North vs South

taniwharugby

@Kiwiwomble maybe ask players to say which they prefer and why (in 100 words or less haha) as I am sure people have other deeper affiliations to places...am sure it would end up being as 'even' as any other kind of criteria

Kiwiwomble

@taniwharugby it wouldn't have to be lame, they could have made it a "thing", groups of players announcing their affiliation in the weeks building up to it, as people announce rugby tragics like us would have re calc who we thought wold be in each team etc

voodoo

They should have done it the way the NBA All Star game is done now. Announce 2 captains, I guess Sam Cane and one other (maybe the highest capped player), then let them select their teams player by player, school yard style. Imagine the TV audience in NZ for that draft?

Kiwiwomble

@voodoo that would be cool

love it if they stuffed up and ended up having to stick a loosie on the wing or something

booboo

@Machpants said in North vs South:

It's a trial by a different name, why is this any different from Prob vs Pos? Just, theoretically, a bit more even.

Because they were dull boring uninteresting grinds.

At least this has something to generate some sort of parochialism.

Stargazer

@pukunui said in North vs South:

@Kiwiwomble said in North vs South:

@pukunui ....getting signed by a province isn't just up to the player...if so i'd be currently signed up to a pretty generous contract with Otago and the Highlanders

I understand that. It’s just a bit rich being happy to represent a province you aren’t from for money/career reason, then complaining about playing for that province making you eligible for the island that you aren’t form.

Don’t be a mercenary in the first place.

Players from small provinces without the education (for example, universities) or employment they are looking for if they don't get signed straight out of school, will look for that education/employment elsewhere, usually one of the main centres. That's - for example - how Weber and Evans ended up in Dunedin and started their playing career for Otago. There's no way you could call players, who leave their home province to go to uni, "mercenaries".

Bones

@pukunui said in North vs South:

@Kiwiwomble said in North vs South:

@pukunui ....getting signed by a province isn't just up to the player...if so i'd be currently signed up to a pretty generous contract with Otago and the Highlanders

I understand that. It’s just a bit rich being happy to represent a province you aren’t from for money/career reason, then complaining about playing for that province making you eligible for the island that you aren’t form.

Don’t be a mercenary in the first place.

Like SG says, that doesn't really work out so well if you want to get a tertiary education and not lose your rugby skills does it?

cgrant

All Blacks vs NZ Barbarians would have been great.

Crucial

This game is a forgone conclusion anyway. SI get Weber.

:face_with_stuck-out_tongue_closed_eyes:

mofitzy_

NI backrow/loose forwards roster is stacked. Too stacked for its own good.

Yeetyaah

@Crucial in contrast the north get McKenzie.

nzzp

@Yeetyaah said in North vs South:

@Crucial in contrast the north get McKenzie.

we don't have to play him though ...

Yeetyaah

North v South PYXV

Now that the North and South squads have been named, it's time for you to become the selector! Have your say and pick your North v South XV's. You could win tickets to the Steinlager North v South match on August 29, All Blacks Jerseys and much more! How to enter: 1. Select your North and...

There's a comp to put in your starting XVs to win some shit. Gives you an idea in who's eligible for which island and the depth the north has.

Bovidae

@Crucial said in North vs South:

This game is a forgone conclusion anyway. SI get Weber.

You could say the no.3 halfback for the NI (Hall) is better than anyone the SI can select.

Nepia

@Yeetyaah said in North vs South:

North v South PYXV

Now that the North and South squads have been named, it's time for you to become the selector! Have your say and pick your North v South XV's. You could win tickets to the Steinlager North v South match on August 29, All Blacks Jerseys and much more! How to enter: 1. Select your North and...

There's a comp to put in your starting XVs to win some shit. Gives you an idea in who's eligible for which island and the depth the north has.