This week’s roundup also features rough weeks in football, an amazing Moto2 save, curling and plenty more
1) A big week for the haka, whether it needed to be or not. Here’s World Rugby’s official page highlighting “England’s incredible response to intense New Zealand haka”. Before World Rugby fined England for it. Here’s some haka history … and some old-school action. But then there’s Auckland Grammar and King’s College and the Tall Blacks. Or when New Zealand and Tonga meet, with the Sipi Tau.
2) A rough one for Holstein Kiel’s Michael Eberwein, conceding a penalty in the German second division match against Bochum. While warming up. In Japan, it was a bad week for this keeper. Meanwhile in Croatia, Slaven Belupo showcase the particular dangers of celebrating without scoring against Hajduk Split.
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