NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty

[Bovidae]

Sky are wanting the NPC final to lead into the AB-Japan test coverage.

[Canes4life]

Wellington team for the final. Not sure who the reserve hooker is.

[foobaNZ]

Is it Hika Elliot I wonder?

[Canes4life]

@foobaNZ said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

Is it Hika Elliot I wonder?

Wouldn't be the worst SOS in the world.

[Duluth]

[DurryMexted]

@foobaNZ wow unreal if it is. Saw he was named in Heartland XV so must be keeping fit somewhere

[Canes4life]

Confirmed, it is Hikawera Elliot.

[Canes4life]

[Machpants]

@Canes4life said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

Confirmed, it is Hikawera Elliot.

Lions debut at 38?

[Steven Harris]

@Canes4life Very surprised the Lions did’nt look at Wairarapa Bush hooker Bruce Kauika Peterson who has been a stand out in heartland rugby this year
also lets not forget hes played 2 season with Northland and has a handful of games for Wellington
Its a great storyline for Hika Elliot but i personally think it would have been an even better storyline for a heartland team thats part of the Canes franchise.

[Bovidae]

Was Hika playing hooker at SC? I read he sometimes played flanker. He looked in good condition when I saw him running the line for the Chiefs U18s.

[Duluth]

Or if the NPC was a rep competition they could pick the next best hooker out of Wellington club rugby

[Canes4life]

@Duluth said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

Or if the NPC was a rep competition they could pick the next best hooker out of Wellington club rugby

Pretty sure most of them are unavilable. O'Reilly, Poasa, Aumua (with ABs), Press, Tuiloma and Gaulalofa are all injured.

[Bovidae]

It's not that simple if the club players haven't been playing for 2 months. TTT ended up on the bench for Waikato in the 2021 NPC final for the same reason.

[mariner4life]

yet another piece of evidence to show how our structure makes no sense

[Number 10]

Wellington did something similar for their semi-final v HB last year when they brought in Morgan Mitchell on loan from Southland.

[Bovidae]

This explains what happened:

Former All Black reveals SOS call that led to shock call-up for NPC Final

Former All Black Hika Elliot has revealed the SOS call he received to play in this weekend’s NPC Final at Sky Stadium.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bovidae said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

This explains what happened:

Former All Black reveals SOS call that led to shock call-up for NPC Final

Former All Black Hika Elliot has revealed the SOS call he received to play in this weekend’s NPC Final at Sky Stadium.

I was already cheering for the Bay, now I want them to win even more.

[sparky]

I always liked Hika Elliot and thought that he was another one who was treated rottenly by the All Blacks. Anyway, welcome to the Lions!

[ACT Crusader]

@sparky said in NPC Final: Wellington vs Bay of Plenty:

I always liked Hika Elliot and thought that he was another one who was treated rottenly by the All Blacks. Anyway, welcome to the Lions!

Why, because Mealamu and Hore were better players than him? And Henry and co thought Flynn was a better thrower?

On par with AdM and both got about the same opportunity given who were ahead of them.