NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry)

[mariner4life]

but you just know the Canterbury Plains Patriots are going to fucking win. Again.

[booboo]

@mariner4life said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

but you just know the Canterbury Plains Patriots are going to fucking win. Again.

Is this how the rest of the world feels about the All Blacks?

[SammyC]

@mariner4life said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

but you just know the Canterbury Plains Patriots are going to fucking win. Again.

I’m not confident, Auckland we’re bloody impressive last week. We were lucky

[mariner4life]

@booboo said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

@mariner4life said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

but you just know the Canterbury Plains Patriots are going to fucking win. Again.

Is this how the rest of the world feels about the All Blacks?

yes.

[Duluth]

2015 NPC final

Bolded players are involved again tomorrow. A shitload of turnover in 3 seasons

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1 Daniel Lienert-Brown, 2 Ben Funnell, 3 Nepo Laulala, 4 Mitchell Dunshea, 5 Dominic Bird, 6 Reed Prinsep, 7 Matt Todd, 8 Luke Whitelock, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 10 Richie Mo'inga, 11 Patrick Osborne, 12 Rob Thompson, 13 Ryan Crotty, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 15 Tom Taylor

Reserves: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Siate Tokolahi, 19 Ben Matwijow, 20 Tom Sanders, 21 Jack Stratton, 22 Cameron McIntyre, 23 Marshall Suckling

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1 Isi Tu'ungafasi, 2 Greg Pleasants-Tate, 3 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 4 Michael Fatialofa, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Joe Edwards, 7 Mitchell Karpik, 8 Akira Ioane, 9 Kaito Shigeno, 10 Simon Hickey, 11 Ben Lam, 12 George Moala, 13 Vince Aso, 14 Bryce Heem, 15 Charles Piutau

Reserves: 16 Kurt Eklund, 17 Tom McHugh, 18 Jono Owen, 19 William Lloyd, 20 Matt Matich, 21 Jono Hickey, 22 Mitchell Hunt, 23 Lolagi Visinia

[Number 10]

Which is why players making 50 or 100 appearances for a province are getting rarer and rarer.

[ACT Crusader]

@duluth back when George Moala was a beast. Was a decent game with a lot of talent on both sides.

[Crucial]

Quite incredible to think that Charles Piutau was playing NPC only that far back.

[Bones]

Well fuck it, go Canterbury. Aucklanders getting all uppity and haven't even won anything yet.

[Bovidae]

The weather forecast looks better than yesterday with most of the rain expected after the game.

[Machpants]

Best crowd I've seen at an NPC game for ages

[Tim]

Prattley didn't look good after that accidental head knock.

[Machpants]

Jeez Auckland look awful, occasion getting to them, maybe? Lucky to be only 3 down after 20 ish

[Stargazer]

@machpants said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

Best crowd I've seen at an NPC game for ages

It looked like they closed most stands, so that the ones the cameras are focused on fill up nicely, but Ferners who are actually at Eden Park will be able to see it better.

[Machpants]

@stargazer yeah other stands are empty but still, a reasonable crowd.

[Tim]

@machpants Think they definitely look nervous.

Great driving tackle from Ioane earlier.

[Stargazer]

@tim Yeah, sad, he failed his HIA.

[Stargazer]

Romano looks dangerous. Best player on the park at the moment.

[Machpants]

@tim said in NPC Final - Auckland vs Canterbury (free entry):

@machpants Think they definitely look nervous.

Great driving tackle from Ioane earlier.

But also an awful attempt at a chip

[Stargazer]

Ruru, calm down!