NPC - news, injuries etc
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@Nepia said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Chris-B The truth is that Canterbury hates you too!
I never thought that the Cantab fans could ever be out-Cantabed, but @Chris-B has proven me wrong.
My gloating campaign has been so successful that Mark Robinson is considering playing the ABs in the NPC for the first time in years - simply to stop me!
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@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
The original 2020 draw has been removed from allblacks.com but it started on a Thu night.
You can find that draw here:
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@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
a bunch of loser unions
Care to name them (other than everyone else)? Just want to see the rocks thrown at you, and where they come from.
@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
My gloating campaign has been so successful
It really has. I thought England rugby had it nailed, but no, Mako are right up their for most
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@Snowy said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
a bunch of loser unions
Care to name them (other than everyone else)? Just want to see the rocks thrown at you, and where they come from.
@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
My gloating campaign has been so successful
It really has. I thought England rugby had it nailed, but no, Mako are right up their for most
hateddisliked team.I quite liked Ta$man when they were initially formed, but, then @Chris-B mutated into a Ta$man version of a combination of Phooey/Canerby/all Press sports writers
, they hired the Hammettuer, and they found a chequebook hidden somewhere.Now, they're not quite at BoP/the Poo levels, but they're getting there.
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@Snowy said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
a bunch of loser unions
Care to name them (other than everyone else)? Just want to see the rocks thrown at you, and where they come from.
@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
My gloating campaign has been so successful
It really has. I thought England rugby had it nailed, but no, Mako are right up their for most
hateddisliked team.It's a bit unfair to hate on the Mako themselves - when it's me who is being a one man army of obnoxiousness!
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@Nepia don't worry, we won't let you forget!
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia don't worry, we won't let you forget!
Down vote, down vote!
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer guess this year there wont be any need for them to squeeze in the weeks...could probably have tried out a full RR of everyone plays everyone
The other thing about it, is you assume ABs are likely to be involved a bit too, given right now, internationals up in the air.
As stated earlier, a full Mitre 10 Cup with semis and a final would have the season finish on 19 December which is far too late.
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Fuck it, the players have had two months off already, with minimal training possible, so if they play SR Aoteroa and then play a full round robin NPC until a week before Xmas, who cares? Harden the fuck up. They'll then have a couple of weeks off, like the rest of us, and get back to work. Like the rest of us.
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NZR don't need to commission a report - they are aware of the financial status of the provincial unions, because the unions have to file their financial reports (balance sheets etc) every year to them as NZR inspect them to ensure the salary cap has not been breached.
In the past NZR has even bailed out unions with loans like Waikato, Otago, Southland, Ta$man, Wairarapa Bush
The financial results and viability of the provincial unions are even available to the average punter like all of us when Deloittes annually publish their survey of the provincial unions.
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@Number-10 said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
NZR don't need to commission a report - they are aware of the financial status of the provincial unions, because the unions have to file their financial reports (balance sheets etc) every year to them as NZR inspect them to ensure the salary cap has not been breached.
I'm being somewhat flippant. The report that came out around 2009 pretty clearly spelled out a 14 team top flight was not viable and identified the best candidates to drop. The economic reality in the decade since has only made the situation worse. While other unions made radical improvements in the past decade like BOP & Ta$man it is really disappointing to see Northland and Southland cap in hand yet again. Ditto Harbour.
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