Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki
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Last game of the round.
Hawkes Bay, the team from near Hawke Bay take on visitors from the other side of the island who have negotiated safe passage through Palmerston North to get here on time.
It's a bit windy at McLean Park making the kicking tricky. -
@Crucial said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
It's a bit windy at McLean Park making the kicking tricky.
Cooper v Barrett in the goal kicking ... we've got this, especially with Winterbottom whose only job all day will be to head straight for Broden.
Mullet Jesus v Maori Jesus is a tasty match up.
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@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
This would be competitive but sorry HB too many journeymen and almost every time I look at your team sheet and think he's a bit tidy I look at the match up and....
We have BBBR, he balances out all the journeymen @Higgins and @Stargazer included in our squad.
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@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia Has he ever actually played for Hawkes Bay?
Yes as @Number-10 notes he never played for BoP. Playing for the Magpies set him on his path to superstardom.
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@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia Has he ever actually played for Hawkes Bay?
Yes as @Number-10 notes he never played for BoP. Playing for the Magpies set him on his path to superstardom.
yeah, strange one, being with BoP for 3 years and didn't play a game, but certainly Nepia is right on this
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@bayimports said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Tim said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia Has he ever actually played for Hawkes Bay?
Yes as @Number-10 notes he never played for BoP. Playing for the Magpies set him on his path to superstardom.
yeah, strange one, being with BoP for 3 years and didn't play a game, but certainly Nepia is right on this
It was a franchise deal, like Ben May for the Canes and Magpies ... but I assume BBBRs missus would have dropped him immediately if he'd actually dared pull on that jumper.
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@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
This thread is very useful for helping to compile my Fern enemies list ... it's getting quite extensive.
Lol, wouldn’t it be easier to just list those not on the list? 😀
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@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
This would be competitive but sorry HB too many journeymen and almost every time I look at your team sheet and think he's a bit tidy I look at the match up and....
We have BBBR, he balances out all the journeymen @Higgins and @Stargazer included in our squad.
n.b. I didn't include any of Brad Thorn, Ali Williams or Chris Jack in the Ta$man team! And the first two ended up being available for selection.
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@Chris-B said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@dogmeat said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
This would be competitive but sorry HB too many journeymen and almost every time I look at your team sheet and think he's a bit tidy I look at the match up and....
We have BBBR, he balances out all the journeymen @Higgins and @Stargazer included in our squad.
n.b. I didn't include any of Brad Thorn, Ali Williams or Chris Jack in the Ta$man team! And the first two ended up being available for selection.
That was silly of you, you might have beaten Otago if you had those two.
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@Chris-B said in Ultimate NPC: Round 1 Hawkes Bay v Taranaki:
@Nepia Not a chance.
We could have had Meads, McCaw, Jones and Carter (and Jesus - maori and otherwise) in the Ta$man team - and still the votes would have poured in against us!
Unsurprising, as you've only been an Invitational XV for a few years, you don't have the long term depth. You do have 20 Super players in your current squad though, amazing that a non franchise base can pull that kind of squad together, so kudos for that.
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