Someone here compared the Ferns WC with the ladies RWC win. Chalk and cheese. No one but NZ and England takes women’s rugby seriously and we only won that due to an English brain explosion. It would have been a hiding for us had she not done that.
The real World Cup will have at least 18 really competitive teams with sides like us making up the numbers. I still think people expect to much of this side. If Wilkinson and Nayler keep getting runs we have no chance.
The real World Cup will have at least 18 really competitive teams with sides like us making up the numbers. I still think people expect to much of this side. If Wilkinson and Nayler keep getting runs we have no chance.
Expect too much from this side? They've had ridiculous amount of funding for over a decade now from HPSNZ!! They've had many overseas tournaments and experiences! Most players are playing professionally!! Expect too much? come on. They should be far more advanced than what they are as a product.
My point exactly. If the men had had as much support we would have been in Qatar.
We need to face the reality that many of our best Ferns were not real kiwis and that the golden generation 10 years back have moved on.
While we do have some very promising talent coming through, we are being left in the starting blocks by most other footballing nations now they have decent investment too.