By Jared Smith “I ain’t as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.” Toby Keith (2005) Unable…

By Jared Smith If you’ve already broken a four year drought, how hard can it be to go 80 minutes more? Having accomplished their…

By Jared Smith It requires travelling 45km further than they originally thought, but Gemini Pepper Construction Kaierau must show up convinced to their bone…

(Above: Marist will meet Border in Waverley in their first Premier semifinal appearance since 2017.) By Jared Smith There was history all round in…

By Jared Smith You can imagine Wanganui Car Centre Kaierau getting themselves up for Saturday’s last Tasman Tanning Premier regular season game by saying…

By Jared Smith “You didn’t know chess was a contact sport, did ‘ja? Jake Hayes (Chris Rock), Bad Company, 2002 It will be Part…

By Jared Smith Club day at Marton Park will be extra sweet on Saturday as home side Speirs Food Marton meets their respected fellow…

By Jared Smith St Johns Whanganui Metro will go into their bye week very interested to watch the fight to avoid fourth place in…

By Jared Smith Like 2020, all bottom three teams in Tasman Tanning Premier are still in playoff contention as the ‘fight for fourth’ will…

By Jared Smith Uncle Boof knocked on the door of the boss upstairs, and made his request for Saturday – “bring the rain”. An…