24 September (Dunedin) On our rankings, England and Romania are fairly close, especially in terms of the Happy Planet Index and Global Peace Index. England appears to be a considerably nicer place to be a woman, while the wealth gap is a fair bit smaller in Romania. Or is it? England are at a considerable disadvantage in terms of income inequality, ...

Saturday 17 September (Invercargill) Glancing at our ranking table in preparation for the Argentina-Romania game, it’d be easy to assume that these were two countries in a pretty similar situation. That assumption would, however, be entirely incorrect. Income equality is where Romania really shines – the country blowing its fellow post-Communi ...

(Saturday 10 September, Invercargill) Today we have an interesting contest between Scotland and Romania. In rugby terms, not much of a match you may think. But Romania have beaten Scotland on two occasions since the ’80s, and eight of the Romanian squad play their rugby in the French leagues, which we all know is not for the faint-hearted.   ...