Icons Sports Bar & Cafe sits on Brougham Street in the heart of central New Plymouth, a sports bar and cafe holding a 4.2 rating from 129 Google reviews. A good sports bar earns its keep on sightlines and timing: screens set so most seats get a clear view of the main event, staff who can tell you which game is on which screen, and food that keeps coming so nobody has to abandon a tight match at half-time. Regulars know to arrive early for the big fixtures, claim a table with a view, and order before the room surges at kick-off. In a country that turns out for rugby, league and netball in equal measure, watching among a crowd of fellow fans is half the point of a bar over the sofa. For match day in central New Plymouth, Icons on Brougham Street makes an easy meeting point in the middle of it all.