The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 15

One of the fascinating things about having an editor who invariably only gets around to posting the latest episode online after the events being discussed have taken place is seeing just how wrong we often are. In this case it's the final of the 2007 Super 14 - who will it be: the Bulls or Sharks? By the time you listen to this, you'll probably know, but tune in anyway, and revel in the Dropkick's misguided assumptions and errant predictions.

There's also dicussion on the Maori team for the Churchill Cup, the NZ Netball team (losing) in the UK, Dick and Athletes of the Week, some baseball, and sex toys...

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The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 14

It's Super 14 semi-final time, and the Dropkicks are here to guide you through the tense final acts, as well as discussing the intriguing last round of pool play, which saw the top 4 teams change (nearly) after every game. There's also a bit of tennis, some America's Cup, and dick and athletes of the week...

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Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 13 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 13

After a couple of weeks off to rest, we're back and ready for the final round of the 2007 Super 14 season...

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Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 10 & 11 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 12

Sorry - very late this week, to the point of it now being next week already (and not in the Dropkicks time-travelling sense of next week - just late).

So, listen in amazement as we manage to make accurate predictions of the Super 14 round just completed! Wonder at our analysis of the Cricket World Cup! And be astonished at yet more feats of atheltic wonder in our Athletes of the Week!


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Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 8 & 9 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 11

The usual hits and misses with our Super 14 analysis; some Cricket World Cup action; another why-stuff.co.nz-is-crap section; and perhaps the highest quality field ever for Athlete of the Week (not even featuring Roger Federer)!


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Virtual Super 14 - Week 9 results

The Dropkicks collective still languish near the bottom of the pack, and Wrongun still sits firmly at the top. Mike has now leapfrogged Dom to leave the Mallet as the bottom-placed Dropkick, and Hadyn and Noizy continue to jostle for the top individual Dropkick spot near the top of the table, where Public Address's Russell Brown has slipped quietly into third place. Perhaps Russell got a few wise tips from Hadyn, Noizy and Che when he interviewed the Wellingtonista crew - which includes the aforementioned trio - for an upcoming radio show. Or perhaps not.

Ranking	Player	Last Wk	Total	Team	Change
1134	Wrongun	34	262	Hurricanes	340
14566	the hood	39	239	Blues	12891
15763	russb	34	238	Blues	3972
28925	Rockstar	18	230	Chiefs	-19328
33040	noizyboy	24	228	Crusaders	-13305
53975	BlindHamish	34	219	Brumbies	10229
58618	Big Hairy	34	217	Highlanders	10784
58618	figruck	29	217	Chiefs	-2804
58618	Ricklkiwi	39	217	Blues	24355
63882	Motorcycle	42	215	Hurricanes	31561
73824	The Mallet	37	211	Hurricanes	19577
85262	Halburger	15	206	Highlanders	-37444
85262	Kiwijoe	34	206	Highlanders	12253
85262	Vinny G	34	206	Hurricanes	12253
97893	bclotty	26	200	Chiefs	-4492
101390	Dropkicks	26	198	Hurricanes	-3875
101390	The Mut Bag	34	198	Hurricanes	11528
112672	BigRedCube	45	191	Blues	18806
112672	gabbyyue	15	191	Blues	-24090
118885	Banks15	15	186	Blues	-18744

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 10

High quality analysis of last week's Super 14 rugby games, our picks for the coming weekend, some Cricket World cup talk, musings on the NRL Rugby League competition, a quick look at the slowest swimmer at the World Swimming Champs, why Stuff.co.nz is crap, and some other stuff...

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Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 7 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 09

Pipping the post just hours before the kick-off of this week's Super 14 matches, the Dropkicks share their thoughtful and insightful analysis on not only the Super 14, but the Six Nations, Formula One, the Cricket World Cup, US College Basketball, and pick their athlete and dick of the week...

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The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 08

Returned from their voyages to alternate realties, the Dropkicks return with more stunning insights into the Super 14, the Six Nations, and any other sport issues that take their fancy.

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Virtual Super 14 - Week 6 results

Well, despite some odd predictions being made as a result of their visit to an alternative future during last week's podcast, the Dropkicks actually had a pretty good week with the Virtual Rugby, picking up a respectable 31 points, leaping up 13490 places in the process, and are now in contention to overhaul the bottom-placed individual Dropkick, Sideline Mike. The collective score wasn't quite as spectacular as noizy's 39 points, which saw him return to the top 3, where Wrongun and Dropkick Hadyn remain 1st and 2nd, respectively. The Mallet? A relative shocker this week, plummeting him down just over 25000 places...

Ranking	Player Name	Last Week	Total Points	Team Supported	Change
4345	Wrongun	34	166	Hurricanes	5186
8753	Rockstar (Hadyn)	34	160	Chiefs	9492
15041	noizyboy	39	155	Crusaders	28060
22860	russb	34	151	Blues	18478
33782	BlindHamish	34	146	Brumbies	23462
36562	the hood	26	145	Blues	-1625
52680	Big Hairy	23	139	Highlanders	-9579
60008	The Mallet (Dom)	18	137	Hurricanes	-25071
81878	figruck	20	130	Chiefs	-19240
84977	Banks15	33	129	Blues	23368
90907	bclotty	23	127	Chiefs	-6416
90907	Halburger	24	127	Highlanders	-3545
92978	Motorcycle (Mike)	26	126	Hurricanes	3150
114571	Dropkicks	31	117	Hurricanes	13490
114571	Vinny G	15	117	Hurricanes	-24725
122799	gabbyyue	31	112	Blues	11547
126990	BigRedCube	28	109	Blues	7356
135397	The Mut Bag	20	100	Hurricanes	217

Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 5 (video highlights)

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 07

The Dropkicks discuss week 6 of the Super 14, some Six Nations (record try-scoring!), Roger Federer's defeat to a 14 year old Russian, Cricket World Cup (hat-tricks galore!), Tiger Wood's death, and Michael Schumacher's surprise return to Formula 1.


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Super 14 - Plays of the Week, Round 4 (video highlights)

Yes, we realise round 5 has just passed us by, but we're relying on the goodness of YouTube users (and, in particular, user jombijombi), so there's a little lag between action and posting...

Virtual Super 14 - Week 5 results

Whaaa? Two draws? The Canes get thumped, at Palmy, by the Stormers? Crusaders throw away a lead after the full-time hooter has gone? What is the world coming to?

Thankfully, the round of bizarre results meant just about everyone had a shocker, with Dom's relatively measly 21 points being good enough to catapault him up 32200 places on the ladder, and even a score of 16 seeing positive movement up the competition. Not that the Dropkicks got 16, we got 5, even after picking a draw for this round, just in the wrong game.

Ranking	Player Name	Last Week	Total Points	Team Supported	Change
9531	Wrongun	13	132	Hurricanes	299
18245	Rockstar (Hadyn)	16	126	Chiefs	8174
34937	the hood	8	119	Blues	-10665
34937	The Mallet (Dom)	21	119	Hurricanes	32200
41338	russb	8	117	Blues	-11126
43101	Big Hairy	8	116	Highlanders	-11550
43101	noizyboy	5	116	Crusaders	-18829
57244	BlindHamish	16	112	Brumbies	17526
62638	figruck	8	110	Chiefs	-11252
84491	bclotty	24	104	Chiefs	37885
87362	Halburger	5	103	Highlanders	-20225
89846	Vinny G	5	102	Hurricanes	-20564
96128	Motorcycle (Mike)	8	100	Hurricanes	-8519
108345	Banks15	16	96	Blues	14031
128061	Dropkicks	5	86	Hurricanes	-8511
134346	gabbyyue	24	81	Blues	11110
134346	BigRedCube	5	81	Blues	-5252
135614	The Mut Bag	16	80	Hurricanes	6726

The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 06

Actually managing to post the episode to the blog before this week's round of matches? Priceless.

Noizyboy, Sideline Mike and Tall Timber Tibby make do without The Mallet and Mouth of the South this week. In the surprisingly noisy environs of the Wellington Library cafe, the lads discuss the latest round of the Super 14, the Six Nations, and the Vatican World Cup of Soccer - The Clericus Cup.

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The Dropkicks - 2007 - Episode 05

Playing a bit of catch-up football this week - finally posting last week's show on the same day this week's show is being edited.

But you've already heard it, haven't you, because you subscribe to the podcast feed? No? Click here for details on how to get the podcast sent to your iTunes, RSS Feeder, or Web Browser automatically, and stop relying on our sporadic blog posting for your latest podcast kicks...

Anyway, Episode 05 features the first Dropkicks competitive eating challenge, Super 14 review and picks, some Nascar, bare-handed vodka-fuelled shark catching, Chappell-Hadlee ODI Cricket series, and lots of tweeting birds...

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