2018 Black Ferns

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer Agreed. Make to look worse by such a huge stadium.

[KiwiMurph]

Awful hungus by the kiwi lock. Pass the ball.

[Stargazer]

BFs giving away too many penalties.

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It's a pity Alena Saili doesn't get more space. The Aussies are marking her closely and rightly so. She's a big, strong wing and a menace if she gets an opportunity.

[Stargazer]

Fa'amausili scores again after a line-out maul!

[Stargazer]

24 - 6 Black Ferns

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@gunner said in 2018 Black Ferns:

Plenty of penalties in this game.

Assume Woodman is injured since she isn’t out there?

No, she chose not to play XVs and instead have a rest after a long 7s season. She'll probably play NPC in a few weeks. There are a few other 7s players who made the same choice, for example, Sarah Goss and Kelly Brazier.

[Stargazer]

Hat-trick for Fa'amausli. Awesome that she's come out of retirement in her late thirties to play test rugby professionally. The police can wait.

Black Ferns lead 31 to 6.

[Stargazer]

First try for the Wallaroos. Well-deserved and reflects their effort in this test.

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Great to see some huge props running well in this game. And I mean really huge.

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Yellow card for our 19; that was a team yellow.

[booboo]

@stargazer said in 2018 Black Ferns:

The Wallaroos' kicker is the LH prop. Just imagine Joe Moody doing the goalkicking for the ABs.

Was a bloke Kjestrup (spelling maybe a letter or two out) used to kick goals for King Country in the 70s. Toe poker.

[Stargazer]

Full time:

Black Ferns 31 - 11 Wallaroos

Well-deserved win for the Black Ferns. Very entertaining game!

[Machpants]

What was the weather like? Hints for ABs?

But well done ladies!

[Stargazer]

@machpants Dry weather; it didn't look slippery from the rain they had earlier today. Don't think there was much wind. Good pitch.

[Machpants]

@stargazer Cheers, Rugby Pass didn't have the game

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[Crazy Horse]

@stargazer said in 2018 Black Ferns:

Normal for a curtain raiser I would have thought.

[Stargazer]

@crazy-horse It wasn't a curtain raiser though. It was a double-header and advertised as such.

[Siam]

I watched it. I like watching high level women's rugby and I love seeing how far they've developed. I'm all for it and it's refreshing to see smiles on a rugby field. I got all the family to watch despite jeers from 72 year old mother. I've met and played with several women's BBL cricketers and their skills are impressive.

Here goes though....

It's pretty much well resourced under 14s though innit?

I'm shocked at the kicking skills and Techniques. Can't even coordinate a drop and a leg swing. Surely practice at 1 hour a day for 3 months would result in the abortion line kicking on display.

This gets me thinking about what sort of product this is and how does it sustain itself?

No crowd either.

I hope it's financially viable (that is vital for all sports despite diversity undertones) and I hope it works but can't see a place in the market for it.

In summary I support the venture but struggle to see how it'll actually work - not dissimilar to a universal basic income I guess