NPC 2025
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@george33 Hopefully that comes with a quality attack coach. The Forwards and defense were ok last two seasons but our attack was woefully clunky under Hickey.
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@Daffy-Jaffy don't think Bates is keen ,or been told no thanks.
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@Daffy-Jaffy he was/is the Auckland U21 coach isnt he, and Blues U21 previously? Would seem he is moving in the wrong direction to go straight upto an NPC HC role?
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He's been the forwards coach for 3 years. The forwards have generally been ok
Hickey must go
It's probably makes sense to have an entirely new group
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@KiwiMurph Exactly. The only upside is that the Forwards have generally been ok under Bates. Its been the backline/attack that was awful and clunky (Hickeys dept.!) So assistant appointments will be key to any improvements. My hope is that because of his history with age group teams he might trust and select local youthful talent rather than bringing in aging, average journeymen from elsewhere.
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@Daffy-Jaffy well I heard he has managed to retain a highly rated young player who had been close to coming up here, so thats a win.
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No great surprise once Mark Ozich pulled the pin ,I don’t think Wayne Pivac was ever in the running
he’s gonna have a job finding props given that Jordon Lay and Marcel Renata have signed with Northland word Sione Ahio is off to either Counties Manukau or Ta$man
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@Steven-Harris said in NPC 2025:
No great surprise once Mark Ozich pulled the pin ,I don’t think Wayne Pivac was ever in the running
he’s gonna have a job finding props given that Jordon Lay and Marcel Renata have signed with Northland word Sione Ahio is off to either Counties Manukau or Ta$man
Angus Ta’avao heading into the media world at the end of super rugbyProbably explains Hamdahn Tuipulotu's departure from the Stags then.
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Fixture list:
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Fixture list:
So one major change to the provincial fixtures is they've changed the mid-week game day to Thursday instead of Wednesday to make it an extended four-day window of rugby which makes sense.
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Could be the last season we see every NPC match broadcast.
Feel like this gets said every year but still hasn't happened.
Could easily see camera numbers drop off further though, and other cost cutitng measures. It's a real pity - still has huge potential as a player development programme with provincial rivalry that's 'real', but it's been malnourished for ages
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@Canes4life said in NPC 2025:
Could be the last season we see every NPC match broadcast.
Is this an assumption or something they've mentioned?
Believe Sky have proposed broadcasting one Friday night game and one Saturday night game.
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@Canes4life said in NPC 2025:
Could be the last season we see every NPC match broadcast.
Is this an assumption or something they've mentioned?
Believe Sky have proposed broadcasting one Friday night game and one Saturday night game.
So just 2 out of 7 games broadcast a weekend?
The NPC will be an amateur comp within a couple of years. I wonder if sky will show more interest in the proposed SR u23 comp next year?
Not a surprise if this happens.. but this is also why I argued it was in smaller provinces interest to back competition reform because this was the likely outcome without reform
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