A review of sports news, commentary, analysis and opinion by sport writer Paul Thomas - New Zealand Listener

Paul Thomas: walking the talk

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

If choosing not to walk is synonymous with any cricketing nation, it’s Australia.

Issue 3838 21st Nov 2013

Everything that’s wrong with pro boxing was on show in David Tua’s anticlimactic swansong.

Issue 3837 14th Nov 2013

All won’t be lost if Mexico spoil the All Whites’ 2014 final chances.

Issue 3836 7th Nov 2013

For all his love of league, it may not provide SBW with a big enough stage.

Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013

Why a gulf separates the armchair selectors from those whose teams actually have to play.

Issue 3834 24th Oct 2013

England’s multilingual football manager gets tangled up in words.

Issue 3833 17th Oct 2013

With Sonny Bill Williams staying on in Oz, Ma‘a Nonu might get a look in.

Issue 3832 10th Oct 2013

Following the All Blacks win in South Africa, there’s time for reflection.

Issue 3831 3rd Oct 2013

Even when Team New Zealand did everything right, they were run down.

Issue 3830 26th Sep 2013

There should be a mechanism for reversing incorrect refereeing decisions.