NPC 2023
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Great signing by Taranaki
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My bad.
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@Kiwiwomble said in NPC 2023:
but wouldnt players further down the pecking order at a big union move around to the smaller ones (properly move and play club, not just fly in for game day) to get game time and hopefully get a fully professional contract?
I don't think so - not enough money in it for someone to quit their day job on the gamble of maybe getting an NPC contract.
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@Kiwiwomble No, but for example even if you are a builder, say you are 24, have a wife and a couple of kids, it is a big call to move away without the promise of a contract.
Currently you get the likes of Josh Moorby or Freedom Vahaakolo who move without signing on the dotted line, but these are guys who aren't bound by anything.
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maybe things have changed, i know almost none of the friends i grew up with live in dunedin any more and those that do all did stints away whilst in their 20's, and that was without the excitment or even slim possibility of earning a professional rugby contract, most did stints in the uk or aus...just for fun, moved and found a job (yes, with partners and some with kids), at very least they all went to see what living somewhere else in Nz was like
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@Tim tbf, Sunday arvo is a good time, but agree the scheduling is poor, IMO you have maybe 3 time slots: Friday night, Saturday 2.30 and 7 then a Sunday game, or if a Sunday game isn't ideal, do it 5.15 Saturday, all done, 2 games to games to each slot except maybe one of the Friday or Saturday which could be billed (and scheduled) for the match of the round.
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@taniwharugby The current time slot set up is literally perfect (barring the storm week) - why change it?
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@Duluth Yeah, although I think it's pretty good at the moment, it might be better if they chose to play
- 7.05pm Friday;
- 12.05pm, 2.05pm and 4.35pm Saturday, if the evening slot can't be used (for example, when there's a home test match) or 2.05pm, 4.35pm and 7.05pm Saturday if the evening slot can be used; and
- 12.05pm, 2.05pm and 4.35pm Sunday.
Keeping in mind that some slots can be difficult for some teams because of the (un)availability of flights, if they can't/don't want to stay overnight (due to costs).
They'd probably have to adjust the FPC schedule in that case as well (there are sometimes already 3 games at the same time), also taking into account that they should not schedule an NPC and FPC of the same province at the same time.
At the moment, the 12.05pm slot is only used for FPC.
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@Stargazer said in NPC 2023:
7.05pm Friday;
12.05pm, 2.05pm and 4.35pm Saturday, if the evening slot can't be used (for example, when there's a home test match) or 2.05pm, 4.35pm and 7.05pm Saturday if the evening slot can be used; and
12.05pm, 2.05pm and 4.35pm Sunday.Makes sense to me. Surely it would be better for Sky too
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As it costs a lot to open the doors at the major stadiums the PUs need to maximise the games played there. Playing the FPC game, or a Dev/U19 game as a NPC curtain-raiser makes perfect sense. You get extra people through the gate who might have to make a choice on what game to attend.
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What’s been the bigger upset ..
Northland v Ta$man or Manawatu v Auckland..?
Me thinks Manawatu v Auckland when you consider the salary cap alone .
Not to mention the bunch of no names .. -
well, i guess in the revamped NPC it is now Auckland out, Manawatu in.
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@mariner4life said in NPC 2023:
well, i guess in the revamped NPC it is now Auckland out, Manawatu in.
Top 8 teams, the rest can be in the tard division
