NPC - news, injuries etc
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@stargazer Haha that's right, 2015 in the pouring rain, and yes, we go what we deserved for that stunt.
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@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Look who gets the first challenge, and they aren't even a Premiership team. The other games are just home fixtures.
Good news though!!!
In the unlikely event that Otago somehow manage to beat Hawkes Bay, their first challenger would be Canterbury. And that's only ending one way.
And when Canterbury win - WE would actually get a challenge.
It's possible that I may not have to cheer on Hawkes Bay at all!!!!
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Otago?
I don't think they've had as many challenges as Waikato since we last had one. Pretty sure you feckers hold that record - 6 or 7.
Otago has also had 6 challenges since then, Wellington (2) along with Ta$man the least.
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@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Otago?
I don't think they've had as many challenges as Waikato since we last had one. Pretty sure you feckers hold that record - 6 or 7.
Otago has also had 6 challenges since then, Wellington (2) along with Ta$man the least.
I think Auckland is in the second-longest drought now - five years and counting. That was about the point where I started getting cross.
We're getting close to nine years and my care factor is almost zero.
We have transcended the shield!!!
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good that the Bay get to start the season with a spirit lifting win over the South Central Vikings. With our coach now widely regarded as the best in the country, i am bullish about the year
As for the Shield, going off history, Otago will lose their challenge in heartbreaking circumstances, Harbour will enter the match confident and then completely shit the bed, so we just need to hope that HB can hold off Waikato in their 365th shield game in the past 20 years.
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@mariner4life Daryl Gibson is your coach now.
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@mariner4life You better hope that we have transcended the NPC and Fozzie picks the Ta$man All Blacks.
Otherwise:Moli, Makalio, Lomax, Strange, Parkinson, Blackadder, Havili, Frizell, Christie, Hunt, Fainga'anuku, Havili, Paea, Reece, Jordan
Edit: Maybe Nankivell at centre.
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
I think Auckland is in the second-longest drought now - five years and counting. That was about the point where I started getting cross.
Wellington's RS challenge last year was their first since 2014. Both have been against Hawke's. Auckland's last appears to be in 2015. BOP a week earlier that year.
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@tim said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life Daryl Gibson is your coach now.
this better be your idea of a sick joke
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@mariner4life Even I couldn't come up with something so twisted.
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life You better hope that we have transcended the NPC and Fozzie picks the Ta$man All Blacks.
Otherwise:Moli, Makalio, Lomax, Strange, Parkinson, Blackadder, Havili, Frizell, Christie, Hunt, Fainga'anuku, Havili, Paea, Reece, Jordan
as far as invitational XVs go, that's pretty disgraceful
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@tim said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life Even I couldn't come up with something so twisted.
so for real real (not for play play)?
ah well, fuck this season off as well then. Chalk up another NPC i will barely pay attention to
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Daryl Gibson appointed as Bay of Plenty Steamers Head Coach
Bay of Plenty Rugby has today announced that Daryl Gibson has been named as the new Steamers Head Coach.
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@tim said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Daryl Gibson appointed as Bay of Plenty Steamers Head Coach
Bay of Plenty Rugby has today announced that Daryl Gibson has been named as the new Steamers Head Coach.
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@mariner4life said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life You better hope that we have transcended the NPC and Fozzie picks the Ta$man All Blacks.
Otherwise:Moli, Makalio, Lomax, Strange, Parkinson, Blackadder, Havili, Frizell, Christie, Hunt, Fainga'anuku, Havili, Paea, Reece, Jordan
as far as invitational XVs go, that's pretty disgraceful
I think the only guys who didn't make their NPC debuts for Ta$man are Moli, Hunt and Reece. But Moli is a product of Marlborough College and Hunt is Nelson College.
Sevu is a poach!
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@shark said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mikedogz isn't this an incredibly early pre season game? The NPC won't start until August or so, surely??
They usually have a game or two to look at club players at this time of year. More like a pre-pre season to develop amateur and semi-pro players.
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@mariner4life appropriate gif lol, I do believe delaney and latimer are part of the coaching set up and hopefully keep me from going off the same cliff.
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@mariner4life bring it on if none of the Lions boys get picked by Fozzy either
Numia, Coles, Fidow, Bird, Ah Koui, Plumtree, Kirifi, Savea , Perenara, Love, Goosen, Umaga Jensen, Proctor, Savea, Garden-Bachop -
@bayimports said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life appropriate gif lol, I do believe delaney and latimer are part of the coaching set up and hopefully keep me from going off the same cliff.
Always a decent plan to have an ex-Crusaders' coaching team!
