Random follow #220 - @bopmafia

It takes a certain amount of pride, passion and damn hard work to support a sports team.  Week in and week out.  To turn up to the games and go along to practices.  To know who the players are by their first names.  To sit in the cold, rain and hail to watch your team pass, kick and chase a rugby ball from end to end.

In New Zealand there are two rugby teams who play in the higher divisions.  Each stakes their claim to be known as "The Bay".  There is only one real way to settle such an argument.  And that is over a good old fashioned rugby match.  This year it was the mighty BAY OF PLENTY STEAMERS who took the honors.  And the fact that they won can be attributed to not only the players but the faithful supporters as well.

Quite possibly one of the biggest (metaphorically not literally) supporters of The Bay is @bopmafia.  Week in and week out this number one supporter is there for every tackle, scrum, penalty, ruck and maul, conversion and throw in.  And just like the area that the team represents @bopmafia spreads himself across the entire Bay.  From Tauranga to Taupo, Rotorua to Reperoa.  Where The Bay plays he is there.

Yes this tweeter is all about The Bay.  He is also about rugby as a code.  Any rugby game that is on he is there and will letting you know how its going.  But also rugby league after the rugby union has finished is another thing that he enjoys watching and tweeting about.

It shouldn't be too much of a surprise to you by now what the average tweet looks like from this account -

"RIP Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby great, commentator and broadcaster. #rugby"  <-- respect

"Previous tweet was the Bay team to play Auckland tomorrow at Eden Park #steamteam - ran out of characters to explain it!" <-- Bay proud!

"Craig Joubert reffing first Super game: "There seems to be 31 refs on the field". Glen Jackson: "and you're not even in the top 10". #gold" <-- an amazing sense of humour

Yes - this is an account dedicated pretty much entirely to sport.  And neither @bopmafia or myself have any apologies to make for that fact.  And when the rugby season comes to an end (does it ever end anymore) you will find the fun, frivolity and friendliness of  @bopmafia contributing to another sports account - @ByTheMinCricket.  Worth a follow?  Totally.  Especially if you want to rub in to the other Bay that we're the real one ;)

Random follow #185 - @Greeniecg

When the first words you read in a twitter bio are NZ Warriors fan - I know I am going to follow that person FOR LIFE!  @Greeniecg is proud of his team and will stand behind them through think and thin.  Guaranteed.  And when you add in his two other joys in life - education and media one could easily think he was my brother from another mother.

So whats to like about this random tweeter?  - well Greenie is an original thinker and will willingly share his opinion with you without a doubt.  And without a doubt outside of the @nzwarriors official account I don't think I have ever seen anyone tweet quite so much about footy.  Actually I have seen a few people tweet a lot about footy but not with the same passion or fervour for one team like Greenie does.

With every play of the game Greenie is right there getting amongst it.  Every kick, tackle, bad call or point scored - he tweets about it.  If you're not into sport then you probably won't understand the passion or fire that getting behind and barracking for one team requires.

Here are a few tweets from your typical footy game -

"Leuluai's looking good so far! #nrlwstwar"

"Best kick of the warriors from danger #nrlwstwar"

"Mannering you tinny bastard! #letsgonewarriors #warriornation"

So yeah - you get the gist right?  But ts not all fun and games with Greenie though - "Won't be trying the L+P chocolate, hate white chocolate. Don't like the taste #killjoy #BuzzKillington #buzzkill"

He's not above correcting you if your grammar is incorrect - "C'mon people, it's not TEXTSES it's TEXTS. Like text with an 's' on the end. I know it's hard to say but come on! #englishteacher"

And he is a guy enjoys getting outside - "Sore ankles aren't fun when you have to run in 9 hours time. #moan #whinge"

Greenie isn't a man of too many words.  There are very few tweets that ever hit the maximum character limit.  He prefers to keep his tweets short and like a good game of footy - straight up the guts.  He sparingly Rts other peoples tweets which is a bit refreshing.  Sharing his opinion of the world isn't an issue because his intelligence drives him to non-conformity.  He doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone and he plays a straight bat every time.  I will let the man himself have the last word of this post.  Take it away Greenie -

"@NZWarriors giant on field banners. That's what we need more of st mt smart #letsgonewarriors #truewarriors #warriornation"

Random follow #178 - @martynva

Gunners.  If I didn't say anything in this post about @martynva then he would still be happy.  There is a
certain amount of passion and enthusiasm that just oozes out of football fans.  Martyn puts it out there straight away as soon as you click though to his twitter screen - Gunners!

But there is far more to this tweeter than just football.  Yes, there is.  But to find that stuff out you'll either have to stalk his tweets.  In order to write this bio on him that's exactly what I have done!  Martyn hardly ever hits the character limit in his tweets so they tend to be quite punchy and to the point.

Here are a few random things I picked up about him -

• He lives in or close to Te Awamutu.  i know this because --> "I'm at Jetts fitness te awamutu http://4sq.com/12yA94J "
• He knows where his allegiances lie --> "Now to take my @Hurricanesrugby hat off and put my @ChiefsRugby one on, c'mon chiefs smash those blues."
• He is a red blooded bloke who enjoys watching a good game of footy --> "Just saw the attack on Matai in last nights game, the fact that allgood only got 10 mins is disgraceful, refs should be ashamed #NRLmanpar"

Martyn is a super keen sports guy who enjoys some banter and interaction with people when the big game is on.  Occasionally he also tweets and shares news stories of interest but it would be fair to say that at least 95% of his tweets are sports related.

So if sports are what you are keen on and you want to tweet someone who calls a ruck a ruck, a handball a handball and is known for issuing a red card or two every so often then @martynva is the tweeter for you.