Ultimate NPC: - Waikato

[Bovidae]

There was a time when Loe was at LH for Waikato but TH for the ABs (e.g. 1988). Not too common now.

[Bovidae]

I could have picked Mils at fullback but he is really an Auckland player.

[Bovidae]

A team from the amateur era.

1. Paul Koteka
2. Ron Hemi
3. Ian Clarke
4. Steve Gordon
5. Richard Jerram
6. Rex Pickering
7. Duane Monkley
8. John Mitchell
9. Ponty Reid
10. Ian Foster
11. Jason Goldsmith
12. Rhys Ellison
13. Arthur Stone
14. Bruce Smith
15. Don Clarke

[Tim]

The Gordon brothers were good.

[Tim]

@Bovidae I thought we were doing players who participated in the NPC?

[Bovidae]

@Tim Refer to my first team posted.

[shark]

@Crucial said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

Who ya gonna select?

Who cares

[shark]

@Bovidae Jasin Goldsmith wasn't it?

[shark]

Oops, there I go caring.

[Bovidae]

OK, to get some input from other Waikato fans.

The front row would be unanimous.

Choices for other positions:
Locks - Steve Gordon, Brent Anderson, Mark Cooksley, Keith Robinson, Royce Willis, Jono Gibbes
Blindsides - Miah Melsom, Richard Jerram, Aaron Hopa, Steven Bates, Liam Messam
Opensides - Duane Monkley vs Marty Holah
No.8s - Brian Morrissey, John Mitchell, Deon Muir, Sione Lauaki
Halfbacks - Rhys Duggan vs Tawera Kerr-Barlow. Kevin Putt, Simon Crabb, Brendon Leonard and Byron Kelleher also in the mix.
1st 5s - John Boe, Ian Foster, Glen Jackson, David Hill, Stephen Donald
Midfield - Chris Ellis, Arthur Stone, Matthew Cooper, Rhys Ellison, Scott McLeod, Keith Lowen, Richard Kahui, Anton Lienert-Brown
Wingers - Bruce Smith (70 tries in 83 games), Bruce Reihana (45 in 81), Roger Randle (50 in 59), Sitiveni Sivivatu (19 in 30), Sevu Reece (26 in 33)
Fullbacks - Andrew Strawbridge, Daryl Halligan, Matthew Cooper, Todd Miller, Mils Muliaina, Damian McKenzie

[ploughboy]

@Bovidae
will add some more names for us old buggers
foxy bennett i think he was still playing when npc started
hud ricket
geoff hines
dick myers
kevin greene

[booboo]

@Hooroo said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

1. Richard Loe
2. Warren Gatland
3. Graham Purvis
4. Royce Willis
5. Keith Robinson
6. Aaron Hopa
7. Duane Monkley
8. John Mitchell ( c )
9. Rhys Duggan
10. John Boe
11. Bruce Reihana
12. Rhys EllisArthur Stone
13. Richard Kahui
14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
15. Daryl Halligan (Don Clarke)

[Snowy]

@booboo Your 12 there is "he who shall never be mentioned" around me (and my father).

[booboo]

@Snowy said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

@booboo Your 12 there is "he who shall never be mentioned" around me (and my father).

Can you mention why?

[Snowy]

@booboo 1980 (I think) Ranfurly shield challenge. Intercept try. 7 - 3. We left Eden Park in "Stony" silence.

Back to bloody counselling for me.

[Bovidae]

@ploughboy said in Ultimate NPC: - Waikato:

@Bovidae
will add some more names for us old buggers
foxy bennett i think he was still playing when npc started
hud ricket
geoff hines
dick myers
kevin greene

My first Waikato game as a kid was in 1980 so the first 3 on that list were stalwarts of that RS team. Add in Koteka and Searancke in the front row. Up and under here we go!

[ploughboy]

@Bovidae myers was on the bench when they won the shield off auckland . george simpkins called himup to add experence. didnt add kiwi as didnt think he should be in mix good player though.

my team
bam bam koteka
gatland
loe
ricket
robinson
hopa
monkley
myers
greene
foster
sivivtu
ellis
kahui
smith
strawbridge

[Bovidae]

@ploughboy I don't remember Hud Rickit being that great around the field, more just a tall lineout forward. John Fleming was another good lock from that period.

[ploughboy]

@Bovidae to be fair around the park wasnt his strong point but that era that wasnt what they trained for.
ALB and DMAC proberly should be in team .

[ploughboy]

murray tayler at ten was awesome till he broke his leg never got back to same form afterwards