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They appear to be a bit different to 2017 - where the first round was selected by Premiership teams in reverse order.
Doesn't matter much this year, because the Shield is with Canterbury.
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Former Taranaki and Hurricanes hooker and current interim Commercial Manager Laurence Corlett has been named Chief Executive of Taranaki Rugby
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Crossover Selections for 2020 Mitre 10 Cup
******The first steps in shaping the draw for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup are underway with the 14 Provincial Unions making their selections for crossover matches between the Premiership and Championship divisions this week.
Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty will officially swap places, with the latter promoted into the 2020 Premiership while Counties Manukau will compete for the Championship next season. Each team plays all teams in their division along with four crossover matches against teams in the opposite division.
New Zealand Rugby Chief Rugby Officer Nigel Cass said while the 2019 season only finished a few weeks ago, provincial unions are already turning their focus to 2020.
“Once again we saw some great rugby in the Mitre 10 Cup, and these crossover matches are always an interesting feature.
“We saw a number of championship teams pushing, and beating, premiership teams in 2019, so the selections that Union’s make form an integral part of their upcoming season.
“The Unions have been asked to provide feedback on the season and we will look to see if improvements can be made as we look towards next year’s competition,” said Cass.
Representatives from all 14 teams met this week for the annual crossover selection picks. CEOs and team management take part in the selection process, with each team picking one home and one away fixture, their two other crossover matches are selected by the opposition.
The four rounds of picks took place as follows (home team listed first, and teams making selection in bold):
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;
Counties Manukau v Wellington
Hawke’s Bay v Canterbury
Manawatu v Bay of Plenty
Northland v Waikato
Otago v Ta$man
Southland v North Harbour
Taranaki v AucklandThe second round of picks are selected by Championship teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;
Counties Manukau v Ta$man
Hawke’s Bay v Wellington
Manawatu v Canterbury
Northland v North Harbour
Otago v Auckland
Southland v Waikato
Taranaki v Bay of PlentyThe 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 Northland
Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay
Canterbury v Otago
North Harbour v Counties Manukau
Ta$man v Southland
Waikato v Taranaki
Wellington v ManawatuThe fourth round of picks are selected by Championship Teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership Teams;
Auckland v Manawatu
Bay of Plenty v Southland
Canterbury v Taranaki
North Habour v Hawke’s Bay
Ta$man v Northland
Waikato v Counties Manukau
Wellington v Otago
New Zealand Rugby now captures these selections as part of the draw construction for 2020. The draw will be released next year.****** -
@Number-10 So no Premiership team wanted to play the Magpies and as a result, the third round pick ends up in the Steamers getting the Battle of the Bays at home.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Number-10 So no Premiership team wanted to play the Magpies and as a result, the third round pick ends up in the Steamers getting the Battle of the Bays at home.
Why the angry face? It would have been worse if there was no Battle of the Bays.
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@Stargazer Canterbury choose Hawke's according to that info.
Waikato and Taranaki like to play each other as a traditional fixture and for the Ryan Wheeler Memorial Trophy.
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@Stargazer We should be disappointed that we did not pick Bay Of Plenty in the second round when we had the second pick. Obviously the Treasurer of the HBRFU does not rate them when he puts his prospective gate take revenue figures at the forefront of deliberations. Still the opportunity to stuff them on their home turf next season is most appetizing!
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@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer Canterbury choose Hawke's according to that info.
Waikato and Taranaki like to play each other as a traditional fixture and for the Ryan Wheeler Memorial Trophy.
Yep, in the first round, Canterbury had the 5th pick, with only the Magpies, Otago and Counties remaining. Canterbury picked Otago in the third round.
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@Stargazer I understand but the 3rd round seems to have a lot of derbies. Canty probably threw Otago a bone for a RS challenge.
Ta$man went for the 5 pts.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia I blame Taranaki for picking the Steamers in the second round. The second round of picks was our only chance of picking the Steamers for a home Battle of the Bays.
We are still known as the bay until then thank you :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Nepia does make a valid point that at least there is a battle of the Bays. Why we chose to play you though is beyond me, its asking for trouble!
At least Southland chose us
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I'm glad we decided we wanted to go to Ta$man again to face the defending champs...
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@bayimports said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia I blame Taranaki for picking the Steamers in the second round. The second round of picks was our only chance of picking the Steamers for a home Battle of the Bays.
We are still known as the bay until then thank you :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Nepia does make a valid point that at least there is a battle of the Bays. Why we chose to play you though is beyond me, its asking for trouble!
At least Southland chose us
You didn't choose us. You had the last pick and we were the only team left.
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@Stargazer ha ha now that makes more sense
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@taniwharugby maybe similar to us having to choose Hawkes?
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I'm glad we decided we wanted to go to Ta$man again to face the defending champs...
You had the choice between Ta$man and the Steamers.
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@Stargazer Obviously the Treasurer still had his gate takings budgeted revenue hat on then as well. No comparison when comparing Wellington against the rather obscure combined Golden Bay-Motueka/Nelson/Marlborough outfit.
