2022 Black Ferns
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Even I noticed this one as a bit ‘off’, I thought maybe I’d just missed the Black Ferns version? It does remind me when Melodie Robinson rather effectively shut down a bit of condescending banter on Re-Union (I think) with a bit of top quality banter “and how many World Cups have you guys won?”
EDIT: Shoulda read the article first, there was a Black Ferns post I didn’t see, and it was earlier in the day. Much ado over nothing
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@machpants said in All Blacks 2022:
Even I noticed this one as a bit ‘off’, I thought maybe I’d just missed the Black Ferns version? It does remind me when Melodie Robinson rather effectively shut down a bit of condescending banter on Re-Union (I think) with a bit of top quality banter “and how many World Cups have you guys won?”
lol holy shit that is bad!!
Not sure Aaron Smith and Sevu Reece are really the poster children you should be going with either.
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@machpants said in 2022 Black Ferns:
Even I noticed this one as a bit ‘off’, I thought maybe I’d just missed the Black Ferns version? It does remind me when Melodie Robinson rather effectively shut down a bit of condescending banter on Re-Union (I think) with a bit of top quality banter “and how many World Cups have you guys won?”
Step back and think before posting is the lesson. I get what the comms team were doing (one from the ABs saying thanks to women and the same from the BFs) but man did they get this wrong with using Nugget and Reece.
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@machpants The harpy who posted about it on Twitter, the only "outrage" I saw, does nothing but manufacture claims of rugby sexism.
Sad to see such clickbait posted here.
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SM is posted without context so can easily be taken out of context.
Maybe do the BF one first then reply to it with a thanks from the ABs would have been a good strategy.
Given that way more people subscribe to AB posts you can see why it looks poor.
Fonterra did the same recently. Announced a bunch of speakers at a get together for International Womens Day but they were all men and they got roasted.
The missing contaxt was that the day itself was mainly presentations by women and this part was a men's perspective of the value to the business of a female view.
You'd think companies would employ savvy SM comms people.....oh wait 'savvy SM comms people that are good' -
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@mikethesnow said in All Blacks 2022:
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Haha, wow. Putting Reece in is really bad taste. Is Foster in charge of the Twitter account too ?
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IMO it's a blunder because nothing you say will keep the lunatics from complaining. That being said, I do agree that including Sevu is remarkably tone deaf. One wonder why this level of incompetence exists at NZR - it permeates everything they do.
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APRIL CAMP SQUAD
Ruahei Demant – Auckland
Patricia Maliepo – Auckland
Eloise Blackwell – Auckland
Liana Mikaele-Tu’u – Auckland
Maiakawanakaulani Roos – Auckland
Aldora Itunu – Auckland
Tafito Lafaele – Auckland
Renee Wickliffe – Bay of Plenty
Les Elder – Bay of Plenty
Kendra Reynolds – Bay of Plenty
Pia Tapsell – Bay of Plenty
Luka Connor – Bay of Plenty
Santo Taumata – Bay of Plenty
Angel Mulu – Bay of Plenty
Kendra Cocksedge – Canterbury
Amy du Plessis – Canterbury
Grace Steinmetz – Canterbury
Olivia McGoverne – Canterbury
Alana Bremner – Canterbury
Chelsea Bremner – Canterbury
Pip Love – Canterbury
Georgia Ponsonby – Canterbury
Amy Rule – Canterbury
Lucy Anderson – Canterbury
Hazel Tubic – Counties Manukau
Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu – Counties Manukau
Ruby Tui – Counties Manukau
Harono Te Iringa – Counties Manukau
Carys Dallinger – Manawatū
Kaipo Olsen-Baker – Manawatū
Krystal Murray – Northland
Iritana Hohaia – Taranaki
Chelsea Semple – Waikato
Ariana Bayler – Waikato
Cheyelle Robins-Reti – Waikato
Renee Holmes – Waikato
Carla Hohepa – Waikato
Kennedy Simon – Waikato
Awhina Tangen-Wainohu – Waikato
Tanya Kalounivale – Waikato
Grace Houpapa-Barrett – Waikato
Ayesha Leti-I’iga – Wellington
Monica Tagoai – Wellington
Joanah Ngan-Woo – Wellington
25 of the selected players are currently contracted (Aleisha-Pearl Nelson, Charmaine McMenamin, Kelsie Wills and Grace Brooker are still returning from injury), with the remaining 19 having been picked off the back of Sky Super Rugby Aupiki form.
Nine players out of the champion Chiefs Manawa side will attend the camp, with Black Ferns Sevens playmaker Ruby Tui included. She’s joined by Luka Connor, Pia Tapsell, Angel Mulu, Harono Te Iringa, Grace Houpapa-Barrett, Tanya Kalounivale, Awhina Tangen-Wainohu and Santo Taumata.
Hurricanes Poua pivot Carys Dallinger has been selected alongside teammates Monica Tagoai, Iritana Hohaia, Kaipo Olsen-Baker and Joanah Ngan-Woo.
From the Blues, Aldora Itunu and Tafito Lafaele are included, and Lucy Anderson, Kendra Reynolds and Olivia McGoverne will attend out of Matatū.After gaining valuable game time in Sky Super Rugby Aupiki, Black Ferns Sevens stars Sarah Hirini, Kelly Brazier, Theresa Fitzpatrick, Stacey Fluhler, Portia Woodman, and Tyla Nathan-Wong return to Tauranga ahead of the World Series tournament in Langford next month.
allblacks.com/news/in-form-players-selected-for-black-ferns-camp-in-christchurch/
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I'm not sure if they got to choose but I would have thought Hirini, Nathan-Wong, Brazier and Woodman especially shone out in Aupiki.
Tui being the only one is a bit funny as she was probably the 'flakiest' of the Sevens girls at 15s. Great competitor but unpredictable and loose (as you would expect) -
A certain hooker hasn't been selected. The final selection of the props will tell us if Moore and co have learnt their lessons from the NH tour. We need more size and dynamism in the tight five. Finding a lock over 6' would also help the lineout. Too late now to convert a netball/basketball player.
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@crucial Yeah, but there's a Commonwealth Sevens (20 July - 1 August) and RWC Sevens (9-11 September) coming up first, this year. They may return to XVs after that. Although there's only a month in-between both RWCs, I think they did that last time, too (I mean a late switch). I think the upcoming legs of the World Series determine the RWC draw.
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Rugby: Former All Blacks coach Wayne Smith to join Black Ferns staff for World Cup defence | Newshub
The NZ women have ground to make up, if they hope to defend their world championship.
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@stargazer said in 2022 Black Ferns:
Rugby: Former All Blacks coach Wayne Smith to join Black Ferns staff for World Cup defence | Newshub
The NZ women have ground to make up, if they hope to defend their world championship.
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