NPC - news, injuries etc
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@mariner4life dunno, what I'd of given for a 10 of his quality last season, I reckon he'd of made all the difference to our erratic team...this year we are a different kind of erratic.
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Referee appointments for the Mitre 10 Cup Championship/Premiership semi finals
Waikato v Northland >Paul Williams.
Ta$man v Canterbury>Mike Fraser
Otago v Hawkes Bay>Ben O’Keeffe
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@steven-harris Fuk me worst Ref in NZ gets a SF gig
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@steven-harris God damn it.
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@steven-harris
Great, we almost always lose when O'Keefe is the ref.
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only $4.40 in a multi if you take all 4 favorites in M10 Cup
$55.10 if all visiting teams win...about $5.60 if you swap out either Ta$man/Auckland for Canterbury/Wellington
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2019 crossover games
@Chris-B It's a conspiracy I tell you!!
The four rounds of picks took place as follows (home team listed first):
- The first round of picks are selected by Premiership teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;
Otago v Waikato
Southland v Counties Manukau
Manawatu v North Harbour
Bay of Plenty v Wellington
Hawke’s Bay v Ta$man
Northland v Canterbury
Taranaki v Auckland- The second round of picks are selected by Championship teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;
Southland v North Harbour
Manawatu v Counties Manukau
Bay of Plenty v Waikato
Northland v Auckland
Hawke’s Bay v Wellington
Otago v Canterbury
Taranaki v Ta$man- The third round of picks are selected by Premiership teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership teams;
Auckland v Southland
Canterbury v Manawatu
Ta$man v Northland
Wellington v Otago
North Harbour v Bay of Plenty
Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay
Waikato v Taranaki- The fourth round of picks are selected by Championship Teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership Teams;
Counties Manukau v Taranaki
North Harbour v Otago
Waikato v Hawke’s Bay
Wellington v Northland
Auckland v Bay of Plenty
Ta$man v Manawatu
Canterbury v SouthlandNew Zealand Rugby will now begin work on the draw for 2019.
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@chris-b said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@bovidae That disgusts me.
However, the Shield no longer symbolizes anything very significant to me.
What this means is that Waikato selected Otago first - a no brainer - and Otago then selected Canterbury ahead of any other Premiership team as a mandatory RS game. Understandable as they are long-standing rivals.
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@chris-b said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@bovidae Waikato getting rewarded for being shit last year and getting relegated.
The Shield is dead to me!
Why? The fact that the first round of cross-over picks has resulted in Otago v Waikato, doesn't mean that that will be the first RS game of the season.
If the first RS game of the season is Otago v Taranaki, and Taranaki manages to grab the shield, and the next game is Taranaki v Ta$man, you'll still have a challege. Anything can happen. It's not like Otago is unbeatable at home.
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@stargazer Until Ta$man gets a challenge, the Shield is dead to me.
Waikato being lined up for a seventh challenge in seven seasons. Symbolises nothing except a flawed system.
