2020 Cadbury Series

TB and NetballCrazy, I agree with both of you. DNT has always stuck with her standards so I don’t see her making an allowance for Nweke. Also the article says everyone who failed the first time was given a second chance, so I’m assuming it wasn’t just Jury and Nweke who were given this chance.

I’m really intrigued by the Dunn situation… are we to assume that she passed but didn’t play as well as the others?? even Mons (as TB has pointed out did not play any ANZ this season). I find that hard to believe, however, I do not believe DNT would drop her standards. so Mons must have played a blinder

Rore, out on medical advice interesting and I must say I’m worried about Mes, is she still in rehab? how long has it been.

Wonder what is wrong with Rore

100 % correct re Bailey
Poor MSB, so unfair, she’ll be absolutely gutted

I would prefer Monica Falkner to sit out this tournament after this news of poor MSB. Devastating! Wrap em up in cotton wool.

The poor girl 😢 She must be devastated (I’m devastated).

Re Nweke – she IMO can (is) be another JFR or Aiken. There’s no one else like her in NZ. So “if” there was leeway for her, I get it!
Dunn and Wilson are fairly similar-ish in style, height etc. Nweke could easily change the game for them.

I was surprised to see Nweke named in the Ferns yesterday and so I contacted someone who was at both camps (non-player) to ask if she made the fitness standard because she was at mid 15’s for the last one, 15.4 I think. They said the testing was a joke. I then messaged a couple of more people and they said the same thing regarding Nweke and the fitness test. It helps having the Mystics trainer taking the test too. I personally think it’s B.S that there’s one rule for her and another rule for everybody else. So much for Noeline and her fitness standards.

If you are familiar with the yo-yo you would know to go from 15.4 to 16.3 in the span of a couple of weeks is unheard of. I would expect if you trained hard you could improve a couple of levels in the span of a few weeks but 6-7? I’ve seen a lot of yo-yo’s run with teenage girls over the years and while there were the odd girl who could get into the 16’s and even the early 17’s they were always the tiny mid courters who were rockets with big motors, I have never seen any teenage girl 6’3 get into the 16’s. Factor in she is a big girl and it becomes how apparent the double standards are.

Faka, Bird, Dunn and Jury have all struggled to make the standard over the last season or two as did Nweke, now all of a sudden she has made them with a miraculous improvement? Please we’re not that stupid.

MSB, poor girl. My heart goes out to her. Similar situation to Fowler.

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