NPC - news, injuries etc
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@Dice said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer When did Taufua grow 7cm since arriving in rugby? There's no way he's the same height as Messam. Ardie must be 6 ft 7 by now.
Squire has been good as an impact player and who is Franklin?
I actually want to see him convert to 7, I think he'll go well there and increase his AB chances.
You can edit his height on PS4.
Like I'd ever play with a team (Counties, Ta$man, Crusaders) that includes Taufua on it!
I might check him out as my back 7 for the next ABs I select though.
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@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Not a big surprise: Otago have signed that new, talented AB7s playmaker Vilimoni Koroi.
That's a very good signing if it has Highlander backing as well.
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@mikedogz said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Richard Judd one of the reserve halfbacks for Counties has signed with BOP.
Good player, even if he is a Swamp Fox.
I guess he simply wants more playing time. Being behind Pulu and now Taumateine (who has also leapfrogged him at the Chiefs) was probably a big part of the move.
Even once Augie gets his AB jersey back*, Judd will still be second string at CM.*just to give Nepia a hernia
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@Crucial said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@mikedogz said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Richard Judd one of the reserve halfbacks for Counties has signed with BOP.
Good player, even if he is a Swamp Fox.
I guess he simply wants more playing time. Being behind Pulu and now Taumateine (who has also leapfrogged him at the Chiefs) was probably a big part of the move.
Even once Augie gets his AB jersey back*, Judd will still be second string at CM.*just to give Nepia a hernia
Damn, I wish he was still with the Chiefs now. I like Augustine, but it's always fun to have a player from Counties to play the hungus game with.
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Ta$man Mako$ snap up former Canterbury schoolboy star Will Jordan
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The 2017 Mitre10 Cup draw has been released. Otago gets the first Ranfurly Shield Challenge of the season (not including the Heartland teams).
http://files.allblacks.com/competitions/draws/2017_Mitre10Cup_Draw.pdf
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If they can shift the June Test window to July - as reports seem to indicate is getting to be a greater possibility - which will allow Super Rugby to finish end June instead of end July as now, you will be able to expand the Mitre 10 Cup to a full 13-round robin comp (as we had 2009-2010) by starting earlier and scrap the premiership and championship divisions.
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@Number-10 Hmm, I'd rather use the extra time to rest the Super Rugby players and then give them a proper preseason with their provincial team. I don't like how SR players only join the team preps for NPC in the week before the Mitre10 Cup kicks off. That's way too late.
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while I like the crossover games, if they only had 3 instead of 4, you wouldn't need that 3 games in 8 days every team gets.
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Leo Crowley is the Ta$man Mako$' new assistant rugby coach.
He will be joined by former All Blacks prop Greg Somerville as Ta$man's new set piece assistant coach and ex-Northland strength and conditioning coach James Holden. -
Chris Eves returns to Harbour.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11825544
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Antonio Kiri Kiri has re-signed with the Turbos:
http://www.turbosrugby.co.nz/news/246-kiri-kiri-is-a-2017-turbo
Heiden Bedwell-Curtis has been confirmed as the Manawatu Turbos' captain for 2017