Karl du Fresne

Something curious popped up in my comments box recently. It came from someone who chose to remain anonymous (now there’s a surprise) and ask...

By Spiro Zavos On a wet Paris night of driving rain, in a match of Shakespearean drama with a slippery field and ball that made handling and...

By Spiro Zavos The Rugby World Cup trophy commemorates William Webb Ellis, the Rugby School lad who was supposed to have picked up the ball ...

I sometimes wonder whether political reporters ever pause to think how precious and entitled their behaviour looks to outsiders. I doubt it....

Ireland were not literally or even metaphorically hung or drawn by the New Zealand at Stade de France. But they were quartered, as in being ...

The preliminary results are in, and perhaps the best thing we can all do – me included – is take a deep breath and calm down. New Zealand ...

It came as no surprise to read that the number of New Zealanders leaving the country approached record levels in the year to August 31. The...