The Silver Fern

Michael Holding was a somewhat early retirement with injuries. The Windies also weren't renowned for rushing through their overs in that era - smart on their part tho. We still bowled a few into the ground/had bad luck with injuries even then, us being us... Brendon Bracewell among others springs to mind.

Lets hope O'Rourke isn't joining a long list....

@Chris Out of curiosity, what's the turnover of age grade coaches in the Queensland setup like?

I've only seen a very small glimpse of the ND system, but there seems to be a lot of staff turnover - and perhaps not always consistency for individual players as a result.

@Crazy-Horse said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

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@Cyclops said in Black Caps in Zimbabwe:

O'Rourke was out in that second innings too, so it was just Henry and the spinners. (Mitchell too I guess). Described as 'stiffness' so hopefully precautionary and he'll be a go for the second match.

He's a Kiwi quick looking useful. It'll be a stress fracture.

We have pretty average form in terms of keeping our young quicks injury free

We do. @Chris can probably give us an idea why. Training? Lack of match play? Or maybe, with our limited depth we notice it more.

Chris will have a lot more science to it. My two cents worth on the bowling injuries is I think you're right on the limited depth making it noticeable.

It may also be relatively less technical training when they're younger, as things like bowling loads are otherwise increasingly being discussed at slightly younger levels.

@Higgins said in NPC Tipping 2025:

Edit: And as I wrote the above Winger does front up. Still it is small consolation that he can't improve on his finishing position last season when he sneaked ahead of @Donsteppa to win the thing right on full time.

I vaguely recall the result effectively being staked on the NPC final. I went double or nothing on that one

@Cyclops said in Other Cricket:

Bonkers score card for India's second innings. 2 ducks, 3 centuries and a 90 from the 6 guys to bat.

Stokes a bit grumpy when India declined the draw with both batters in the 80s. Sundar ended up with a maiden test century which is kind of reasonable, but with Harry Brook and Joe Root basically giving them batting practice for the final few overs all feels a bit meaningless. Jadeja at least had the decency to blast his way there, while Sundar nurdled it around.

Ben Stokes has plenty of opinions on how cricket should be played - which is usually whatever suits him at the time.

#2019NeverForget #StillBitter

One of those players where stats and a bit of luck finally swung the way of talent that was always there.

Wallabies forwards are going to be too soft on D to win this one.

Would have wanted to nail that conversion too, a chance to bury the Lions in the first half at this rate...

Games like tonight are why the Warriors have won zero Premierships in three decades...

Only seen parts of the first half, but the Dragons defence has been atrocious whenever I've looked... Cowboys 28 - Dragons 12 at only half time...

The outage probably saved the server from exploding completely at the time of Ardie's chip kick on Saturday night...

Unsurprising comments from Moles. From memory there were very much two halves to McCullum's career in that regard.

Yep, AUNZ look like they've not been introduced to each other. Great for defence around the fringes...

This is the game the TAB expected last week.

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks v France 2:

That might go red

It should do

As soon as I post that, the All Blacks backtrack on turnover defence painfully slowly...

Looks like being a more comfortable watch/1994 vibes much less likely this week....

Playing 8 man rugby looks like the way to go. Occasionally let Roigard kick...

@sparky said in All Blacks v France 2:

Keep it in the forwards.

Good call!

Excellent, great way to catch France napping on the blindside.