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New Zealand cricket struggles as Bond and Oram break down
December 5 2009
I agree that the modern schedule is rather full on and tough on the bowlers, but I also think that our batsmen need as much cricket at the highest level as they can. It’s a hard thing to balance.
I like the idea, of an elite level competition in argintina, and with a conference systym could be teid into super rugby,
since only the conference winners will have to travel it wouldn’t be that big a deal.
The big problem as i see it is that argentine rugby will never be able to compete with the Salaries on offer in europe, it is a problem faced by all of southern hemishpere rugby but perhaps even more so by argentina.
The simple fact is european clubs have huge finacial resources, they are capable of generating much more revenue,
the reason is simple too their fans pay in pouns or euros while our fans pay with dollars and lira or pesos or whatever they use in argentina, it would be great to see domestic competitions full of the best domestic talent but it is hard to get players to turn down financial security
Create a Super Rugby conference in Argentina (30)
December 4th, 2009
yeah i remember the days of big dirty sprigs, i remember how a quick stroll across concrete gave them a jagged edge before a game, fortunately technology has moved on a bit, the modern boots are more like a soft massage than the crusty spikes of yesterday, it would be a lot less likley they would inflict injury.
Who supports the return of rucking? (42)
December 4th, 2009
I’m pretty certain the All blacks are for rucking, the coaches anyway at least in public, idont recall exactly but im pretty sure that graham henry has stated his support for the return of rucking to the game, the halfbacks are the only ones who seem to actually do any rucking though,the rest of the NZ rugby seems to prefer hitting the ruck at speed and bulldozing the opposition off the ball. perhaps todays players just dont know how to ruck, its been out of the game for so long that some of the young players probably have never seen proper rucking
Who supports the return of rucking? (42)
December 3rd, 2009