NPC - news, injuries etc
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Wow. The Ta$man box score reads like a Super Rugby side and it's no surprise they thrashed Otago. And then you scroll down and look at the Southland squad (I recognised 3-4 names) and wonder how Canterbury didn't put 100 on them. Such a difference in two provinces of relatively similar size and presumably resources.
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@Stargazer You more into M10 Cup than Super Rugby?
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@shark The Southland corporates must spend all their sponsorship money on the Steel and Sharks.
I might watch the occasional Southland game to see how some players I saw play at schoolboy level perform (e.g., Alaimalo, Te Tamaki and Moorby).
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Rugby park Invercargill today. A warm welcome instore for the Taniwha. Don't freeze your dreadlocks off boys.
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@Daffy-Jaffy I'll have you know there is unlikely to be anyone in the starting line up with dreads, maybe not even the 23! 😎
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@taniwharugby Then it will be but a pale imitation of a real Taniwha team. What not even Ranger? Gregory could easily dread all that hair. You need to hunt down some more Pryors.
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Daffy-Jaffy I'll have you know there is unlikely to be anyone in the starting line up with dreads, maybe not even the 23! 😎
There's some mullets tho, right?
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@Daffy-Jaffy Ranger is injured from round 1 or 2 of super rugby...Yeah Gregory could easily convert @Machpants if Stokes plays he has had an outstanding mohawk/mullet kind of thing going on.
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I'm not sure I would agree with the rankings apart from 1 and 2. Rugby grounds should be rectangular not ovals (looking at you Westpac). Strange to show a photo of Waikato Stadium under construction.
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The Hawke's Bay squad is:
Ash Dixon, Ben May, Brad Weber, Brendan O'Connor, Brodie Retallick, Caleb Makene, Danny Toala, Devan Flanders, Folau Fakatava, Gareth Evans, Geoff Cridge, Hannon Brighouse, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Jason Long, Jonah Lowe, Josh Kaifa, Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Kianu Kereru-Symes, Lincoln McClutchie, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, Mason Emerson, Michael Allardice, Neria Fomai, Ollie Sapsford, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Sam McNicol, Solomone Funaki, Stacey Ili, Tiaan Falcon, Tim Farrell, Timo Vaiusu, Tom Parsons, Will Tremain, Zach Donaldson, Iakopo Mapu, Jacob Devery, Joel Hintz, Namatahi Waa, Ricky Hayes, Saia Paese, Tyrone Dodd-Edwards.
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@Daffy-Jaffy And there we go again, spelling Brendon O'Connor's name wrong again (like they've always done). Who writes this stuff for NZR?
That line-up comes from this:
http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/News/34501/magpies-ready-to-soar-in-2019
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@Stargazer I'd be interested in what starting xv and bench you would pick from the squad for the Magpies this weekend? where would you play Toala. He impressed me hugely against the Blues dev. team earlier this season.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
The Hawke's Bay squad is:
Ash Dixon, Ben May, Brad Weber, Brendan O'Connor, Brodie Retallick, Caleb Makene, Danny Toala, Devan Flanders, Folau Fakatava, Gareth Evans, Geoff Cridge, Hannon Brighouse, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Jason Long, Jonah Lowe, Josh Kaifa, Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Kianu Kereru-Symes, Lincoln McClutchie, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, Mason Emerson, Michael Allardice, Neria Fomai, Ollie Sapsford, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Sam McNicol, Solomone Funaki, Stacey Ili, Tiaan Falcon, Tim Farrell, Timo Vaiusu, Tom Parsons, Will Tremain, Zach Donaldson, Iakopo Mapu, Jacob Devery, Joel Hintz, Namatahi Waa, Ricky Hayes, Saia Paese, Tyrone Dodd-Edwards.
Something slightly wrong between this NZR release and the HBRU release on the HBRU website/facebook page.
Iakapo Mapu is NOT in the HBRU release. And the HBRU release has Elijah Martin who is NOT in the NZR release.
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The HBRU list also doesn't inlcude Tiaan Falcon and Will Tremain. NZR always makes mistakes!
I've posted the list released by the HBRU in the Magpies forum here: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/353765
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I had a pick up our Waikato season passes so took the opportunity to ask why the team lists for the preseason games weren't released like other provinces. The reason given was that the squad hadn't been officially announced yet, although other provinces did just that.
NZR wanted staggered squad releases and Waikato's will be tomorrow morning. A couple of players got injured in the Taranaki game but they wouldn't tell me who. Maybe that will be apparent when the squad is announced.
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@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I had a pick up our Waikato season passes so took the opportunity to ask why the team lists for the preseason games weren't released like other provinces. The reason given was that the squad hadn't been officially announced yet, although other provinces did just that.
NZR wanted staggered squad releases and Waikato's will be tomorrow morning. A couple of players got injured in the Taranaki game but they wouldn't tell me who. Maybe that will be apparent when the squad is announced.
Alaimalo broke his hand.
someone else broke their leg.. (soz forgotten who that was will find out).
Seu is out for the season.
Tucker still broken
Reserve hooker still broken.
