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[Some Idiot]

Not 100% with this, you might say someone like Daniel Cross, is an untalented footballer who forged a 200 game career through sheer hard work, but he also has the elite V02 Capacity that cannot be achieved just with dedication that allows him to work harder than others.

 

[exe ex machina]

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[The_Reaper]

Small nations produce more top tennis talent because there are less opportunities for gifted athletes in other sports. Tennis in Australia gets a low share of the athletic talent in this country.

You can see the same thing happen in Australia. NSW & Queensland produce more international cricketers per capita than the southern states because footy takes a lot of the talent away.

Does Queensland actually produce more footballers per capita than Tasmania or Western Australia?

Especially since footy isn't any more or less popular in either Tasmania or Western Australia?

I think it's just New South Wales that performs extremely well in cricket.

 

[Papa Juggs]

Dan Cross is talented. He just can't kick the ball and was never taught.

Jobe had the same problem. Coaches saw it and taught him to kick.

I blame the Bulldogs coaching department.

 

[Scotland]

Does Queensland actually produce more footballers per capita than Tasmania or Western Australia?

Especially since footy isn't any more or less popular in either Tasmania or Western Australia?

I think it's just New South Wales that performs extremely well in cricket.

As far as cricket goes, I think the theory is that Qld/NSW produce more quick bowlers because the tall athletic guys suited to pace bowling are more sought after in Australian rules than they are in rugby league where having a neck is seen as a disadvantage. Gladstone Small never would've picked risen to test ranks had he grown up in Sydney.

Not sure the numbers or Hughes, Pattinson, Lillee, Gillespie, Fleming, Reiffel, Siddle, Bruce Reid etc. necessarily agree with the theory, mind.

As far as NSW goes, cricket was NSW-centric (a la the AFL being Vic-centric) for a long time which skews things a bit. Plenty of shield cricketers from the 1980s and 1990s who can claim they didn't get a fair go. Not so much nowadays, talent is a lot thinner on the ground.

 

[skilts]

As far as cricket goes, I think the theory is that Qld/NSW produce more quick bowlers because the tall athletic guys suited to pace bowling are more sought after in Australian rules than they are in rugby league where having a neck is seen as a disadvantage. Gladstone Small never would've picked risen to test ranks had he grown up in Sydney.

Not sure the numbers or Hughes, Pattinson, Lillee, Gillespie, Fleming, Reiffel, Siddle, Bruce Reid etc. necessarily agree with the theory, mind.

As far as NSW goes, cricket was NSW-centric (a la the AFL being Vic-centric) for a long time which skews things a bit. Plenty of shield cricketers from the 1980s and 1990s who can claim they didn't get a fair go. Not so much nowadays, talent is a lot thinner on the ground.

During the 1960s, ten of the eleven players in the NSW team had represented Australia in Test cricket. The exception was Doug Ford, their wicketkeeper. Think Benaud, Harvey, O'Neill, Johnny Martin, Brian Booth, Davidson, Misson, Simpson et al.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Pretty stiff being the one that missed out.