NZF seems to be between no man’s land, and not a good place to be. NZ has now enough depth and talent to beat teams they previously would have lost to like Kenya, India and Lithuania, however they are probably not good enough to beat anyone in top 50 or 40, it’s a hard balance to find a team between Papua New Guinea and Peru, and wins in a friendly in neutral location against a team that is an average African side or Middle Eastern side is great for good public exposure and team morale, I’m not sure if it will help long term.. Basically , OFC is holding us back from reaching our true potential I believe..
NZF seems to be between no man’s land, and not a good place to be. NZ has now enough depth and talent to beat teams they previously would have lost to like Kenya, India and Lithuania, however they are probably not good enough to beat anyone in top 50 or 40, it’s a hard balance to find a team between Papua New Guinea and Peru, and wins in a friendly in neutral location against a team that is an average African side or Middle Eastern side, I’m not sure if it will help long term.. Basically , OFC is holding us back from reaching our true potential I believe..