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@Duluth were enough witnesses to confirm there was no stomp...suggestions were someone else pushed the guy but the finger was pointed at him because he was a high profile player.
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@taniwharugby perjury?! Lock him up
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From the Counties FB page:
CMRFU would like to thank all of our players who have represented our region this rep rugby season, and a huge congratulations goes to the following players who were awarded prizes at our Awards Evening this week
2018 Women’s Seven’s Player of the Year: Yuki Ono
Back of the Year: Hazel Tubic
Forward of the Year and Rookie of the Year: Ilisapeti Molia
Player of the Year: Justine Lavea
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2018 Men’s Seven’s Player of the Year: Savelio Ropati
Players’ Player of the Year: Orbyn Leger
PIC Steelers Rookie of the Year and Defence Player of the Year: Nikolai Foliaki
PIC Steelers Most Improved Player of the Year: Daymon Leasuasu
AS Wilcox Premier Club Player of the Year: Cameron Roigard
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Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu and Viliame Rarasea for their 50th games
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Northland Awards:
Jaycob Matiu - Player of the Year
Jack Debreczeni - Players Player of the year
Sam Caird - Most Improved Forward
Scott Gregory - Most Improved BackPlus a couple of off-field ones for Tom Robinson and Aorangi Stokes.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Mitre 10 Cup, Semi Finals confirmed:
Friday 18th, 7.35pm – Bay of Plenty v Manawatu (Rotorua)
Saturday 19th, 2.05pm – Ta$man v Auckland (Blenheim)
Saturday 19th, 4.35pm – Hawke’s Bay v Otago (Napier)
Saturday 19th, 7.05pm – Wellington v Canterbury (Wellington).
Farah Palmer Cup Semi Finals confirmed:
Saturday 19th, 12.00pm – Auckland v Wellington (Eden Park, Auckland)
Saturday 19th, 2.05pm – Hawke’s Bay v Northland (McLean Park, Napier)
Saturday 19th, 2.00pm – Otago v Ta$man (Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin)
Sunday 20th, 2.05pm – Canterbury v Counties Manukau (Rugby Park, Christchurch)Heartland Semi Finals:
Meads Cup
Saturday 19th, 2.00pm – Thames Valley v Wanganui (Paeroa)
Saturday 19th, 2.30pm – North Otago v Wairarapa Bush (Oamaru)Lochore Cup
Saturday 19th, 2.00pm – West Coast v Poverty Bay (Greymouth)
Saturday 19th, 2.30pm – Buller v South Canterbury (Westport) -
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For whoever is interested in the rules around the selection of crossover matches:
The way in which the crossover matches will be determined is as follows:
a. For one of the crossover matches, the draw will be based on the team seeded first in the Premiership playing the team seeded seventh in the Championship, the team seeded second in the Premiership playing the team seeded sixth in the Championship, and so on. These matches will be home matches for the Championship Teams.
b. For the other three crossover matches, there will be a selection process in which there will be three rounds of picks that take place as follows:
i. In the first round of picks matches are selected by Championship Teams in reverse order of seeding (i.e. the lowest seeded Championship Team has first pick, the second lowest seeded Championship Team has second pick, and so on). These matches will be played as home matches for the Championship Teams;
ii. In the second round of picks matches are selected by Premiership Teams in order of seeding (i.e. the first seeded Premiership Team has first pick, the second seeded Premiership Team has second pick, and so on). These matches will be played as home matches for the Premiership Teams;
iii. In the third round of picks matches are selected by Championship Teams in order of seeding (i.e. the highest seeded Championship Team has first pick, the second highest seeded Championship Team has second pick, and so on). These matches will be played as home matches for the Premiership Teams;
c. in making any selection:
i. a Team may not select a Team that it will already play (for example, as a result of a pick made by another Team in a previous round); and
ii. where the process necessarily results in the situation described in the previous paragraph, the previous two picks in that round will be ruled void, and must be made again (and must be made differently). -
@Stargazer Pretty sure that has changed from previous years - where it was Premiership teams in reverse order of seeding and Championship teams in order of seeding - hence any Championship team that held the Shield usually ended up with two relatively weak challengers from the Premiership. (Though Otago chose Canterbury - possibly due to the exchange of brown envelopes
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They appear to be a bit different to 2017 - where the first round was selected by Premiership teams in reverse order.
Doesn't matter much this year, because the Shield is with Canterbury.
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Former Taranaki and Hurricanes hooker and current interim Commercial Manager Laurence Corlett has been named Chief Executive of Taranaki Rugby
Laurence Corlett named Chief Executive of Taranaki Rugby
MEDIA RELEASE 6 November 2019 Former Taranaki and Hurricanes hooker and current interim Commercial Manager...
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Crossover Selections for 2020 Mitre 10 Cup
******The first steps in shaping the draw for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup are underway with the 14 Provincial Unions making their selections for crossover matches between the Premiership and Championship divisions this week.
Counties Manukau and Bay of Plenty will officially swap places, with the latter promoted into the 2020 Premiership while Counties Manukau will compete for the Championship next season. Each team plays all teams in their division along with four crossover matches against teams in the opposite division.
New Zealand Rugby Chief Rugby Officer Nigel Cass said while the 2019 season only finished a few weeks ago, provincial unions are already turning their focus to 2020.
“Once again we saw some great rugby in the Mitre 10 Cup, and these crossover matches are always an interesting feature.
“We saw a number of championship teams pushing, and beating, premiership teams in 2019, so the selections that Union’s make form an integral part of their upcoming season.
“The Unions have been asked to provide feedback on the season and we will look to see if improvements can be made as we look towards next year’s competition,” said Cass.
Representatives from all 14 teams met this week for the annual crossover selection picks. CEOs and team management take part in the selection process, with each team picking one home and one away fixture, their two other crossover matches are selected by the opposition.
The four rounds of picks took place as follows (home team listed first, and teams making selection in bold):
The first round of picks are selected by Premiership teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;
Counties Manukau v Wellington
Hawke’s Bay v Canterbury
Manawatu v Bay of Plenty
Northland v Waikato
Otago v Ta$man
Southland v North Harbour
Taranaki v AucklandThe second round of picks are selected by Championship teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;
Counties Manukau v Ta$man
Hawke’s Bay v Wellington
Manawatu v Canterbury
Northland v North Harbour
Otago v Auckland
Southland v Waikato
Taranaki v Bay of PlentyThe third round of picks are selected by Premiership teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership teams;
Auckland v Northland
Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay
Canterbury v Otago
North Harbour v Counties Manukau
Ta$man v Southland
Waikato v Taranaki
Wellington v ManawatuThe fourth round of picks are selected by Championship Teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership Teams;
Auckland v Manawatu
Bay of Plenty v Southland
Canterbury v Taranaki
North Habour v Hawke’s Bay
Ta$man v Northland
Waikato v Counties Manukau
Wellington v Otago
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@Number-10 So no Premiership team wanted to play the Magpies and as a result, the third round pick ends up in the Steamers getting the Battle of the Bays at home.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Number-10 So no Premiership team wanted to play the Magpies and as a result, the third round pick ends up in the Steamers getting the Battle of the Bays at home.
Why the angry face? It would have been worse if there was no Battle of the Bays.
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@Stargazer Canterbury choose Hawke's according to that info.
Waikato and Taranaki like to play each other as a traditional fixture and for the Ryan Wheeler Memorial Trophy.
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@Stargazer We should be disappointed that we did not pick Bay Of Plenty in the second round when we had the second pick. Obviously the Treasurer of the HBRFU does not rate them when he puts his prospective gate take revenue figures at the forefront of deliberations. Still the opportunity to stuff them on their home turf next season is most appetizing!
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