RugbyRebels

This is great news, albeit a bit embarrassing that it’s take a quarter of a century of pro rugby to get going.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/a ... d=12431788

Agreed. Bear in mind that the women's RWC got axed while cricket and sailing didn't, and that the women's 6N tourney also as cancelled while the blokes did not.

I was pretty stunned to learn the other day that the first recognised women’s test match was only played in 1992 (France v Netherlands). New Zealand was even slower off the mark, with our first offical test coming in 1991.

Anyway, hopefully this new incentive will lead to a proper competition and we can make a bit of progress here.

Lizard wrote:I was pretty stunned to learn the other day that the first recognised women’s test match was only played in 1992 (France v Netherlands). New Zealand was even slower off the mark, with our first offical test coming in 1991.

Anyway, hopefully this new incentive will lead to a proper competition and we can make a bit of progress here.

Knowing how much you love league, have you ever seen a Kiwi Ferns Vs. Jillaroos game? They absolutely go for it and put it out there.

morepork wrote:Agreed. Bear in mind that the women's RWC got axed while cricket and sailing didn't, and that the women's 6N tourney also as cancelled while the blokes did not.

6n not fully cancelled, although sadly curtailed. It's on in a couple of weeks.

Mr Mwenda wrote:

morepork wrote:Agreed. Bear in mind that the women's RWC got axed while cricket and sailing didn't, and that the women's 6N tourney also as cancelled while the blokes did not.

6n not fully cancelled, although sadly curtailed. It's on in a couple of weeks.

It starts this Saturday, eng v sco and fra v Wales, all available live on the BBC iPlayer I think

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I did not know that. I thought they just 86'd it.

morepork wrote:

Lizard wrote:I was pretty stunned to learn the other day that the first recognised women’s test match was only played in 1992 (France v Netherlands). New Zealand was even slower off the mark, with our first offical test coming in 1991.

Anyway, hopefully this new incentive will lead to a proper competition and we can make a bit of progress here.

Knowing how much you love league, have you ever seen a Kiwi Ferns Vs. Jillaroos game? They absolutely go for it and put it out there.

Jillaroos? Really? Ok.

I’ve no doubt such a fixture is a compelling display of thinly disguised prison violence. At least there would (probably) be fewer rapists on the pitch than in a Kiwis v Kangaroos match. Same amount of neck tattoos, I’d wager.

I did watch/listen to the White Ferns finally get one over the Jillaustralian Cricket Team yesterday. That was good. More entertaining than the men handing the Bangers another thrashing.

Yah. Really. It's a really flattering cultural moniker too:

noun informal•Australian
plural noun: jillaroos

a young woman working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience.

Origin
1940s: from the given name Jill, on the pattern of jackeroo .

Unpaid sheep labour. Quality.