Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland
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@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Title is wrong. Should be "Mickey Mouse Final"
i think it's great we have a thread for the 2nd division.
It's not like we have threads for the Championship in English Soccer, or the G-League in the US, or the Q-Cup.
The little guys need their time in the sun too.
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@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Lmao for the last couple of years it's been called the Mickey mouse final on here and now it's different coz Hawkes Bay finally made it?
Nah cos Northland has first time ever. It now matters
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@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Lmao for the last couple of years it's been called the Mickey mouse final on here and now it's different coz Hawkes Bay finally made it?
Huh? We made the final last year against @mariner4life's team (despite the fact his smack talk suggests the BOP are permanently ensconced up there).
Also, you're not even arguing with any Magpies fans about the name of the thread anyway (until now).
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@Nepia said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Lmao for the last couple of years it's been called the Mickey mouse final on here and now it's different coz Hawkes Bay finally made it?
Huh? We made the final last year against @mariner4life's team (despite the fact his smack talk suggests the BOP are permanently ensconced up there).
Also, you're not even arguing with any Magpies fans about the name of the thread anyway (until now).
i guess all those promotion/relegation games have cemented in my mind our rightful place...
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@Siam yeah I'd be surprised if HB are paying more than $1.30 head to head, def thiers to lose.
Far and away the best team in the Championship since round 2.
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@taniwharugby said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Siam yeah I'd be surprised if HB are paying more than $1.30 head to head, def thiers to lose.
Far and away the best team in the Championship since round 2.
Dream on mate! Northland don't stand that much of a chance.
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@mariner4life said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Title is wrong. Should be "Mickey Mouse Final"
i think it's great we have a thread for the 2nd division.
It's not like we have threads for the Championship in English Soccer, or the G-League in the US, or the Q-Cup.
The little guys need their time in the sun too.
I'm thinking I might actually watch this game this year.
Out of interest, do they play it on a full rugby field - or the old half field using the sidelines to score tries?
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While it can't offer free entry again on Friday night, the Hawke's Bay Rugby Football Union is still hoping for another big crowd backing the Magpies and is discounting 1500 extra seats in the Graeme Lowe Stand at $12.50 a seat, $20 off the usual $32.50 price.
1500 grandstand tickets discounted for Magpies final
HBRFU is offering cheap tickets for Friday night's final, aiming for another big turnout.
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@mariner4life said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Title is wrong. Should be "Mickey Mouse Final"
i think it's great we have a thread for the 2nd division.
It's not like we have threads for the Championship in English Soccer, or the G-League in the US, or the Q-Cup.
The little guys need their time in the sun too.
I'm thinking I might actually watch this game this year.
Out of interest, do they play it on a full rugby field - or the old half field using the sidelines to score tries?
If you'd watched any of the Ranfurly Shield* matches this year you'd know Napier has a great full sized field and even some proper stands.
*Oh, the Ranfurly Shield is a challenge system where official provinces get to compete against the holder on their home ground. I assume it's not open to baabaas teams such as the Ta$man Chequebook Invitational XV Mako$ as it appears you've never held it?
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@Nepia said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Napier has a great full sized field and even some proper stands
fake news!
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@Nepia said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@mariner4life said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Title is wrong. Should be "Mickey Mouse Final"
i think it's great we have a thread for the 2nd division.
It's not like we have threads for the Championship in English Soccer, or the G-League in the US, or the Q-Cup.
The little guys need their time in the sun too.
I'm thinking I might actually watch this game this year.
Out of interest, do they play it on a full rugby field - or the old half field using the sidelines to score tries?
If you'd watched any of the Ranfurly Shield* matches this year
I haven't.
I only have time during the regular season to watch fixtures involving Division 1 teams.
Though a bit of research on the official website suggests that the only Shield fixture this season was Canterbury vs North Otago.
Who holds it and why did they play this game in Napier?
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@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Nepia said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Chris-B said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@mariner4life said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
@Yeetyaah said in Championship Final - Hawke's Bay v Northland:
Title is wrong. Should be "Mickey Mouse Final"
i think it's great we have a thread for the 2nd division.
It's not like we have threads for the Championship in English Soccer, or the G-League in the US, or the Q-Cup.
The little guys need their time in the sun too.
I'm thinking I might actually watch this game this year.
Out of interest, do they play it on a full rugby field - or the old half field using the sidelines to score tries?
If you'd watched any of the Ranfurly Shield* matches this year
I haven't.
I only have time during the regular season to watch fixtures involving Division 1 teams.
Though a bit of research on the official website suggests that the only Shield fixture this season was Canterbury vs North Otago.
Who holds it and why did they play this game in Napier?
Hahahha.
So typical of NZR, pretend the Shield doesn't exist then change the NPC when we're on the cusp of making the 1st Division ... and all because we gave the Wellington side of the 1920s a 50 point tonking (back when tries were worth 3 points).
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@Nepia Well, we can agree on something.
I've been slowly working my way through Terry McLean's book of the 1971 Lions tour - one of his underlying themes is that the NZRU is pretty fucking useless.
In my opinion not much has changed in 50 years, though Tew at least gave some impression of competence.
This year seems to have been a debacle.
Should be blindingly obvious that the first Shield Challenge scheduled next year should be Hawkes vs Ta$man (assuming that you guys will dispatch Northland).
But will NZ Rugby make it happen? My bet is they'll stick to "Work through our processes and let the outcomes take care of themselves".
But maybe they'll show that they're something better than thick, incompetent former rugby players!
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