Stories by Jamie Wall

Opinion - With the 2019 National Rugby League season kicking off this week, Jamie Wall believes Warriors' fans have a multitude of reasons to be excited. Video

QBE Stadium is a little-used, fun, weird ground to go to that suffers from a lack of surrounding infrastructure - but, Jamie Wall writes, it could have been so different.

Opinion - Now that we know All Blacks captain Kieran Read is departing New Zealand's shores after the Rugby World Cup, Jamie Wall looks back at his career.

In a year of congested World Cups, we cast the spotlight on the big one: the Rugby World Cup.

Opinion - So word filtered through of World Rugby's supposed plan for what test rugby is going to look like but it seems so ludicrous it can't be true, writes Jamie Wall.

Opinion - Apologies to any Wales fans out there. This isn't meant at all to detract from what was a thoroughly deserved and entertaining win over England this morning in Cardiff.

Opinion - Getting chewed out by your boss is no fun at all, so spare a thought for Julian Savea who didn't deserve the sort of nonsense that Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal leveled at him, Jamie Wall w…

Opinion - Does breakdancing, rock climbing, surfing and skateboarding at the Olympics sound crazy to you? Jamie Wall asks.

Opinion - The Super 15 Rugby match at Waikato Stadium last night gave fans and reporters plenty to discuss, writes Jamie Wall.

Opinion - NZ Cricket ignoring the Scott Kuggeleijn controversy is just the latest example of a sports body simply hoping criticism of cultural failings will just go away, Jamie Wall writes.

Opinion - If you want an electric atmosphere at a New Zealand sporting event just make sure the crowd supports the visiting team, writes Jamie Wall.

This time last year, Angus Ta'avao was wondering exactly where his career was going - whether he'd have a Super Rugby spot, whether he'd have to shift overseas, or whether it might be worth looking at…

Opinion - It's the biggest American sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl, and Jamie Wall takes a look at the road to this point. Video

Opinion - The rugby Sevens World Series in Hamilton over the weekend was almost everything the organisers could have hoped for - aside from the All Blacks Sevens not winning a Cup title.

It's summer. The temperatures are high and the cricket's on. And the rugby is about to kick off.

Opinion - It doesn't really matter Norrie did not win the ASB Classic, writes Jamie Wall.

Opinion - It's coming to the end of a fortnight of tennis here at Stanley Street and it's delivered a final full of intrigue, writes Jamie Wall.

Opinion - Former Aucklander Cameron Norrie, 23, now represents Great Britain, serving a reminder that somehow Tennis New Zealand managed to let maybe the brightest prospect in the game slip through…

Opinion - Rubin Statham went into today's first round match at the ASB Classic as the biggest underdog in the tournament, but walked off centre court today with a fair amount of swag, writes Jamie…

Well done Julia Goerges, but you have to take your hat off to the loser of last night's ASB Classic women's final, too.

Opinion - If you hold a sports event outside in New Zealand, you're at the mercy of the weather. Friday saw the wind play havoc with the players on centre court - and everyone found out pretty quickly…

Despite the overcast, muggy conditions, it was a glamorous setting at Stanley Street last night for the ASB Classic women's second round.

Analysis - If you're upset about Viktoria Azarenka having only one match at the latest edition of the ASB Classic, you can kind of blame Jamie Wall.

RNZ rugby writer Jamie Wall takes a look back at the All Blacks 2018 season - what went right, what went wrong, and how New Zealand are shaping for next year's Rugby World Cup.

Analysis - Since their renaissance year in 2017, the Black Ferns have continued to beat expectations. Could they become victims of their own success, Jamie Wall asks. Video