Posts Tagged ‘Sport and alcohol’

All Black selection criteria should include moral values

Monday, July 22nd, 2019
moral values

A study from the University of Otago is calling for moral as well as social values to be considered in the rugby selection process. Associate professor Tania Cassidy and Otago graduate Ryan Rosevear say the focus of provincial unions is on player development but New Zealand Rugby (NZR) focuses primarily on improving performance. The study Read more

NZ should man up like Dan Carter to face our sport and alcohol problem

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

Research clearly shows that New Zealand men and women involved in team sport are likely to drink alcohol in a dangerous pattern. The results are so often injurious, physically as well as socially to the drinker and those around. Let’s cut the crap and man up about our sport and alcohol problem in New Zealand Read more