North vs South
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Blue-less: What the North Island team could look like if the Blues can't leave Auckland
As anticipation heightens for next week's North vs South clash, the prospect of Blues players taking part in the match remains unclear amid Auckland's resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
Possible North Island side without Blues players
- Ayden Johnstone
- Asafo Aumua
- Angus Ta’avao
- Tupou Vaa’i
- Scott Scrafton
- Ardie Savea
- Lachlan Boshier
- Marino Mikaele-Tu’u
- Aaron Smith (c)
- Mitch Hunt
- Wes Goosen
- Anton Lienert-Brown
- Peter Umaga-Jensen
- Sevu Reece
- Damian McKenzie
Bench:
- Ash Dixon
- Aidan Ross
- Alex Fidow
- James Blackwell
- Luke Jacobson
- TJ Perenara
- Vince Aso
- Sean Wainui
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@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
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Just an aside.
I am (was) looking forward to the match.
A rep match with a bit of parochialism about it.
Regardless of the selection qualification it was/Is still us versus the inbreds. And we'll show them that their precious Saders apparent dominance is built on the back of the size of their cheque book. Ha! Take that you poxy little island at the bottom of the world.
But I digress ...
I think they've pick a good qualifier with first provincial team.
If they'd picked place of birth, current province or current SR franchise we'd hear the same whinging.
Draw a line somewhere and they have.
Good concept especially in this environment.
Much better than a god awful borefest probables v possibles with absolutely nothing on it.
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@booboo yeah exactly - at least there's something to get behind. Maybe they could have let the players decide if they had "links" to both islands, but then that's probably a whole other can of worms.
You'd have to be a super grump to be upset at this game.
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@junior said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
Is it though? If that is the case then why a mickey mouse selection of North and South?
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@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@junior said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
Is it though? If that is the case then why a mickey mouse selection of North and South?
Presumably because it then has some meaning behind it and so it doubles as an attractive product at a time when NZR are trying to get as much revenue as possible. They had sold 30k+ tickets to the fixture before the covid outbreak.
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@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@junior said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
Is it though? If that is the case then why a mickey mouse selection of North and South?
So what would be your selection criteria?
Birth?
3 years residency?
Where a grandparent was born? -
@KiwiMurph said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@junior said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
Is it though? If that is the case then why a mickey mouse selection of North and South?
Presumably because it then has some meaning behind it and so it doubles as an attractive product at a time when NZR are trying to get as much revenue as possible. They had sold 30k+ tickets to the fixture before the covid outbreak.
That's a fair point. It looks as though it would have sold out.
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@booboo said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@junior said in North vs South:
@Hooroo said in North vs South:
@Tim said in North vs South:
@Machpants This is more important.
How so? This is a nothing game with no meaning to it. Who cares if North or South win?
It's an All Blacks trial, that's why.
Who really gives a toss about Waikato playing Hawkes Bay?
Is it though? If that is the case then why a mickey mouse selection of North and South?
So what would be your selection criteria?
Birth?
3 years residency?
Where a grandparent was born?Well I would gear it so that the likes of DMac plays for the south, the Barrets would be in the same team and I'm unsure on Aaron Smith
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@Hooroo based on what?
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Not feeling overly confident with the trio of halfbacks in the South squad.
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@ACT-Crusader North missing half their squad from training until Weds, including the one and only 10!
