Ponsonby under-10s rugby descends into orange-related shouting match between grown adults
Two mothers, one chilly bin, no oranges. The children watched.
Sports Sideline
Saturday club rugby, netball and cricket, where the ref is blind and the parents are worse. Every Sports Sideline yarn we have filed, newest first — 54 stories, none of them true.
Stoke dad filming under-11 footy for "the tribunal" — tribunal does not exist
He has 47 hours of footage. He has been told 31 times there is no tribunal.
Bishopdale cricket dad demands umpire move the sun
Under-13 match held up 22 minutes while bloke explains astronomy to a teenager in a hat.
Karori under-10s club names player of the day who was at a birthday party in Johnsonville
Kid hadn't kicked a ball. Hadn't laced a boot. Got the chocolate fish anyway.
Mosgiel touch module introduces sin bin for sarcasm, first offender binned at 6.04pm
The new rule lasted four minutes before being tested. The bloke is still in the bin, sort of.
Newmarket hockey dad brings megaphone to under-13 game, refuses to leave when asked
The umpire is 16. The megaphone is loud. The dad is unrepentant.
Papamoa under-14 netball bus stranded at ferry terminal after GPS backs itself
Driver insists the app said 'board vessel'. The vessel had left at 6.40am.
Sumner under-11s coach insists knee-deep mud is 'character building' as third kid loses a boot
Parents reckon the only character being built is the one swearing at the touchline.
Hamilton East under-12 rugby game halted three times — plane, cow, and one jandal
The cow had no comment. The jandal's owner is still at large.
Gladstone under-11 sideline nearly goes feral over mandarin substitution at half-time
Club treasurer cited budget. Sideline cited treason. Constabulary cited Section 4.
Roslyn clubrooms smell like "deep heat and regret", barperson confirms
Janine into her fourth season says the carpet hasn't been dry since 2019.
Mt Eden under-11 cricket paused 40 minutes after dog named Biscuit nicks the ball
Biscuit took the ball to a Hilux. The opening bowler took a seat on the wicket.
Devonport netball mum ejected for "refereeing the referee" at under-12 game
Umpire is 15. Mum is 47. Saturday at Ngataringa Park did not go well for either.
Taradale cricket trophy engraved 2019 — nobody noticed for four months
The bloke who won it has had it on his mantle since March. His mum dusted it weekly.