Ultimate NPC: - Auckland

[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.

[Duluth]

@Nepia

But your opinion doesn't matter. I think there's a Vikings thread somewhere

[mariner4life]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

nothing to really fear in the backline

[Nepia]

@Duluth said in Ultimate NPC: - Auckland:

@Nepia

But your opinion doesn't matter. I think there's a Vikings thread somewhere

Since when has that been a concern on the Fern?

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia when it suits...same as always

[dogmeat]

@Nepia because Botica supposedly couldn't kick - then kicking tees were allowed and he started banging them over from everywhere.

Fox's strengths were his mental fortitude and game management - he wasn't the most gifted 1st 5 but he made the most of what talents he did have. You should hear him talk about his son. Yes he is a proud Dad but he is totally bemused as to why Ryan isn't out practicing 12 hours / day.

[dogmeat]

@Duluth Solid side.

Just as an aside. In the mid 70's TV polled every NPC player in NZ and asked them one question - Who is the most over-rated player in NZ rugby. The 'winner' by some margin B.G Williams

I checked and Pole Whiting did play NPC so I would throw him in ahead of R Brooke for two reasons. One; I think he is a better player and Two; he's not a creepy sex offender