NPC - news, injuries etc
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@stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I'd like to know what those options are. I can only remember them presenting one, the north-south option. What were the others they considered?
I think having a Pool A and Pool B might be the way to go in the future. You could allocate the teams for each pool based on seedings from the previous year. For example, using 2020, Ta$man and BOP in Pool A, Auckland and Waikato in Pool B, etc. The top 2 teams in each pool play cross-over SFs to decide the finalists. In this format you play all teams in your pool as well as some cross-over games but (in theory) every team has a chance to win the Premiership title. This format wouldn't necessarily save NZR and the provinces money, if that is the goal, but does provide a more inclusive NPC.
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@bovidae I agree that could be a good format, but I haven't seen anywhere which options they considered, and whether the one you suggest was one of them. They've been pushing that north-south division; nothing else it seems.
I'd also like another piece of silverware to play for if they get rid of the Premiership/Championship format. Maybe something like in sevens. The top 4 (or top 2 if two conferences) play for the Cup and the next 4 play for a Plate. Some teams will never be good enough to play for the Cup. It would be good if they can get a shot at a Plate. Or follow the example of the Heartland comp, with its Meads and Lochore Cup.
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You don't even have to have two pools.
You can just have your 14 teams, a random draw of ten matches each and top eight for quarter-finals (or just top four for semi-finals) which have happened prior to the split to Premiership and Championship in 2011.
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@stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
I'd also like another piece of silverware to play for if they get rid of the Premiership/Championship format. Maybe something like in sevens. The top 4 (or top 2 if two conferences) play for the Cup and the next 4 play for a Plate.
Let's call the title for teams 5-8 the Championship. I know a cup they can use.
@Number-10 To many people random doesn't imply fair, so you would have to sell that point. If you based the draw on seedings it is transparent and based on previous results.
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Hearing the NZRFU are wanting to save around 750k per season by scrapping the current Mitre 10 Cup structure..one of the protagonists behind this is Brent Impey , he has threatened the unions saying they will each be sent an invoice for $50k.
The unions have spoke out about possible who a possible change would effect interest and engagement , under the current format regardless of how you feel about the championship and premiership division, there’s is still an interest right up until the last week before semi finals ..
Imagine a 14 team comp ..6 -8 teams will will be out of contention halfway through the comp ..interest from a spectator point of view not to mention from a TV piece will fall away dramatically .Top office is totally out of touch with the grassroots side of the game nothing new really in the grand scheme of things .
They don’t even have a person who oversees womens rugby , but they shout from the rooftop regarding the growth of womens game . -
@stargazer surely a conflict of interest for the medal!
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@kiwiwomble Will be re-named!
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@stargazer unless he wins...then they can just add " 's "
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the NPC is back, the old NPC shield too which is unexpected but cool
should probably update the Facebook page name though
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@kiwiwomble On Twitter, they've changed their name, but not yet the twitter handle (so exactly the opposite):
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@yeetyaah said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
From the Mitre 10 Cup Facebook page. Thought it was April Fools tbh.
yeah I did too, particularly as it was the Mitre 10 Cup page promoting it....
