[kiwi_dude]

Originally Posted by Penny

The NZ Silver Ferns just beat the Aussies last night 54-45. It wasn't even a hugely brillant performance from the NZers either!

But good on the girls. That mcMahoen (however her name is spelt) is rather fiesty!

i will back any team that plays against the aussies... love to hate them

[Sparklechick]

Originally Posted by Penny

hahaha one of your friends sounds a bit like me, didn't want to be goalie, but actually quite good at it. lol. I got used to it, and my Dad helped me a bit and I learnt to enjoy it, it was quite cool being able to kick the ball. Sometimes if I went back to defend and I wasn't goalie I would forget and start kicking the ball D'oh!

I got red carded a couple of times for standing up for some of my players. We used to play against some really rough people and we had smaller players that would get bullied so I'd bully them back ... stick in the shin that sort of thing ... problem was I normally got caught.

Not a good look for the captain.

One time when we were playing in a tournament in Whangarei I got pulled of the field by my coach because I was soooo hungover I couldn't function properly - I don't think the sunglasses helped !!! The tournament was the day after our high school ball and I had got home at about 3.00am and had to play at about 7.00am. Funnily enough we didn't win the tournament!

[Penny]

Originally Posted by Penny

NZ seems to have a theme that runs through all their sports teams, these are the NZ ones I could think of

All Blacks - Rugby
Kiwis - Rugby Leauge
Black Caps - Cricket
Tall Blacks - Basket Ball
Silver Ferns - Netball
Black Sox - Softball
All whites? - Soccer (to be perfectly honest I can't think if that is what they are called or not)
Black Sticks - Hockey
Black Ferns? - Womens Rugby (is that what they are called??)
The under 21's Rugby get called Baby Blacks sometimes.

Just thought I would add Tall Ferns are the Womens Basketballers...

[trogg]

Heard on the radio this morning.....

Wheel Blacks - Rugby

[Sparklechick]

Wheel blacks?

What the?

Is that the disabled rugby team Trogg?

[Penny]

I have seen wheelchair basketball, that was quite good, those guys are rough, they knock each other over and stuff, I haven't seen wheel chair rugby though

[trogg]

Originally Posted by Sparklechick

Is that the disabled rugby team Trogg?

Yes, from what I understand it is. Sal is also sure.