NPC - news, injuries etc
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Wairarapa-Bush has a new head coach: former Wai-Bush and NZ Heartland captain Joe Harwood has been appointed for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He was one of the team's assistant-coaches for the last two seasons.
Interesting:
Additionally the board has announced a number of strategic initiatives which they hope will continue the development of rugby in Wairarapa. Among them is by 2019 fielding a Heartland team made up of local players and “players of origin” only. “We need a couple of seasons to get there but the timing is right.” Hargood says, given the reliance on “import players” from all Heartland teams – particularly the top echelon – it is a bold step, but one they are ready to commit to.
Joe Harwood named head coach of Farriers Wairarapa Bush
The man who led Wairarapa-Bush to their first and only Meads Cup title as a player, now plans to repeat the feat as the coach. Joe Harwood has been named as head coach of Farriers Wairarapa Bush He…
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Ranfurly Shield
Canterbury has accepted two Ranfurly Shield Challenges from Heartland teams before the start of the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season:- Canterbury v Wanganui, Wednesday 21 June at AMI Stadium
- Mid-Canterbury v Canterbury, Friday 4 August at the Ashburton Showgrounds
Both matches wil be afternoon games, with kick-off times to be confirmed
http://canterburyrugby.co.nz/news/349-canterbury-confirm-2017-ranfurly-shield-challenges
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Taranaki have beaten off the advances of other provincial rugby unions and signed All Blacks apprentice Jordie Barrett and Canterbury halfback Logan Crowley. The home grown pair were unveiled at Taranaki Rugby HQ on Tuesday with a third signing expected to be announced shortly.I expect that third signing to be Ricky Riccitelli
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Taranaki have beaten off the advances of other provincial rugby unions and signed All Blacks apprentice Jordie Barrett and Canterbury halfback Logan Crowley. The home grown pair were unveiled at Taranaki Rugby HQ on Tuesday with a third signing expected to be announced shortly.I expect that third signing to be Ricky Riccitelli
BOOM!
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Don't think Jordie Barrett will play many games for the Naki. He may be a (playing) All Black soon, if he has a good Super Rugby season. Same with Riccitelli if he impresses again in 2017. He may well be next year's apprentice or become the third hooker.
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The Manawatu Turbos have a new assistant (backs) coach: former Turbos halfback Aaron Good
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Ta$man Mako$ (and former Highlanders) prop Ross Geldenhuys returns to South Africa .... (but will come back for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup)
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Former Waikato coach Chris Gibbes has been appointed as the new Wellington Lions head coach and has signed a 3-year contract.
http://wrfu.co.nz/news/single/item/chris-gibbes-appointed-lions-head-coach/
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Former Waikato coach Chris Gibbes has been appointed as the new Wellington Lions head coach and has signed a 3-year contract.
http://wrfu.co.nz/news/single/item/chris-gibbes-appointed-lions-head-coach/
Poor bastard .
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Tom Franklin has signed with the BOP Steamers for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season.
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As expected by many of us Magpies supporters, Ricky Riccitelli has returned to Taranaki, where he's signed a 2-year contract.
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The Ta$man Rugby Union is in the market for a new assistant coach following Mark Hammett's decision to remain fulltime with the Highlanders. Hammett originally signed a two-year deal with the Ta$man union in 2015 when he joined head coach Leon MacDonald at the helm for Ta$man's 2016 national provincial championship campaign. (...) However, after a season as head coach of Japan's Sunwolves franchise in last year's Super Rugby competition, Hammett subsequently signed on as assistant coach at the Highlanders until 2019. Ta$man boss Tony Lewis said that while Hammett had every intention of rejoining Ta$man for this year's national provincial championship campaign, he realised that the job was more demanding than he'd anticipated and was unable to fulfil the second year of his Ta$man contract. -
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Jordan Taufua will be playing Mitre 10 Cup for the Mako$ again this year.
Source: a comment (not a post) by the Mako$ on their own FB page; not further announced yet.
Poaching bastards! Peas in a pod you lot down south.
Probably better for family. That's the problem when your good players have to spend their money making part of the year in another part of the country. Wish the Chiefs or Blues had grabbed him a few years back instead of those filthy Cantabs
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@Crucial said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Jordan Taufua will be playing Mitre 10 Cup for the Mako$ again this year.
Source: a comment (not a post) by the Mako$ on their own FB page; not further announced yet.
Poaching bastards! Peas in a pod you lot down south.
Probably better for family. That's the problem when your good players have to spend their money making part of the year in another part of the country. Wish the Chiefs or Blues had grabbed him a few years back instead of those filthy Cantabs
You probably don't know he started playing NPC with the Mako$? He's gone back to where he started his NPC rugby.
"You lot down south", who's that? Everyone south of Taupo?
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Crucial said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Jordan Taufua will be playing Mitre 10 Cup for the Mako$ again this year.
Source: a comment (not a post) by the Mako$ on their own FB page; not further announced yet.
Poaching bastards! Peas in a pod you lot down south.
Probably better for family. That's the problem when your good players have to spend their money making part of the year in another part of the country. Wish the Chiefs or Blues had grabbed him a few years back instead of those filthy Cantabs
You probably don't know he started playing NPC with the Mako$? He's gone back to where he started his NPC rugby.
"You lot down south", who's that? Everyone south of Taupo?
I did know that. I also know he has been a CM rep since U14s. Where did he learn to play to NPC standard? Which province invested in coaching him to that level?
South of Taupo? Nah, it's not until you cross Cook Strait that the definition of uncle and grandad gets blurred.
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@Crucial They can have him he's nothing special. Good against rubbish opposition but not much else after that.
