What a crazy couple of days for New Zealand rugby. That was the year the Tall Blacks stunned the basketball world by finishing fourth at the world championships in Indianapolis. Indiana University’s football (as in American football) team have qualified for the college national championship final. What you may not know is that this is basically like the Buller rugby team playing the Crusaders, and some are calling it the most unexpected rise in the history of American sport. Eins, zwei, dreiImagine being a fan of the VfL Wolfsburg football team in Germany’s Bundesliga.

Source: Stuff January 17, 2026 04:01 UTC