NPC - Premiership remaining matches
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@Duluth said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@ACT-Crusader said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
So BOP and Harbour battle out a non-bonus point draw, the Poo miraculously beat Welly and to top it off we beat Auckland with a bonus point to steal a finals spot 😉
That would be a regular time draw and no points in the 20mins of extra time? Easy!
You should get some good odds on a Canterbury title now
Miracles can come true!
Alternatively Canterbury beat Auckland by 30 and Harbour beats BOP 6-5! We are through.
Dare to believe.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Duluth said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@ACT-Crusader said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
So BOP and Harbour battle out a non-bonus point draw, the Poo miraculously beat Welly and to top it off we beat Auckland with a bonus point to steal a finals spot 😉
That would be a regular time draw and no points in the 20mins of extra time? Easy!
You should get some good odds on a Canterbury title now
Miracles can come true!
Alternatively Canterbury beat Auckland by 30 and Harbour beats BOP 6-5! We are through.
Dare to believe.
If the Harbour v Bop match goes that way Auckland might throw the match to get an easy semi final
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Anyone could get relegated the only team in the clear is auckland
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@frazzerbazzer said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
Anyone could get relegated the only team in the clear is auckland
The tie breaker will be the winner of the Round Robin match played between the two teams. For example, Ta$man would finish ahead of Wellington, and Waikato would finish ahead of both Canterbury and Wellington if they all ended up on 29 pts.
With no draws there has to be a winner and a loser in each game. That makes JGB's fuckup against Canterbury even more important now if those two teams ended up on the same points.
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@frazzerbazzer said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
Anyone could get relegated the only team in the clear is auckland
I think Ta$man and Waikato are safe.
I don't think there's any way that both Harbour and BoP can get to 29 points, is there?
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@Chris-B said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@frazzerbazzer said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
Anyone could get relegated the only team in the clear is auckland
I think Ta$man and Waikato are safe.
I don't think there's any way that both Harbour and BoP can get to 29 points, is there?
I didn't think this was possible either, but somehow the sporting gods find a way
@Chris-B said in Ta$man v Canterbury:
Ta$man 33 BoP 7
BoP 44 Canterbury 8
Canterbury 29 Ta$man 0FFS!!!!
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@Nogusta said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Duluth Auckland will probably send a B team down south anyway given they have already secured home semi (and home final if they win semi) . They are pretty banged up at the moment
It's only Canterbury.
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@Kirwan said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Nogusta said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Duluth Auckland will probably send a B team down south anyway given they have already secured home semi (and home final if they win semi) . They are pretty banged up at the moment
It's only Canterbury.
Canterbury getting relegated in teh NPC would be the most 2020 thing ever. It's like all the weird retarded shit for a decade is being compressed in to about 8 months
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Waikato loss to BOP has earned Auckland the luxury of resting some of their troops next weekend. So I am expecting Canterbury to join other teams on 29 points if the others trip up. Hoping that BOP and Waikato do the business though, and there are no countbacks.
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The mighty Bay can finish 2nd and get a home semi-final or 7th and get relegated. If we're expecting Canterbury and Wellington to win then the Bay v Harbour game is going to be a titanic struggle with a semi-final for the winner and relegation for the loser.
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@KiwiPie said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
The mighty Bay can finish 2nd and get a home semi-final or 7th and get relegated. If we're expecting Canterbury and Wellington to win then the Bay v Harbour game is going to be a titanic struggle with a semi-final for the winner and relegation for the loser.
the relegated team is gonna be shitty that 5 wins doesn't guarantee safety, but 6 gets you a semi...
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As discussed above, Auckland is guaranteed to finish 1st and along with Ta$man and Waikato, are the only teams that can't be relegated. The rest of the placings (#2-7) are up for grabs.
As Canterbury hosts Auckland in the final match of the round robin they will know what they need to do to make the SFs or avoid relegation.
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So if Auckland takes this weekend seriously they can save both:
- Their Blues franchise partner North Harbour from relegation, and
- The Mighty Bay of Plenty Steamers who saved Auckland from relegation in the final round of 2017 by beating Waikato 36 - 32 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Mitre_10_Cup)
And Auckland can relegate Canterbury in the process. This clearly calls for a full strength Auckland side
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@Donsteppa The other twist is that Canterbury could lose and still not get relegated. That does require Manawatu to beat Wellington, and Wellington to not get any bonus points. Very unlikely but a possibility amongst the many.
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@Bovidae said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Donsteppa The other twist is that Canterbury could lose and still not get relegated. That does require Manawatu to beat Wellington, and Wellington to not get any bonus points. Very unlikely but a possibility amongst the many.
Yep, it feels like too much to hope for, but I imagine Manawatu will have a point to prove against their Hurricanes big brother!
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