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paulwiggins	Post subject: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:38 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Just filed this netball head: NZ captain seeks `a bit more mongrel' after bringing back biff. Ain't sport fun. (Headline available on request)<p>[ November 14, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Re: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:57 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	Netball? Mongrel? Biff?<p>Paul, would you mind translating for a curious Yank?<p>Is this about football? Politics? Platypus wrangling? A combination of these?<p>I hesitate to praise a headline that I don't understand, but I'll bet this one's a corker.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:27 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	I meant translation on request. Netball is a non-contact sport plaayed by women and girls, similar to basketball but with players restricted to defence or attack zones and being unable to run with the ball. The last international match between New Zealand and Australia involved what one might well think was professional foul play on behalf of the New Zealand team. Biff is violence. The Kiwi captain wants more.
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Re: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:57 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	Thanks, Paul. I've yet to study cricket and now i have another challenge.<p>Why do i suspect that a "non-contact sport" in your great land might include a great deal of violence?<p>Does netball have a Hot Stove League?
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:15 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	If one might dare mention it, play has begun in the First Test at the Gabba. Live scorecard.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: No more Ms Nice Girl. Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:33 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Wayne Countryman: .<p>Why do i suspect that a "non-contact sport" in your great land might include a great deal of violence?<p>Does netball have a Hot Stove League?<hr></blockquote><p> Unlike a Pistons v Pacers game. Just handled a piece on Friday's debacle.
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