Selina Tusitala Marsh teaches postcolonial literature and creative writing at the University of Auckland. She has published two collections of poetry, the award-winning Fast Talking PI (2009), and Dark Sparring, both with Auckland University Press. She is the Commonwealth poet for 2016. ‘Sport: New Zealand Herald, Wednesday May 4, 2016′ is an extract from the series Pouliuli: Blackout Poems.