NPC 2025
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WESLEY CLARKE APPOINTED AS TURBOS HEAD COACH
Manawatū Rugby is proud to announce that Wesley Clarke has been appointed as the Turbos Head Coach.
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I think Wellington will find it tough to replicate their recent success, with key players moving on to the All Blacks and other commitments.
In 2022, we had players like Love, B Proctor, TJ, Lakai, and Aumua. None of them were in the 2024 final, so winning without these core players - who were with the All Blacks - was a big achievement.
This year, we had Higgins and Numia, both of whom are on career paths likely to reduce their availability for NPC minutes going forward. Kirifi might also end up in a similar position.
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I think Wellington will find it tough to replicate their recent success, with key players moving on to the All Blacks and other commitments.
In 2022, we had players like Love, B Proctor, TJ, Lakai, and Aumua. None of them were in the 2024 final, so winning without these core players - who were with the All Blacks - was a big achievement.
This year, we had Higgins and Numia, both of whom are on career paths likely to reduce their availability for NPC minutes going forward. Kirifi might also end up in a similar position.
I think there is enough quality coming through Wellington to ensure we remain close to the top of the pile.
Seeing players go onto higher honours is only a positive thing.
Without all the players you’ve mentioned above the worse case scenario would be a side resembling the below, I think it’s still fairly strong.
- Sheck
- O’Reilly
- Lauaki
- Plummer
- Ieremia
- Delany
- Halalilo
- Shields
- Preston
- Harkin
- Patafilo
- Savea
- Umaga-Jensen
- Filipo
- Clarke
- Poasa
- Kamimori (if he comes back)
- Chrichton
- Ropeti
- Avei-Collins
- McLeod/Muriwai
- Garden-Bachop
- Solomon
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Wellington will be fine. The Hutt, Porirua and the Wairarapa just spit out talented footy players
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Blues media saying that Jordan Lay will play for Northland next season.
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@Daffy-Jaffy yeah Northland rugby posted yesterday congratulating Northland contracted players which included an image of Lay, while I had heard they were in talks with him, it was a 'sneaky player' announcement.
