Final Placings AFL Oceania Cup U16s

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Final Placings AFL Oceania Cup U16s

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, December 23 2010 @ 01:58 pm ACDT

Interesting re NZ isn't it. They really have struggled compared with many of the teams, which at face value was not expected given their strong seniors (currently ranked 3rd in our World Rankings, just a fraction behind PNG).

A lot of their senior strength comes from Rugby guys taking it up in high school and as adults, as well as some core players who grew up with it. So perhaps not surprising they are late developers. But still, the Hawks Cup etc exposes a lot of kids to it, so I would have thought they would do better.

A lot of their players have polynesian backgrounds too, so it shouldn't be a case of superior athletes from the South Pacific islands.

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