Ultimate NPC: - Waikato

[Hooroo]

Hopa had to be in the team and he did play 6 a bit but Mitchell Starts and Captains the team from 8.

Wrote and swapped TKB and Duggan in and out about 6 times.

[Bovidae]

@Hooroo Rhys Ellison or Chris Ellis? I would lean towards McLeod.

So mainly the 1992 pack. I will pick an amateur era and professional era team and then decide.

[Hooroo]

@Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

@Hooroo Rhys Ellison or Chris Ellis? I would lean towards McLeod.

So mainly the 1992 pack. I will pick an amateur era and professional era team and then decide.

I wasn't a fan of McLeod as a player. I have fond memories of being at Rugby park watching Rhys Ellison so that's why he gets the nod from me.

[Duluth]

Holah over Monkley

Also, Todd Miller was incredible when he first arrived

[Hooroo]

@Duluth said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

Holah over Monkley

Also, Todd Miller was incredible when he first arrived

Couldn't play Sundays

[Hooroo]

@Duluth said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

Holah over Monkley

Also, Todd Miller was incredible when he first arrived

Holah is on the bench

[Bovidae]

Based on playing post 1976 my team would be:

1. Loe
2. Gatland
3. Purvis
4. Gibbes (c)
5. Robinson
6. Hopa
7. Holah
8. Messam
9. Duggan
10. Donald
11. Sivivatu
12. ALB
13. Kahui
14. Randle
15. DMac

I've left out some of my favourite Mooloo players.

[Hooroo]

@Bovidae I thought Loe played tighthead? Was he a loosehead?

[Bovidae]

@Hooroo He played both but LH when playing with Purvis, who was only a TH.

[Hooroo]

@Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

@Hooroo He played both but LH when playing with Purvis, who was only a TH.

Nice! I need to switch mine around then.

[Bovidae]

There was a time when Loe was at LH for Waikato but TH for the ABs (e.g. 1988). Not too common now.

[Bovidae]

I could have picked Mils at fullback but he is really an Auckland player.

[Bovidae]

A team from the amateur era.

1. Paul Koteka
2. Ron Hemi
3. Ian Clarke
4. Steve Gordon
5. Richard Jerram
6. Rex Pickering
7. Duane Monkley
8. John Mitchell
9. Ponty Reid
10. Ian Foster
11. Jason Goldsmith
12. Rhys Ellison
13. Arthur Stone
14. Bruce Smith
15. Don Clarke

[Tim]

The Gordon brothers were good.

[Tim]

@Bovidae I thought we were doing players who participated in the NPC?

[Bovidae]

@Tim Refer to my first team posted.

[shark]

@Crucial said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

Who ya gonna select?

Who cares

[shark]

@Bovidae Jasin Goldsmith wasn't it?

[shark]

Oops, there I go caring.

[Bovidae]

OK, to get some input from other Waikato fans.

The front row would be unanimous.

Choices for other positions:
Locks - Steve Gordon, Brent Anderson, Mark Cooksley, Keith Robinson, Royce Willis, Jono Gibbes
Blindsides - Miah Melsom, Richard Jerram, Aaron Hopa, Steven Bates, Liam Messam
Opensides - Duane Monkley vs Marty Holah
No.8s - Brian Morrissey, John Mitchell, Deon Muir, Sione Lauaki
Halfbacks - Rhys Duggan vs Tawera Kerr-Barlow. Kevin Putt, Simon Crabb, Brendon Leonard and Byron Kelleher also in the mix.
1st 5s - John Boe, Ian Foster, Glen Jackson, David Hill, Stephen Donald
Midfield - Chris Ellis, Arthur Stone, Matthew Cooper, Rhys Ellison, Scott McLeod, Keith Lowen, Richard Kahui, Anton Lienert-Brown
Wingers - Bruce Smith (70 tries in 83 games), Bruce Reihana (45 in 81), Roger Randle (50 in 59), Sitiveni Sivivatu (19 in 30), Sevu Reece (26 in 33)
Fullbacks - Andrew Strawbridge, Daryl Halligan, Matthew Cooper, Todd Miller, Mils Muliaina, Damian McKenzie