NPC - news, injuries etc
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I was passed on some information today about the financial state of 2 unions playing in the premiership,I guess we should not be surprised given the lack of crowds that front up to their games.
North Harbour even though they may lift the Ranfurly shield on the weekend are going to be half a million dollars in the red at seasons end, a hefty wage bill over the last 2-3 seasons and lack of crowds through the gate have contributed the predicament they will find themselves in.
Waikato are in a similar situation, but without the hefty financial bill, as seen by many this year during Waikato home games , only one main stand has been used as to cut costs ..
Counties Manukau and Manawatu will also record financial losses for the 2019 season ..
It’s a sad state of affairs ,and something has to give,I know chatting to a contact at Sky during the season , it’s not a cheap exercise to stage a Mitre 10 cup game ,and his train of thought and it was only his opinion that moving forward he believes Sky will drop Mitre 10 rugby and focus more on super rugby ,numbers for Mitre 10 cup are down big time .
Interesting thoughts , I do believe there must be a place for Mitre 10 cup or provincial rugby, that’s where our super rugby and All Blacks players come from, I believe the NZRFU has ignored this competition for far long..too bloody focused on the All Blacks.. -
@Steven-Harris Damn, that's sad to hear. NZRU seems to put nothing into promoting the competition, even as a feeder competition to Super Rugby.
I would like to see some Super Rugby spots (perhaps 8 per squad) reserved to the end of the Mitre 10 Cup, to increase interest in the competition for spots. Without that it doesn't even have the NFL Draft/College Football relationship.
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@Tim I think that’s a great idea , a draft system is a great idea,I know there’s some really good players running around in the Auckland Dev team who are probably better quality than many of the players running around in the lesser Mitre 10 cup teams..it would be harsh on Auckland, but what this comp requires is much more competitive games..let’s face last week apart from a coupe of games were are all blowouts ..I would like to see to Thursday night games done away with..being at Pukekohe last Thursday night to watch the magpies v CM game , I doubt there would have been 750 people in attendance..really sad..I would like to see Auckland , Wellington and Waikato take their game back to the community, say for example ,Auckland play at Western Springs or Waitakere Stadium ,get the local clubs involved to cater and host
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@Steven-Harris Would love to have a game up at Mahurangi. Saw Mill Cafe Brewery put on a great day last time the Blues had a preseason game there.
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@Tim people want a different experience, and that day up in Warkworth was awesome ...
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@Tim think they had a big fire there this week...
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I think that is crucial for Mitre 10 cup - move the games around, and make sure there are Super spots still available.
Maybe they could change the things so that the Wider Training spots get called Mitre 10 spots, and can’t be signed until the end of that competition? That would mean about 40 odd spots open with something to play for.
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@taniwharugby Ah crap.
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@Steven-Harris said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Waikato are in a similar situation, but without the hefty financial bill, as seen by many this year during Waikato home games , only one main stand has been used as to cut costs ..
Waikato still has historical debt to pay off so won't be in the black for a while.
Interesting thoughts , I do believe there must be a place for Mitre 10 cup or provincial rugby, that’s where our super rugby and All Blacks players come from, I believe the NZRFU has ignored this competition for far long..too bloody focused on the All Blacks..
The reality is that the NPC is now the equivalent of what club rugby was until the mid-2000s and SR has taken the place of the NPC in our rugby hierarchy. The average age of an NPC player is getting younger.
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@taniwharugby said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Tim think they had a big fire there this week...
Yep.
@Tim I don't think some of that article is correct. The original Saw mill is the pub in Leigh (not burnt). The Matakana one is relatively new after some sort of fallout with the Leigh one where they used to brew the beer.
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@Steven-Harris especially here in Wellington they get abysmal crowds at the cafe tin better off playing at hutt rec or Jerry Collins stadium
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@mikey07 saw the Wellington schools final on TV from Jerry Collins Stadium , looked the ideal venue
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@Stargazer Yes they do. The Axemen's rippa players are often shunted there when Hataitai Park is closed for them (most weeks of the season believe it or not!!) Hard to believe that The Graveyard is deemed not good enough to be used for rugby if the ground conditions are even slightly damp (and anyone tipping a drink bottle over at training on Thursday night appears to sometimes be enough for it to be ruled that way) but an international test cricket venue is ok!!!!!!!!!!
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@Steven-Harris It will hold the usual couple of thousand spectators easily enough but car parking might be a bit of a problem. It is only about a twenty minute walk from the railway station if you use that form of transport to travel to the ground.
