NPC - Premiership remaining matches
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Waikato loss to BOP has earned Auckland the luxury of resting some of their troops next weekend. So I am expecting Canterbury to join other teams on 29 points if the others trip up. Hoping that BOP and Waikato do the business though, and there are no countbacks.
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The mighty Bay can finish 2nd and get a home semi-final or 7th and get relegated. If we're expecting Canterbury and Wellington to win then the Bay v Harbour game is going to be a titanic struggle with a semi-final for the winner and relegation for the loser.
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@KiwiPie said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
The mighty Bay can finish 2nd and get a home semi-final or 7th and get relegated. If we're expecting Canterbury and Wellington to win then the Bay v Harbour game is going to be a titanic struggle with a semi-final for the winner and relegation for the loser.
the relegated team is gonna be shitty that 5 wins doesn't guarantee safety, but 6 gets you a semi...
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As discussed above, Auckland is guaranteed to finish 1st and along with Ta$man and Waikato, are the only teams that can't be relegated. The rest of the placings (#2-7) are up for grabs.
As Canterbury hosts Auckland in the final match of the round robin they will know what they need to do to make the SFs or avoid relegation.
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So if Auckland takes this weekend seriously they can save both:
- Their Blues franchise partner North Harbour from relegation, and
- The Mighty Bay of Plenty Steamers who saved Auckland from relegation in the final round of 2017 by beating Waikato 36 - 32 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Mitre_10_Cup)
And Auckland can relegate Canterbury in the process. This clearly calls for a full strength Auckland side
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@Donsteppa The other twist is that Canterbury could lose and still not get relegated. That does require Manawatu to beat Wellington, and Wellington to not get any bonus points. Very unlikely but a possibility amongst the many.
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@Bovidae said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@Donsteppa The other twist is that Canterbury could lose and still not get relegated. That does require Manawatu to beat Wellington, and Wellington to not get any bonus points. Very unlikely but a possibility amongst the many.
Yep, it feels like too much to hope for, but I imagine Manawatu will have a point to prove against their Hurricanes big brother!
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@dogmeat I'm very annoyed with Harbour.
They were paying $26 to win a seven horse race after beating the favourite convincingly - and everyone else was looking pretty dogshit.
So I put on an insurance bet - and then I looked at the odds again and put on a bet for profit!
And then somehow they lost to Wellington - basically by playing like clowns!
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@Donsteppa You guys also let us get a crucial bonus point win that year when we played so yeah, Auckland do owe you guys one.
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@Chris-B The rest of the country is annoyed at your mob for throwing your last game to keep your mates in the division 😉.
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@African-Monkey That's very fair - I'm fucking annoyed with them, as well!
If this sort of shit continues, there's a vague possibility we will no longer be NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
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@Chris-B said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
@African-Monkey That's very fair - I'm fucking annoyed with them, as well!
If this sort of shit continues, there's a vague possibility we will no longer be NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
pretty much anything that happened pre-covid has been written off bro, let it go
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@KiwiPie said in NPC - Premiership remaining matches:
If the favourites all win, Harbour are relegated ....
So long as we don't do a 1991 and King Country... not that we're such relatively strong favourites this time around, but then this is the Bay
