Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour

[Tim]

@JK Yeah, can't go past that combo. Scott Pierce was a quality player. Luke MacAlister next off the bemch. Tuitavaki, Michael Little, Saili all good value. Aussie Mike Harris stepped up for Queensland rather than Harbour.

[Tim]

Tens:

Frano
Evans
MacAlister
Warren Burton

Nines:

Strachan
Robinson
McGahn
Hall
Chris Smylie

Am I missing anyone from the nineties?

[dogmeat]

@Tim Willie Walker

[Tim]

Who for openside flanker? Four names spring to mind: Gordon Simpson, Liam Barry, Matua Parkinson, and Craig Newby.

Kevin Schuler was more of a six wasn't he?

[Tim]

15 Osborne
14 R Gear
13 Bunce
12 Little
11 Rush
10 Botica
9 Strachan
8 Shelford
7 Barry
6 Cribb/Schuler
5 Jones/Boric
4 Flavell
3 Afeaki
2 Dowd
1 Woodcock

16 Parsons
17 Tu'inukuafe
18 Borovich
19 Larsen
20 Newby
21 Robinson
22 McAlister
23 Evans

[Chris B.]

@Tim Does Rico switch teams at half time?

[Tim]

@Chris-B I hope you're not talking about Canterbury flouting the rules by loaning him out to Ta$man. Where he played three games ...

[Chris B.]

@Tim He played a few more for Nelson Bays. But,....I can't be arsed formatting his table.

Rico Gear - Wikipedia

[taniwharugby]

had more caps with POverty Bay, Canterbury, Auckland & BOP than he did NB or Ta$man, let alone NH

[Chris B.]

@Tim He was lucky Reuben had cornered the "Suitcase"moniker!

[Tim]

@Chris-B Okay that one got an upvote.

[Smudge]

Richard Kapa!

[Bovidae]

Slade McFarland at hooker.

[shark]

@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

15 Osborne
14 R Gear
13 Bunce
12 Little
11 Rush
10 Botica
9 Strachan
8 Shelford
7 Barry
6 Cribb/Schuler
5 Jones/Boric
4 Flavell
3 Afeaki
2 Dowd
1 Woodcock

16 Parsons
17 Tu'inukuafe
18 Borovich
19 Larsen
20 Newby
21 Robinson
22 McAlister
23 Evans

Cribb was always an 8 so that takes care of one of your brackets. And when you bracket a player they also need to be bracketed in the reserves.

[shark]

@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

Who for openside flanker? Four names spring to mind: Gordon Simpson, Liam Barry, Matua Parkinson, and Craig Newby.

Kevin Schuler was more of a six wasn't he?

Dillon Hunt would be ahead of Parkinson and Simpson.

[dogmeat]

I’d have sharkey ahead of ant

[JK]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

I’d have sharkey ahead of ant

Yeah me too.

Poor old Richard Turner not even getting a mention for consideration!

Ron Williams another worth consideration for the bench?

[Nepia]

@JK said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

I’d have sharkey ahead of ant

Yeah me too.

Poor old Richard Turner not even getting a mention for consideration!

Ant over Sharkey for me. Pod (since we're using nicknames) is up against Buck so easy to overlook him I guess. If you don't use him we might put him the Magpies team.

[JK]

Pat Lam is another who spent a wee bit of time in harbour colours

[Bovidae]

@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: - North Harbour:

Pod (since we're using nicknames) is up against Buck so easy to overlook him I guess. If you don't use him we might put him the Magpies team.

That comment reminds me of this review I took a photo of in the Rugby News after an AB trial.