NPC - news, injuries etc
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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.
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@mikey07 The problem is that Hataitai Park is clay based and even though the WCC spent untold money on it putting in new drainage two years ago it does not seem to be making much difference. In fact the first year it got done it was worse than previously. The water does not seem to drain away all that quickly and when it does it takes ages to soak into the clay and does not penetrate all that deep in any sort of hurry. End result it chops up rather quick if not managed closely.
The underground irrigation however works beautifully and gone are the days of the ground being rock hard and covered in grass that was extremely brown and looking half dead come start of the winter season. -
@mikey07 Yes I was referring to the spectator capacity and parking at Porirua Park. Spectator faciliteis being good and parking rather scarce. Come to think of it that could also be said about Hataitai Park (if you don't mind sitting on the terraced embankment). Ground conditions (including floodlighting) and changing rooms obviously being miles better at Porirua.
