.
Not this time boys.
Good luck to the Highlanders for the remaining games. A Hurricanes versus Highlanders final would suit me fine. Just by chance on June 2, I saw a short interview on the American right-wing TV station Fox News with John Key in which he stated ‘‘We have balanced the books and have the cheapest interest rates in the world’’ along with other statements he made that were blatant lies.
He painted a picture of the New Zealand economy as a utopia for all its citizens.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Good on David Russell for his opinion on Solid Energy (May 30). I recall saying a word or two to Jack Murrell in this paper a while back, arguing Southland’s coal reserves are a strategic reserve best left in the ground.
Looks like that’s a good plan now.
The world is changing too fast now to plan ahead. We are living on borrowed money and borrowed time.
The traditional lines of race, politics and culture are globally changing into a divide between the Narcissists and the Empaths.
One side says steal from our children and the other says we can all have a great life with less greed.
Our energy needs and our employment prospects all depend on the outcome of this struggle.
It is clear that Southland and Westland industries are going to be greatly affected by energy issues so some sort of contingency plan might be in order.
I daresay that involves a level of social empathy not seem here since the 1970s.