Championship Final: The Bay vs Hawkes

[Bovidae]

BOP are called the Steamers so Rotovegas must be the main home ground.

[bayimports]

actually this year I believe the bulk of it was from teams closer to Tauranga eg, Tauranga, Te Puna, Greerton, the Mount, Te Puke, Rangataua

Im sure @Snollygoster will have the complete breakdown.

Its certainly not always the case, but this year it was. Probably also contribute to more turning up to the domain as well I'm sure

[Snollygoster]

@bayimports You're right. By far and away the bulk of club players in the Steamers come from The Western Bay although I don't know what the exact beakdown is. Its always been a "bone of contention" from Rotorua clubs that more of their players aren't selected but the fact of the matter is that Western Bay Clubs are better at recruiting. I don't think however that is the reason for the difference in crowd numbers. Theres probably several reasons.

1. The demographics of Rotorua and Tauranga are totally different. Tauranga seems to be older and possibly more affluent.

2. Rotorua is burdened with night games which aren't much fun when its cold, and hence the low crowd numbers. Its easier to get a crowd for a day game although I'm sure Tauranga day game crowds would still be bigger than Rotorua day time crowds.

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter as Rotorua is the only place with lights so it gets all night games. The BOPRU has however given Tauranga three games this year which was one more than last year. I personally would love a stadium with lights at Tauranga with all games there but I doubt that will never happen.

[Steven Harris]

Caught wind that BOP might be entering a team into Rapid Rugby next year , I have heard this from a current Mitre 10 cup coach and a supporter who is close to someone within the Steamers organisation..Rapid Rugby runs around the same time as Super Rugby and is a great way of keeping players on the payroll.it would be an interesting innovation..can see some huge benefits ,but also taking a lot of rep players away from the club competition could have it’s own implications..

[bayimports]

@Steven-Harris excellent, the comp where people complain that they're not a super rugby team.. we should fit right in

Should be a good step up for us though

[Dice]

Did a thread title kill Stargazer?

[Nepia]

@Dice said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

Did a thread title kill Stargazer?

It's worrying, now I'm going to have to figure out how to google stuff for myself now.

[Hooroo]

@Dice said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

Did a thread title kill Stargazer?

Toys thrown, dummy spat, taken his keyboard to play elsewhere I think

[Duluth]

He keeps logging in briefly and then leaving. He's probably checking if the tag has changed back

[bayimports]

well at least everyone is doing their part in keeping this thread relevant, nothing like a little daily reminder

[Chris B.]

@Nepia said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

@Dice said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

Did a thread title kill Stargazer?

It's worrying, now I'm going to have to figure out how to google stuff for myself now.

He may just be watching replays for the Mitre 10 Cup final. That's what I've been doing!

Yeah - I hope he comes back. There's all sorts of small but important facts that will otherwise be missed. For example, he doubtless would have informed me that there was a civic reception for the National Provincial Champions at 12 noon today on the Nelson cathedral steps.

I was completely unaware and could have been there instead of taunting discussing the game with people on the internet.

So in honour of @Stargazer here's a round-up of the Provincial season results.

Mitre 10 Cup Premiership - Champions: Ta$man (undefeated)!!!

National Sevens - Champions: Ta$man

Farah Palmer Cup - Premiership - Champions Canterbury
Farah Palmer Cup - Championship - Champions Otago

Meads Cup - Champions - North Otago
Lochore Cup - Champions - South Canterbury

Ranfurly Shield - holders Canterbury
Super rugby - Champions - Crusaders

And, of course, Mitre 10 Cup Championship - Champions - Bay of Plenty

Good to see you fullahs in the North Island still play a bit of footy!

[Nepia]

@Chris-B From that post I can see that if all the South Island invitational teams and the BoP Invitational team win then NZ rugby is screwed with the ABs failing hugely at the RWC. Thanks.

[Chris B.]

@Nepia The arrogance of Hansen - to try to win a RWC without a single player from the National Provincial Champions in his 23....

[Kirwan]

I hope he hasn’t thrown his toys about that. Part of the charm of the site is the banter between fans, particularly at NPC level.

The battle of the Bay is a good one, and a bit of fun.

[Nepia]

@Chris-B said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

@Nepia The arrogance of Hansen - to try to win a RWC without a single player from the National Provincial Champions in his 23....

Really, did none of your chequebookers make the squad? TBF, I find it hard to tell the difference between you and Canterbury anyway.

[Chris B.]

@Nepia Frizell and Moli - but Hansen wanted to make a statement.....

To be fair, if Canterbury had made the final he probably would have sent Joe Moody home to play for them!

[Higgins]

@Chris-B Are either of those two regular starters for the combined Golden Bay Motueka/Nelson/Marlborough team?

[Chris B.]

@Higgins Frizell was before his ABs call-up - both this year and previous years.

We only reclaimed Moli from his captors this season.

[Chris B.]

@Kirwan said in Mickey Mouse Final: The Bay vs Hawkes:

I hope he hasn’t thrown his toys about that. Part of the charm of the site is the banter between fans, particularly at NPC level.

That's a nice way of describing it!

But, can you imagine the amount of shit I would have had to eat if both Ta$man and the ABs had lost!

[Stargazer]

I'm overseas, have very limited data and only check in now and then to see if there's any interesting news. Not enough data to read whole threads and comment. That's all.