Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato

[dogmeat]

@Nepia IMO Akl have had a number of halfbacks that were better than Tonu'u

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@Nepia IMO Akl have had a number of halfbacks that were better than Tonu'u

Oh who'd you prefer? Devine? Brett Iti?

[dogmeat]

@Nepia Lin Colling for one. Belinda's uncle. Although he played for Otago first as well. Kirk possibly. Gemmell?

[Nepia]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@Nepia Lin Colling for one. Belinda's uncle. Although he played for Otago first as well. Kirk possibly. Gemmell?

How much NPC did those guys play?

[Duluth]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

Lin Colling for one. Belinda's uncle. Although he played for Otago first as well. Kirk possibly. Gemmell?

No one older Kirk would have an impact on a poll of TSFers

[dogmeat]

Colling was around at the start of the NPC Gemmell first played for Akl as 19 yr old straight out of school but was kept out by Colling. When he retired Gemmel took over but had his career ended by concussion issues

[dogmeat]

@Duluth you'd think so but look at the Manawatu side

[Kiwiwomble]

i think we assumed Kirk would get picked for Auckland and had already settled on Byron before clicking on first team gets dibs rule...and then never readdressed

[taniwharugby]

I heard of Colling, but not Gemmell.

I think Tonu'u fits best with this Auckland team, Devine or Kirk would go well too

[Duluth]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@Duluth you'd think so but look at the Manawatu side

..and look at every other side. The players skew towards a particular time period. Manawatu is an exception because they did not do well during that time

[dogmeat]

@taniwharugby I'm happy for them to have picked Tonu'u

[Snowy]

@Duluth said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@Duluth you'd think so but look at the Manawatu side

..and look at every other side. The players skew towards a particular time period. Manawatu is an exception because they did not do well during that time

Yep. Good teams beget. Manawatu are are a scatter gun. Great players over many years.

Crusaders for years as a team and hopefully the Blues now.

Good players get even better when they play together.

[Bovidae]

Shit, Waikato survives the 1st round.

I am sure Auckland will win the voting convincingly but the majority of this Waikato team have tasted success at Eden Park. Some of them numerous times.

[nzzp]

@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

@taniwharugby I'm happy for them to have picked Tonu'u

Tonu'u is one of those players who was pretty limited, but did what he did really well. Strong passer is all you need with that pack and that backline.

Tuitupou was a reminder to me that size is not the same as physicality. What a player.

[booboo]

@Crucial said in Ultimate NPC: Round 2 Auckland v Waikato:

Man on man, 12 and 15 are the only (very debatable) better players for the visitors

I'm a huge DMac fanboi but that is a terrible call.

[KiwiMurph]

Would have been fun to watch that Waikato midfield with both players in their prime.