Football
Nobody can deny Marquis Wairarapa United have a hard act to follow when they confront Petone in a Central League football match at Petone tomorrow.
Their well-documented wins over the top two sides, Wellington Olympic and Miramar Rangers, at Queen's Birthday weekend have made Wairarapa United the talk of the town in footballing circles. But with that success comes the extra pressure of having to live up to their new-found reputation.
That Petone are nowhere near as formidable as Olympic or Miramar Rangers is evidenced by their sitting seventh-equal on the points table, four places behind Wairarapa United. But they have been party-poopers for Wairarapa United before, taking valuable points off them in 2011 and 2012 when they were challenging hard for their first Central League title - something, of course, they are still to achieve.
Little wonder then that coach Phil Keinzley has been at pains to endorse Petone as difficult opponents who will be taking an "everything to gain and nothing to lose" philosophy into this particular match.