Ultimate NPC: - Auckland

[African Monkey]

1. S. McDowell

2. S. Fitzpatrick

3. O. Brown

4. A. Haden

5. R. Brooke

6. J. Kaino

7. M Jones

8. Z Brooke

9. O. Tonu'u

10. G Fox

11. B. Williams

12. S. Tuitupou

13. J. Stanley

14. J. Kirwan

15. T. Wright

16. K. Mealamu

17. C. Faumuina

18. J. Afoa

19. G Whetton

20. A. Whetton

21. S. Devine

22. C. Spencer

23. D. Howlett

Minimum effort put into that. Virtually of the top of my head so I'm sure I missed plenty there.

[Snowy]

@African-Monkey said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

Minimum effort put into that. Virtually of the top of my head so I'm sure I missed plenty there.

It's still an awesome team. Like Slammin' Sammy at 12. T Wright at fullback not so much.

[African Monkey]

@Snowy Come to think of it, I don't know why I did that either haha.

[Donsteppa]

@Duluth said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

One sentimental vote for Lindsay Harris as fullback from me. More seriously though, Cashmore would be hard to go past, but Mils should be considered, despite his abrupt departure. Piutau was very good in recent years.

Terry Wright and Matthew Ridge (underrated) bridged the gap between Harris and Cashmore?

Cashmore has the bonus of pissing off BOP fans by taking him away from their team

Honourable mention for Matt Carrington if any BOP fans are reading

Cashmore is bracketed with Greg Rowlands and Damon Kaui if you need a loan player

Not sure about that Carrington name, I vaguely remember talk of one being removed from the birth records in the Bay though...

[dogmeat]

hands down Pole Whiting at lock.

BeeGee to FB played there heaps. Opens up wing options

Des O’Connor at HB

Mac Herewini at 2/5

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

hands down Pole Whiting at lock.

BeeGee to FB played there heaps. Opens up wing options

Des O’Connor at HB

Mac Herewini at 2/5

You not sticking to NPC era?

[dogmeat]

@Nepia you expect me to read the rules

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

@Nepia you expect me to read the rules

Of course not, I thought you may have glanced at the thread title though.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia meh, NPC, NZ teams playing one another throughout the ages.

[shark]

Craig Innes at 13 for me.

[mariner4life]

Auckland are going to walk this.

piston wristed gibbons

i feel my early-90s anti-JAFA hatred coming back

[Duluth]

@African-Monkey said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

1. S. McDowell Dowd
2. S. Fitzpatrick
3. O. Brown
4. A. Haden
5. R. Brooke
6. J. Kaino
7. M Jones
8. Z Brooke
9. O. Tonu'u
10. G Fox
11. B. Williams
12. S. Tuitupou
13. J. Stanley
14. J. Kirwan
15. T. Wright Mils

Need to finalise a team. This one by @African-Monkey is close, just made a couple of changes

Dowd because McDowell is with BOP?
Mils over Wright? (Specialist plus a more recent player probably helps in voting)

Any objections?

[mariner4life]

@Duluth Mils is in every way a better play than Terry Wright (who is still a frikken hero)

that team is a fucking cheat code

[Bovidae]

Let's hope the random draw gives some interesting 1st round matchups.

[mariner4life]

@Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

Let's hope the random draw gives some interesting 1st round matchups.

Cantabs v Auckland in the first round is a disaster for the broadcasters, but provides hope for all others.

Especially if the winner subsequently draws Otago

[Bovidae]

And Counties with a 1st round bye...

[mariner4life]

@Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

And Counties with a 1st round bye...

you drew Southland?

[dogmeat]

@Duluth nothing to really fear in the backline but the forwards are a bit tasty.

I would have Carlos over Fox personally. I think Foxy would too if he was being honest

[Duluth]

@dogmeat

I went for Spencer earlier. Thought the consensus was against him

Fuck it. Spencer it is

1. C. Dowd
2. S. Fitzpatrick
3. O. Brown
4. A. Haden
5. R. Brooke
6. J. Kaino
7. M Jones
8. Z Brooke
9. O. Tonu'u
10. C. Spencer
11. B. Williams
12. S. Tuitupou
13. J. Stanley
14. J. Kirwan
15. M. Mils

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

@Duluth nothing to really fear in the backline but the forwards are a bit tasty.

I would have Carlos over Fox personally. I think Foxy would too if he was being honest

I wouldn't, and I'm a huge Carlos fan, but as I think I said earlier Fox is a winning 10. To me this team is picked on how they were in the era they played. Carlos was one of two top 10s, Fox dominated the position for most of his career.