NPC - news, injuries etc
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The Bunnings Warehouse NPC will continue for the next three weeks without Auckland-based teams as New Zealand Rugby (NZR) considers options for re-integrating Auckland, North Harbour and Counties Manukau into the competition.
Confirmation of a truncated schedule for weeks four, five and six follows the Government’s announcement that the Auckland region will drop down to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 for two weeks from 11.59PM today, meaning teams within that region are still unable to train or play.https://www.allblacks.com/news/next-three-weeks-of-bunnings-warehouse-npc-draw-confirmed/
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The government shot down NZR’s bid to relocate the Auckland teams once the city moved to level 3, despite last week allowing four Silver Ferns to fly from Auckland to Christchurch at alert level 4 for their three-match series against England.Cindy and her double standards.
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@bovidae dunno why they only have 4 games in those weeks...leave 1 team on a bye...the table at the end is the table, don't worry about promo/relegation in this disrupted season.
Just let the teams play footy!
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Week 6 of the new draw was meant to be the final round of the original draw so the next round will either start from the week 3 games or NZR has to make an entirely new schedule. I'm disappointed that Waikato isn't getting any day games so far (3 Friday night games since the NPC resumed).
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@stargazer Last time he was there they lost at home to a championship side 👀
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@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
So the final votes are in for Waikato's team of the century. This team was voted by fans, and there is a degree of recency bias in some selections. I didn't vote myself but this wouldn't be the team I would have selected (5 changes for me).
Looks extremely light at centre
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@mn5 said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
So the final votes are in for Waikato's team of the century. This team was voted by fans, and there is a degree of recency bias in some selections. I didn't vote myself but this wouldn't be the team I would have selected (5 changes for me).
Looks extremely light at centre
That’s a shocker
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Mine would be:
I Clarke
Gatland
Loe
Gordon
Robinson
Messam
Holah
Muir
Duggan
Donald
Sivivatu
McLeod
Kahui
Smith
D ClarkeObviously I am too young to have seen the Clarke brothers live but they were local legends. My old man would probably find room for Hemi and Reid in there. The team selected has a lot of centurions from the same era but does exclude both Mitchell and Foster, as well as the 3 of the 5 highest points scorers for the province (DB Clarke is 2nd).
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@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Mine would be:
I Clarke
Gatland
Loe
Gordon
Robinson
Messam
Holah
Muir
Duggan
Donald
Sivivatu
McLeod
Kahui
Smith
D ClarkeObviously I am too young to have seen the Clarke brothers live but they were local legends. My old man would probably find room for Hemi and Reid in there. The team selected has a lot of centurions from the same era but does exclude both Mitchell and Foster, as well as the 3 of the 5 highest points scorers for the province (DB Clarke is 2nd).
after i posted thought about move loe to tighthead and clarke to loosehead. muir for me not even in the conversation at eight. thought hard about ponty reid at 9 . hemi was also a star in his time.
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@bovidae. Did you see Brian Morrissey in his heyday as an 8? Unbelievable work rate. One of my favourites as a kid and I watched him for years with Tokoroa. Muir was very good but never reached those heights. TKB is close to Duggan too. Ron Hemi and Bryce Cowley were 50s legends along with Ponty Reid. All in all some great footballers in contention.
