NPC - news, injuries etc
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Tour down-under to commence for Auckland Contenders
24-man squad to play matches against Brumbies A and Waratahs A sides Opportunity for players to experience a High...
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So I assume Matt Johnson will be playing for us this year?
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@African-Monkey He played for Auckland Sevens this year.
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The Mitre 10 Cup draw and the Heartland Championship draw have been released.
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You can find the full Mitre 10 Cup draw here: http://files.allblacks.com/NZRU_Media_Releases/2019/190219 2019 Mitre 10 Cup Draw FINAL.pdf
You can find the full Heartland draw here: http://files.allblacks.com/NZRU_Media_Releases/2019/190225 Mitre 10 Heartland Championship Draw 2019 FINAL.pdf
They haven't finalised the Farah Palmer Cup draw yet.
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Team draws:
Will add others if they appear on social media.
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Taranaki, first the bad news, then the good news:
Taranaki Rugby announce largest deficit in operational history
Key signings for Yarrows Taranaki Bulls:
- Craig Clarke will be the new Taranaki forwards coach for 2019 (replacing Paul Tito)
- loosies Heiden Bedwell-Curtis (back from Manawatu) and Kaylum Boshier (Taranaki U19 and brother of Lachlan) have signed for the 2019 season
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jeez, Parkinson walked into a perfect storm taking over Taranaki, guess it is a great opportunity to show his worth.
I was chatting to him soon after he was announced as heading there and he had already been doing some contracting and a couple of player managers told him he didnt need to haggle so much now, he was with Taranaki now, not Northland...
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Ta$man has signed Joe Wheeler for the 2019 season.
Might be a reasonable signing if he's still got something to give. Hopefully have Parkinson and Strange playing lots of minutes and Wheeler playing the Alex Ainley old man role.
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@Yeetyaah been a very long time for him to finalise negotiations...either him or his manager must be a pain to deal with...my understanding is he had been negotiating with Northland & another team (Waikato) since end of NPC last year and advised Northland in Jan he wasnt coming up here.
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@taniwharugby Yeah I remember you saying to me on here a while back. Waikato a bit spoiled for talent.
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@taniwharugby he played Ta$man,Northland ,Southland and Waikato off until he could find the best deal..I think Waikato were always going to win out given that he owns a house in Hamilton and has a brother in the academy.
The other player whom I understand is looking to move from Taranaki because of family reasons is Angus Taavao,
Both Waikato and Auckland are in the running for his signature
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@Steven-Harris If true about Ta'avao then that's two big losses for Taranaki with Damian Mackenzie also leaving. Waikato looking fairly strong if they land Ta'avao.
