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@siam said in 2018 Black Ferns:
@stargazer yeah the kicking one is strange because I wonder about coaching efforts and use of resources in getting them up to speed in some "low hanging fruit" skills.
Contrast those skills on display with women cricketers, not much more historical advantage, and their throwing catching and especially reverse sweeping and the women cricketers only really lack the power of males.
I do like your point about watching female sports without a comparison in mind but that'll fall short when financial viability trumps diversity politics.
I'd happily wager that provincial under 16 teams would beat the black ferns, as an objective statement.
Going to the marketplace with a charitable outlook as a unique selling point ain't going to cut it for long
Good schoolboy Under 15s would beat them. HBHS would I reckon.
Our school fielded an U15 front row a while back that was heavier than the ABs that year. They would have murdered a women's team.
The women would be a lot more organised and determined, and far fitter, but otherwise physically it would be all the boys by miles.
There's examples of U15 boys soccer teams beating international women, and that is in a sport where the level of physicality is much lower.
I am happy to watch women's rugby, but there's no pretending its close to men's.
Then again, I watch large amounts of rubbish Under 55 and Under 65 kgs, so it's way better than that.
