New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size"

MN5

@Snowy said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@Kiwiwomble said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@booboo exactly

also think it a bit of we were batting amazingly above our weight for a long time...and more recently its just been batting well above our weight...but people dont think about it like that and only compare to when we were amazing

It is "punching" above our weight, our batting is flakey at best and prone to collapse.

Yeah but a country of a billion collapsed to 46 against us just the other day

SBW1

White Ferns, Cricket World Cup, Cricket, Sport

White Ferns hold nerve to beat West Indies, advance to World Cup final

The White Ferns have remarkably reached the final.

SBW1

@SBW1 Does this mean we face South Africa in the final?

canefan

@SBW1 said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@SBW1 Does this mean we face South Africa in the final?

Yup. Massive chance to lift the trophy

nostrildamus

@Snowy said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@Kiwiwomble said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@booboo exactly

also think it a bit of we were batting amazingly above our weight for a long time...and more recently its just been batting well above our weight...but people dont think about it like that and only compare to when we were amazing

It is "punching" above our weight, our batting is flakey at best and prone to collapse.

Ok, handbagging above our weight then ..

sparky

And add winning the America's Cup five times and three in a row to the Honours Board.

booboo

@sparky said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

And add winning the America's Cup five times and three in a row to the Honours Board.

I thought UAE won it?

Machpants

@booboo said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

@sparky said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

And add winning the America's Cup five times and three in a row to the Honours Board.

I thought UAE won it?

Just pipped Monaco

nostrildamus

"Aotearoa has a lot of aura" ... considering most of the continent is underwater.
(The Atlantis of the South, minus pre-Hellenic legendary R&D).

sparky

And the White Ferns have added the Women's Twenty 20 World Cup trophy to the 2024 haul.

SBW1

What is so poignant about this victory is that not only was it against South Africa our nemesis in Rugby and 7s, it was around a year ago since the Rugby World Cup final give or take. I really believe this weekend has probably cemented us as probably the best sporting nation per capita in the World. In order to reach the final we had to beat the West Indies who are essentially a collection of small countries including the three who were ahead of us in medals per capital at the Olympics.

dogmeat

Hyperbole or what?

Got to accept that at a global level all the weekend's successes were in niche sports

SBW1

TheNZTeam In addition to this. We had a few good finishes in other sports. Our league boys and girls and All Blacks will be wanting to stepup for next weekend.

https://www.facebook.com/TheNZTeam

No Quarter

We are one of the wealthier countries in the world, yes I think we do punch above our weight, but we also have more money and resources to put into our sporting teams than loads of other countries. It's a pretty difficult thing to judge with so many variables.

nzzp

@No-Quarter said in New Zealand is a top sporting nation for its size":

We are one of the wealthier countries in the world

interestingly 22nd out of 192. I thought we'd be lower!

List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita - Wikipedia

dogmeat

@nzzp Lot lower if you use PPP By the Big Mac Index we are 13% undervalued

SBW1

Aussies were very good in Paralympics, pretty sure their funding would be amongst the best of any nation. Kiwis did pretty well at Paralympics per capita. Have to commend Oz in this respect.