NPC - news, injuries etc
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@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Manawatū Rugby media release: https://www.turbosrugby.co.nz/news/cameron-re-signs-for-manawatu
Edit: this either means that Cameron only has a one-year contract with his Japanese club, or that he has negotiated being able to play NPC before signing his contract with them.
Garden-Bachop was only signed on for one more year so maybe the Hurricanes have woken up and negotiated a deal to get Cameron in 2023. Something tells me I’m totally wrong though.
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He looks a different player at Manawatu, but with Aaron Smith at 9 and it being NPC level, the jury might still be out on whether he could bring that to Super rugby at the Canes (where he'll get significantly worse service).
I think he'd be a good pick-up though as he's probably better than Garden-Bachop.
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A pity he couldn't get an exemption now to play tomorrow and in the SF.
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So, barring a set of freaky results - there's basically two quarterfinals this weekend:
Ta$man vs Wellington
Canterbury vs BoPI see that - despite having the second-best win-loss ratio in the division we are somehow currently at the bottom of the table due to picking up fuck all bonus points.
That "somehow" is somewhat related to us being given the hardest row to hoe (we're also starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for players).
We will end up playing 8 games - 6 vs Div 1 opposition and 2 vs Div 2 opposition.
By comparison
Waikato will end up playing 9 games - 5 vs Div 1 opposition and 4 vs Div 2 opposition.
Ah well - if we can't beat Wellington, we might as well hit the beaches!
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
So, barring a set of freaky results - there's basically two quarterfinals this weekend:
Ta$man vs Wellington
Canterbury vs BoPI see that - despite having the second-best win-loss ratio in the division we are somehow currently at the bottom of the table due to picking up fuck all bonus points.
That "somehow" is somewhat related to us being given the hardest row to hoe (we're also starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for players).
We will end up playing 8 games - 6 vs Div 1 opposition and 2 vs Div 2 opposition.
By comparison
Waikato will end up playing 9 games - 5 vs Div 1 opposition and 4 vs Div 2 opposition.
Ah well - if we can't beat Wellington, we might as well hit the beaches!
Wellington could be without Goosen and Savea this week. Goosen failed an HIA and Savea pulled up lame (both against Otago) so they could be drawing on even thinner resources in the backs considering they haven't had CGB and Proctor all season and they lost Aso to Japan.
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
So, barring a set of freaky results - there's basically two quarterfinals this weekend:
Ta$man vs Wellington
Canterbury vs BoPI see that - despite having the second-best win-loss ratio in the division we are somehow currently at the bottom of the table due to picking up fuck all bonus points.
That "somehow" is somewhat related to us being given the hardest row to hoe (we're also starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for players).
We will end up playing 8 games - 6 vs Div 1 opposition and 2 vs Div 2 opposition.
By comparison
Waikato will end up playing 9 games - 5 vs Div 1 opposition and 4 vs Div 2 opposition.
Ah well - if we can't beat Wellington, we might as well hit the beaches!
Unlike Waikato you have had your full playing resource to play from and the luxury of playing at home.
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@stargazer My team lost 41 players after round two!
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@daffy-jaffy Your team didn't lose 41 players. It was your team that got lost.
As well as two other teams.
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@stargazer Gonna miss out on that away trip to stay with my Napier relies and watch the Magpies v Aucks final.
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It's great to see that you can still work your way through the club system and then rep system to become a provincial head coach. Half the role is to oversea community/ rugby so he is a great choice and better than a coach that is a big name but not local.
How many other Provinces have coaches that worked their way up from the local club level?
🔴⚪️⚫️ ANNOUNCEMENT
Long-serving Patumahoe coach Reon Graham has been appointed as the new Director of Rugby at Counties Manukau Rugby and PIC Steelers coach for the next two years. Graham takes over from Tai Lavea, who resigned at the conclusion of this year’s Bunnings Warehouse National Provincial Championship to take up an offer to coach in Japan.
The appointment of Graham comes on the back of a terrific resume – winning three McNamara Cups as a coach and having coached Counties Manukau representative sides at every level possible. He has been a very successful sevens coach and led Counties Manukau to national titles in 2016 and 2017 as well as a runner-up finish in 2018.
Graham’s links to the community game and to Counties Manukau are very strong – he was a title-winning player with the all-conquering Manurewa club through the 1990s and also played for Patumahoe, where he would go on to become the club’s most successful coach in history.
His family has close ties to the Pukekohe club, and he is widely respected across the region – ranking as the McNamara Cup’s best coach in a poll of his fellow coaches earlier this year.
“I am delighted to announce Reon as the next coach of the PIC Steelers and to be our Director of Rugby,” Counties Manukau Rugby chief executive Aaron Lawton said. “Reon has fashioned a superb record in coaching and has really been building all these years for this opportunity. He comes with glowing endorsements from those that have played under him and is someone I have come to admire since taking on my role here at the Union.
“He bleeds red, white and black and is very passionate about rugby across the region. He has some great ideas and I think he will have a profound impact on rugby in Counties Manukau.” Graham was delighted to be the successful applicant in what was a very strong list.
“It is an absolute privilege to get the opportunity – I have been involved in rugby in the region since I started playing junior rugby at four years old,” Graham said. “I played for as long as I could, I watched the Steelers on the bank in their glory years and have been fortunate enough to get involved in coaching within the Union. “I look forward to making a strong connection with our community and to make people proud of the PIC Steelers.”
Graham does not officially start with the Union until March but will begin on a part-time basis immediately. He will resign as coach of Patumahoe to take up this opportunity. His first job will be to confirm a coaching and management structure around him, which will be announced in the coming weeks.
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