For a long time, commentators mangling the names of Māori and Pasifika players have been one of the NRL’s least cherished traditions. While the NRL and its major media partners have made more of an effort in recent years to get players’ names right, the results are still decidedly mixed.
Aotearoa/New Zealand sports writer Stephen Gallagher has stepped into this linguistic void, providing a solution that has seemingly eluded a multimillion-dollar sports body and some of the country’s biggest media companies: a comprehensive pronunciation guide.
