gwnn Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 But I wonder if they even know what this post is about :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I think I do, though I'm Venezuelan and we haven't done that either. Now, why are New Zelanders Kiwis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Well done! And I'm sure they know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 I try to guess..one of this must be right! a) They have discovered a huge oil fields off-shore ;) b] NZ's wines have beaten all these famous Bordeaux's at The Paris Wine Trade Show :P c) Kiwi alpinists have climbed all 14 8000ers within a week! B) d) They have qualified for major event in a game with a very unfamiliar and strange rules :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Congrats to D! The kiwi is their national bird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 But everyone from Bahrain understands this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Congrats to D! The kiwi is their national bird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwiand also the fruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit btw, the Kiwis are a sports mad nation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 But everyone from Bahrain understands this thread. (: good point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Why exactly are we congratulating a bunch of small green-colored fruits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Because they have done something for the 2nd time ever Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Strangely, I am not allergic to anything food-wise. That is, except kiwi fruit. I don't understand it. Kiwi fruit used to be my favorite fruit. Then, after a while, I started noticing that my throat would itch and seize up when I ate kiwi fruit. Worse each time. Pissed me off. Not sure what this has to do with anything. Just pisses me off that I can't eat damned kiwi fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Now you know how Bahrein feels. The whole world can have kiwi's for breakfast except for Ken and Bahrain. ;) Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USViking Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 My guess is that they won some big rugby competition. I think there are two preeminent touranments, one of them international, and one including only NZ, Australia, England and South Africa. Although NZ is well known for having a decisively winning record against every country it has played, something like 50 of them including the three noted above, its performance in the two touranments has not been as dominating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 just in case anyone doesn't know this one,http://static.zooomr.com/images/3051616_6ce63fd5a0_o.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 As no one has stated it explicitly yet (to the frustration of many readers here), New Zealand qualified for the World Cup Football (and not the 'fake' football that Americans recognize). Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicklont Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 As no one has stated it explicitly yet (to the frustration of many readers here), New Zealand qualified for the World Cup Football (and not the 'fake' football that Americans recognize). Cheers Finally someone had to mention it.Pity it's on the first page already. The kiwi's won't survive the group fase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think there are 3 major international Rugby contests: the World Cup, the 6 Nations Cup (for the 4 teams from GB and France and Italy) and the Tri-Nations Cup (NZ AU and RSA). But there is also some sort of cup with the 4 GB nations and NZ and AU I think? When NZ visit GB and play everybody then AU do the same. But I'm not very well informed and this thread is indeed not about Rugby. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 I don't think there is a fourth cup for play amoung a number of teams. There are some individual cups between pairs of nations - Bledisloe Cup between Australia and New Zealand and the Hillary Cup (very recent innovation) between England and New Zealand. There may well be some others. When NZ beat England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland in one tour (season) in the northern hemisphere it is termed a Grand Slam - bridge connection ;) Anyway go the Kiwis. Apparently there were 35000 at the game. That is an unprecedented number of spectators for a football game in New Zealand. And probably matches the numbers for rugby games. As far as I am aware there isn't a stadium in NZ that would cater to a significantly bigger crowd. There used to be bigger crowds but those grounds have been modified to reduce the seating. Actually technically not seating as some of the spectators used to be in standing only areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Congrats to NZ. That said, the qualifying system needs to change. I think both Costa Rica and Uruguay are better than NZ/Bahrain, not to mention that some of the second place African teams are probably much better as well. Oceania vs first loser in Asia just seems like it won't guarantee a world-cup calibre team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 The problem is the large number of Asian teams of course, Australia's recent inclusion notwithstanding. If a region is presently underrepresented it is S America or Europe, not CONCACAF or Africa IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 If a region is presently underrepresented it is S America or Europe, not CONCACAF or Africa IMHO. Naturally. Still, FIFA seem to want the world cup berths to spread the game to a wider audience. Having countries like New Zealand in can only help. As an aside, New Zealand might have been my favourite side at the juniors (U20?) held a few years ago in Canada. I'll definitely be pulling for them in South Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Still, FIFA seem to want the world cup berths to spread the game to a wider audience. FIFA, under the leadership of the current boss looks more like a business company than a sport association. The markets, the sponsors, the money, are the all determining factors in every important move of this organisation. And Asia is the fastest growing "market" in todays football.... Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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