Russell Brand soaks up the rays in Australia
He’s in Australia on his I Am A Walrus stand-up comedy tour. And Russell Brand, 37, has wasted no time in taking advantage of the warm summer weather. The comedian spent the day outside watching Australia play South Africa at cricket in Perth last week. The star looked relaxed as he sat in a box … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1840
Under the leadership of British statesman Edward G. Wakefield, the first British colonists to New Zealand arrive at Port Nicholson on Auckland Island. In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman became the first European to discover the South Pacific island group that later became known as New Zealand. While attempting to land, several of Tasman’s crew … [Read the full story]
John Smit is clueless. The Springboks will choke
World Cup-winning South African skipper John Smit believes the planet’s most experienced Test side can finally get at nemesis Quade Cooper and knock out the Wallabies with their superior temperament for sudden-death rugby. The crafty Springbok statesman started the mind games for today’s cut-throat quarter-final in Wellington by saying this was a pressured stage unlike … [Read the full story]
Rugby World Cup – quarter final line-ups
Quarter-final 1 Ireland v Wales, Wellington (Saturday, October 8, 4pm EDT) Ireland (15-1): Robert Kearney; Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll (captain), Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls; Ronan O’Gara, Conor Murray; Jamie Heaslip, Sean O’Brien, Stephen Ferris; Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan; Mike Ross, Rory Best, Cian Healy. Replacements: Sean Cronin,Tom Court, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Leamy, Eoin Reddan, Jonathan … [Read the full story]
Rugby World Cup 2011 – this weekends line-up
South Africa v Samoa, 30/9 5:30pm (EST), Albany South Africa (15-1): Patrick Lambie; JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, Frans Steyn, Bryan Habana; Morne Steyn, Fourie du Preez; Pierre Spies, Schalk Burger, Heinrich Brussow; Victor Matfield (captain), Danie Rossouw; Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Tendai Mtawarira. Res: John Smit, Gurthro Steenkamp, CJ van der Linde, Willem … [Read the full story]
Baby left in car while Dad watches strippers
Police have arrested a man for leaving his 1-year-old baby in a car during the early hours while he watched strippers perform at a local strip club. A passer-by notified the police after seeing the sleeping child in a car parked near the Mermaid Strip Club in Wellington, New Zealand. Police took the baby to … [Read the full story]
