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[mikey07]

@Steven-Harris especially here in Wellington they get abysmal crowds at the cafe tin better off playing at hutt rec or Jerry Collins stadium

[Steven Harris]

@mikey07 saw the Wellington schools final on TV from Jerry Collins Stadium , looked the ideal venue

[mikey07]

The Grandstands quite flash lack of seating would be the only thing that counts against it

[Stargazer]

Would the Basin Reserve be a good ground for the Wellington Lions? If they used it for rugby?

[Higgins]

@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!!!!!!!!!!

[Higgins]

@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.

[mikey07]

@Higgins it gets quite churned up us pressies players always seem to play on when’s it been torn up

[mikey07]

@Higgins we still talking about Jerry Collins Stadium?

[Higgins]

@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.

[Higgins]

@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.

[Tim]

@Steven-Harris A throwback battle of the bridge at Onewa Domain would be ace.

[Steven Harris]

@Tim amen to that..if the NZRFU are not interested , time for the unions to take their game back to the community..all the games have been scheduled to accommodate Sky viewers .

[Bovidae]

The Ranfurly Shield holders (hi @Chris-B ) often take their home games to other grounds within their province. I've seen Waikato games in Tokoroa and Matamata over the years, and other games have been played in Cambridge and Morrinsville.

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae The Minor Premiers do as well.

Ta$man's home semi final will be played at Landsdowne Park in Blenheim.

[Bovidae]

@Chris-B said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Bovidae The Minor Premiers do as well.

Ta$man's home semi final will be played at Landsdowne Park in Blenheim.

So you just know TJ will be the commentator in that game.

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae And a good chance against Auckland!

[Yeetyaah]

Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi just made a post on his Instagram about how his time in Taranaki has come to an end. Which means he's moving. BOP maybe? He's from Rotorua.

[Higgins]

Probably signed somewhere overseas, Japan possibly (the European seasons have by and large already started and you would have thought someone would have let us in on the info by now if he had signed there). When does/did his Chiefs contract end?

[Tim]

@Higgins 2021

[Higgins]

Thanks. I'll start the rumours and proffer that he will end up at Ta$man for the next Mitre10 Cup!