Stories by Hamish Bidwell

While big ticket sports and competitions will resume once Covid-19 is past us, the future doesn't appear as bright for our finest best of all, writes Hamish Bidwell.

While Australia Rugby League chairman Peter V'Landys is trying to resurrect the NRL season, it will be the competition's players that undermine his work, writes Hamish Bidwell.

This is a chance to create genuine sporting hubs in New Zealand, writes Hamish Bidwell.

With the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics earlier this week, Hamish Bidwell wonders if the all 33 sports that make up the Games deserve to be part of the programme.

Opinion - Professional sport should be the last thing people worry about during the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Kalyn Ponga's potential and charisma are undoubted but he has a wandering eye and itchy feet - and doesn't even play rugby, Hamish Bidwell writes.

The reason no one is criticising the White Ferns' performance at the T20 World Cup is the same reason they'll never make a fortune, writes Hamish Bidwell.

For Savea to not only choose another code, but to do it in honour of his family and heritage, would represent a remarkable change for the better, writes Hamish Bidwell.

By virtue of being Black Caps' head coach, Stead appears to think he's entitled to a bit of respect and to have his words and deeds accepted without question, writes Hamish Bidwell.

You hope New Zealand Rugby have plans in place to help the game prosper, or at least survive, but I'm not holding my breath, writes Hamish Bidwell.

It's a bit late, and more than a bit rich, for UK Rugby League clubs to start playing the morality card now, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Never has Hamish Bidwell been so uninspired about a new Super Rugby season.

Banning junior representative rugby may have been a noble idea at first, but it has done more harm than good to provincial unions, writes Hamish Bidwell.

At the end of 2018, it seemed New Zealand Rugby had turned a corner and started respecting women, but a year later it appears all that work has been undone, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Analysis - What a sporting year it's been, writes Hamish Bidwell. Let's start with a few of the highlights.

Opinion - What's Christmas without a wishlist? And, what's more, what's the 2019 wishlist without a review of 2018's first? Here goes, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The leaders of our national sport have once again shown how conventional and conservative they are, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The new All Blacks coach has a lot more to prove than his predecessors, writes Hamish Bidwell.

If Ian Foster and Scott Robertson were the only two genuine candidates for the All Blacks' top job, then New Zealand Rugby is in greater strife than we realised, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Like a dad with no idea how to cook dinner, you feel the Crusaders just grabbed a bit of everything they think people will like, thrown it in the pot and hoped for the best, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The racial abuse levelled at England cricketer Jofra Archer is another stain on New Zealand's reputation, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The way the past two weeks have played out makes it seem like New Zealand Rugby have already decided who the next All Blacks coach will be, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Warren Gatland's recent comments about doping represents a positive development for those who'd like sport to be a level playing field, writes Hamish Bidwell.

Sport can be tough on athletes' bodies, but it's their minds that need looking after most, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The New Zealand cricketer, turned television commentator, has long been among the most authoritative and entertaining voices on sport, writes Hamish Bidwell.