Watch an ITM cup game. Then watch this game. No wonder we got pumped last weekend by 50. I think the NZ high school games would be better to watch. Pretty average. Hopefully it gets better.
You're not comparing apples to apples. Compare it in five years time when the competition is more mature; some would say longer.
But don't compare it until the Aussie players are with their team pre-season as long as the Kiwi teams are, and they have the same infrastructure that teams like Canterbury and Auckland etc have.
Maybe that won't happen and maybe we won't churn out coaches like they do in NZ but until it does we can't make a meaningful comparison.
But we can notice the shortcomings and suggest how they be improved within our means.
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