NPC - news, injuries etc
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@mikey07 said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@yeetyaah I have a radical idea everyone strapped in?? How about every team play every other team then the top 4 play play 2 semi finals and the two winners play a final and the winner is the Champion...
Great. Now fit those 15 games in between August (when club rugby has wrapped up) and make sure it's done by the end of October so the players have enough rest before starting 2022 preseason. The players need to have a full week of rest in between each game or the NZ Rugby Players Association might have something to say.
Also, the coaches want the full week so they can actually get some coaching in and help players to develop, as opposed to simply managing fatigue levels.
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@stargazer no he’s not in the academy in Christchurch. He didn’t play club footy last year. May have been injured potentially.
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@chris said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@chchfanatic Do you know whether Michael Naitokani (former Hastings Boys winger) is in the Canterbury Academy?
Yes he is in the Canterbury system and the Crusaders Academy played for Canterbury in the 2019 u/19 side.
@chchfanatic said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@stargazer no he’s not in the academy in Christchurch. He didn’t play club footy last year. May have been injured potentially.
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@stargazer Schrodinger's Academy
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@machpants I wonder whether they changed Michael Naitokani into a cat, first?
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@stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Michael Naitokani
Breakthrough Alumi- L-R: Mr Benedito Kanarogo and Mr Michael Naitokani at the Crusaders gym.
Michael was our fullback/Winger, is now at the Crusaders Academy while Ben( Hooker/ Flanker/Halfback...nona taucoko ga😂) is studying engineering in Christchurch. ....E dua lai gym, e dua lai vakana bulumakau nodratou na Crusaders 😂😂from the Breakthrough-Fiji Facebook page Naitokani has been at pre season training with the Crusaders 2019 and 2021 after injury in 2020
[link text](link url)https://www.facebook.com/1677013032588381/posts/breakthrough-alumi-l-r-mr-benedito-kanarogo-and-mr-michael-naitokani-at-the-crus/2412451242377886/
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@stargazer 100% he’s not in the academy. Gone home to Fiji.
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I wish every province was communicating their signings as well as Southland.
More signings for 2021 & beyond:
- Matt James (loosie) and Tevita Latu (outside back)
- props Ethan de Groot and Siate Tokolahi
- @Tim already posted an article about Solomon Alaimalo's signing
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i honesty dont get how southland is able to attract these Highlanders but Otago isn't/doesn't
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@kiwiwomble it's because of McLeod isn't it?
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@Yeetyaah @taniwharugby its been happening for a while, sopoaga went down long before mcleod
maybe otago just doesnt try, i know when we went bankrupt they said they were going to concentrate on building local talent rather than bringing in highlanders...but i would have thought the odd one wouldn't hurt
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@kiwiwomble said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Yeetyaah @taniwharugby its been happening for a while, sopoaga went down long before mcleod
maybe otago just doesnt try, i know when we went bankrupt they said they were going to concentrate on building local talent rather than bringing in highlanders...but i would have thought the odd one wouldn't hurt
Was just going to post the bolded bit, but don't quite know what you're complaining about. Otago has far more talent than Southland in their squad. Southland is just trying to catch up a bit. They're hardly Ta$man or BOP.
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@stargazer i think the fact we've never made it out of the championship suggests we could do with a little more x factor
Its just interesting if the Highlanders attract someone to the south they almost never also move to Otago where do seem to go to southland
not a go at Southland, more a go at Otagos recruiting
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@kiwiwomble You got Josh Ioane, Vilimone Koroi, Jona Nareki, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Sam Gilbert, just to name a few. None of them are from Otago; all of them signed by the Highlanders.
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@stargazer the majority were signed by otago BEFORE making the highlanders, few seem to move to otago after which seems like an easier target
and in all fairness all those names have been labelled as something along the times of "not good enough" which the track record does support to some extent
sorry my desire for otago to get some new/better blood is so annoying
