NPC 2023
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@KiwiMurph Agree with this and yes @Stargazer I see what you're saying, but considering he said how proud he and his family were when he joined up with us, especially when they got to see him play live in Apia, I'm gonna say that he was not one of those players.
It was also pointed out that those players were not gonna re sign if Mauger stayed in charge. He has gone now.
Crusaders fans will disagree and say it's fair game and blah blah blah, but they don't need to be taking players from Moana Pasifika. It's a bit low and I really do hope that it doesn't happen.
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@African-Monkey I hope it doesn't happen either, but again, it's his choice. If he has an offer from MP and an offer from the Crusaders, then it's his decision and his only.
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@Stargazer Well yeah I get that, but the Crusaders do not need to be taking talent from MP. They have plenty of talent at their disposal and coming through. They can leave this option alone surely.
But don't worry, once sigings like this are allowed to happen, we'll get the same shit from the same people wondering what the point of MP existing is and why they aren't improving. Well here's part of the answer why.
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PRESEASON GAMES
Friday 21 July 2023 - 4.30pm - Lansdowne Park, Blenheim
Ta$man v ManawatūSaturday 22 July 2023 - Te Awamutu
Chiefs Centurion Cup
11.00am: Waikato v Counties Manukau
12.00pm: Taranaki v Bay of Plenty
1.00pm: Loser game 1 v loser game 2
2.00pm: Winner game 1 v winner game 2Saturday 22 July 2023 - 2.00pm - Te Anau Rugby Club
Southland v North OtagoSunday 23 July - Owen Delany Park(?), Taupo
Hawke's Bay v Auckland
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Northland sign Brazilian Wilton Rebolo - Americas Rugby News
In a historic move, Northland have signed Wilton Rebolo. The Brazilian will be the first ever from his country to play in New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship (NPC). Rebolo joins during the Super Rugby offseason; he played Super Rugby Pacific 2023 for the Western Force. Rebolo will return...
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Anton Lienert-Brown, Luke Jacobson, Samipeni Finau (Waikato), Josh Lord (Taranaki) and Cam Roigard (Counties Manukau) will all feature in the Chiefs Country Centurion Cup competition – a four-team event which also involves Bay of Plenty.
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Miracle Fai'ilagi Potentially a replacement for Havilli at the Crusaders.
Fai'ilagi to the Crusaders would be a crock of shit, and would be a classic example of a player getting terrible advice.
He would get about two games a year down there... stay at MP or go overseas. I strongly doubt it will be the case, I mean Ta$man have been known to independently chuck the cash about, but if he does go to the Saders, you might as well fold up MP right now. They'll never ever be competitive.
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Auckland will take on Waikato in Round 7 of the Bunnings Warehouse NPC at 2:05pm at Pakuranga United Rugby Club.
5 mins down the road from my house - cool.
Auckland Rugby to take Bunnings Warehouse NPC out to the fans with Backyard Blitz event
Pakuranga United Rugby Club to host Round 7 of the Bunnings Warehouse NPC Auckland versus Waikato at 2:05pm on Saturday ...
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@Stargazer Strong looking squad. @Chris-B What is the top 23 going to look like?
"Controversial"!!! - When the players tell Fozzie to fuck his World Cup, they've got something to deal with in Wellington before they're getting on any Air France planes.
Actually, big point of interest is whether Fozzie picks Blackadder, Havili and Fainga'anuku. We'll be quite a bit stronger if he doesn't.
We'll need a lot of luck if he does.
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I don't know what the instructions were for the ABs playing in Te Awamutu today, but the player (Lord) who has actually played test rugby this year played the most minutes. He played all of the first game (minus his time in the bin) and nearly half of the second game. Lord showed some speed to score the first try of the day.
ALB never played for Waikato, Jacobson played only about half a game and Finau a little longer (~ 30 mins).
Roigard was the star of the "final" scoring a hat-trick of tries, the first displaying some exceptional speed for a long-range try. Put him on the bench in Melbourne. I believe Foster was there watching.
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Roigard was the star of the "final" scoring a hat-trick of tries, the first displaying some exceptional speed for a long-range try. Put him on the bench in Melbourne. I believe Foster was there watching.
Totally, easily our second best nine, but needs international exposure to prove that he can step up
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Here are the results from the Chiefs Centurions Cup.
Counties Manukau 19 - 10 Waikato (HT: 5-10)
Sotutu played for CM, as did Malimali and Hohepa. Jacobson and Finau for Waikato with Dev/U20 players.Bay of Plenty 36 - 21 Taranaki 21 (HT: 24-14)
BOP went strong as Eklund, Tosi, MSR and Sangster all started in the tight five. TTT, Cashmore, Lalomilo amongst the backs.Waikato 31 - 21 Taranaki (HT: 7-7)
A stronger Waikato team but still missing a number of players. Tupaea looked good in his return.Counties Manukau 35 - 26 Bay of Plenty (HT: 21-14)
Jamie King was also very good at 1st 5 for CM. They also won a number of scrum penalties as Toby Taylor was pinged for collapsing.So CM wins this for the second year in a row.
