Wrote about the 15-year-old who is 1,900% better than all the world's top batters.
Is he guaranteed to become a superstar? Not quite. But also probably.
https://t.co/ILeyhS9CgG
Joe Marler, Ox Nche, Trevor Nyakane, Max Lahiff, David Flatman, Phil Vickery, Ellis Genge - when it comes to rugby players who shine beyond the boundary, props are over represented.
Why is that?
Here's a love letter to the big fellas for @RugbyPass:
https://t.co/8gLW4BdPAo
Love this! Hope they stick the landing.
🇿🇦, 🇿🇼 and 🇳🇦 plus who else?
According to ICC rankings it'll be 🇺🇬, 🇰🇪 and 🇹🇿
🇳🇬 not far behind and this would give plenty of incentive for other countries like 🇧🇼 and 🇲🇼 to invest in grassroots.
A 6-team T20 Africa Cup - featuring South Africa and Zimbabwe - is in the works.
As a soft launch, a T20 tri-series between South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia is set for August in Namibia.
Plus an update on the proposed Afro-Asia Cup reboot
https://t.co/hMw8Lk9gnK
For me, the big takeaways were:
👉60% support aligning TRC with @SixNationsRugby
👉69% support adding @fijirugby & @JRFURugby into TRC
👉 78% support an ANZAC Day #BledisloeCup
👉 71% say @SuperRugby is now more enjoyable to watch
Plenty for the game’s leaders to consider.
I'm a fan of this. Allows for some flexibility. You're suddenly defending a total where dew will be a factor? Tweak your team.
Would love to see this in Tests too where an extra spinner/batter might be a shout depending on the toss.
For those who missed it (like me) captains submit 2 starting XIs before toss in the #PSL then choose their preferred XI after toss. Haven’t thought it through but… good concept! No?
Let's hear it for the southern hemisphere lads who lift the standard of European rugby and put their bodies on the line for every top team in France, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Italy.
For the G:
https://t.co/xm4VxQuSTR
@Draigchwaraeon@tonycharles66 Taulupe Faletau.
But my original tweet was about players who still represent (or are still eligible to represent) their southern hemisphere nation. Didn't count guys like Duhan van ver Merwe, etc.
There are 257 players from the southern hemisphere playing in every top-flight club in 🇫🇷 (127)🏴 (71)🇮🇹(23)🏴 (16)🇮🇪 (12)🏴(8)
🇿🇦 63
🇦🇷 56
🇦🇺 37
🇳🇿 32
🇫🇯 31
🇹🇴 15
🇼🇸 14
🇿🇼 4
🇳🇦 2
🇨🇱 1
🇺🇾 1
🇨🇰 1
Benetton the most reliant with 16, Cardiff making do with just 1 Saffa.
@tonycharles66 Wales have also had a captain born in the southern hemisphere.
(For the record, I have absolutely no problem with players nationalising for other counties.)
@Yonibass@AmandaBRinquest Gail's make great scones.
But their challah is rubbish, which is how I know Jacob's post was performative. No one who has sat at a shabbos table and torn off a hunk of genuine, chewy, almost cake-like challah would ever promote this white bread disguised as challah.
Totally performative post. Gail's is OK generally but their challahs are rubbish. Basically just bread pretending to be challah. Lacks the trademark pull and chew of a proper challah.
@DPJHodges You left out this part:
"Campaigners point out that its parent company, Bain Capital, invests heavily in military technology, including Israeli security companies."
I think that's the symbolism you're missing Dan.