Column: From the Hip

Absentees missed great game

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W here were you?

Tourists bring a foul stench

TDN Hillsy

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OPINION: It's hard to argue against the match-fixing claims embroiling the Pakistan cricketers.

Decision may hit Irish luck

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OPINION: OPINION: The Irish are the ones missing out, not New Plymouth.

White Ferns fall just short

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Thanks girls, you made the final - something the men didn't do.

For good of the game, Storm have to be thrown out

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Throw the Melbourne Storm out.

Surfer's goodwill gesture

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No-one would have picked it, a finish like that.

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What an amazing bunch of athletes we have in Taranaki.

Dream run in sevens earns Barrett contract

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What a weekend it was for Beauden Barrett.

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It took all year, but it was worth the wait.

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All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore.

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OPINION: Andrew Hore and Jason Eaton are there, but there's no mention of Scott Waldrom.

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OPINION: Don't try to outrun New Plymouth policeman Jeff McGrath.

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OPINION: Clayton's ban not a good message.

Forward angst

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It can be hard being a Taranaki supporter, but not half as hard as being a Taranaki forward.

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Sorry story of players who didn't even front up.

Taranaki missing old fashioned guts

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OPINION: What is it with Taranaki rugby teams and North Harbour's Albany Stadium?

NPC not broke so why the rush to fix it?

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NOW, here's an idea - leave rugby's national provincial championship alone.

Lots of questions

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What is it with these All Blacks, they're going backwards both on and off the field?

What might have been

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It had all been going so well for the White Ferns . . . until the final.

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Inexperience proves the All Blacks' weak link

Girls lucky that our hero Isaac was at the beach

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Taranaki folk know their beaches during the summer months are patrolled by the best life guards in the country.