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@Stargazer The Beaver is back! Watch out Wellington.
Waikato: Jordan Trainor, Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara, Willis Halaholo, Sam Christie, Sevu Reece, Damian McKenzie, Pele Cowley; Whetu Douglas (c), Adam Burn, Jordan Manihera, Brian Alainu'uese, Jacob Skeen, Atu Moli, Hame Faiva, Tau Koloamatangi.
Reserves: Steven Misa, Sefo Kautai, Latu Talakai, Leva Fifita, Mitch Jacobson, Isaac Boss, Stephen Donald, Tevita Taufui. -
Shaun Stevenson moving from Waikato to North Harbour for the Mitre 10 Cup next year.
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@Stargazer Just reading that myself. Disappointing for Waikato, losing Stevenson moreso, but you can't complain if young players want to move closer to home.
An opportunity for someone to put their hand up at FB for Waikato next year via club rugby.
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More Waikato news:
Head Coach Sean Botherway has re-signed for two more years
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These Rieko Ioane stats are freakish. Particularly when you consider that his team was misfiring
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/npc/news/article.cfm?c_id=269&objectid=11730922
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
More Waikato news:
Head Coach Sean Botherway has re-signed for two more years
That's good news, Waikato's come a long way in the last two years. Probably would've made the semis this year if they hadn't had to defend the shield against Canterbury in a midweek game (not that that's a great excuse for losing to fuckin' Northland).
Sucks Trainor and Stevenson are leaving though.
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@Unco I thought Waikato showed improvement from last year.
If you compare the other teams in the Premiership, Waikato would have the least number Super rugby players in their starting XV so most of the team are coming from club rugby. When Tucker, Moli and Uhila were all injured there were a series of games that didn't include any Super reps in the forward pack.
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Semi-final results from the Heartland Championship:
Meads Cup:
Wanganui 58 v 26 Wairarapa Bush
South Canterbury 6 v 16 BullerNext week's final:
Wanganui v BullerLochore Cup:
Mid Canterbury 24 v 36 North Otago
King Country 48 v 26 Poverty BayNext week's final:
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@KiwiMurph said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Auckland Rugby Awards - Mitre 10 Cup Player of the Year goes to Simon Hickey - what the actual fuck.
Quite interesting they scheduled the awards to happen prior to the finals too!
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Bones Plenty of unions have already had their awards night. Not so sure what's strange about that if teams are not involved in the finals.
Ok fab.
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@KiwiMurph Did they forget about Rieko Ioane or something?
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@African-Monkey said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@KiwiMurph Did they forget about Rieko Ioane or something?
probably couldn't figure out whether it was reiko or rieko.
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@Bones said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Bones Plenty of unions have already had their awards night. Not so sure what's strange about that if teams are not involved in the finals.
Ok fab.
Please do better next time, Bones.