NPC - news, injuries etc
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@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@mariner4life said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@chris-b said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@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!
pffft hahaha
yeah, right. All those desperately average Crusader All Blacks turned coaches have worked out so well.
It's only weight of numbers that gives a couple of successes.
Getting an ex-crusader coach has a worse hit rate than signing ex-Melbourne Storm players
...and you've got a bunch of them. Gibbo, Mike, Lats....
We simply have to hope that it takes more than 5 games for the ordinary to become part of the DNA
We all know that Gibson is a lost cause, There may be hope for the other two yet
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@mariner4life at least half our team won’t be in the injury ward by round two. You might aswell rule out Parkinson, Blackadder and Moli now. Looking like easy beats once you take them out.
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Nabbed from FB, RS permutations
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The last time a province successfully held the Shield throughout a whole year was in 2005 - Canterbury.
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@taniwharugby said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Nabbed from FB, RS permutations
looking forward to that Otago v Naki game
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@kiwiwomble said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@taniwharugby said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Nabbed from FB, RS permutations
looking forward to that Otago v Naki game
Why does it ignore the North Otago challenge
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Hey look Ta$man might get a challenge (a certain poster can stop whinging now
)And they would get to play the lowly Canterbury.
My tipped path would be HB to Waikato to Canterbury to CM who then have to defend in the last week to their bogey team BOP.
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@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
lol they get Marty and we get Daryl ..you Hawkes supporters like rubbing it in dont you
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Snippets from an article in the NZH (pay-walled):
Wallabies centurion Sekope Kepu has opened up on the challenges behind his abrupt exit from London Irish and confirmed he could complete a surprise full-circle journey by playing for Counties Manukau in this year's national provincial competition.
Having returned to Auckland, where he spent 18 years before moving to Sydney and playing 110 tests for the Wallabies, the Herald understands Moana Pasifika have also expressed interest in signing Kepu, the three-time World Cup veteran.The former Waratahs Super Rugby champion initially planned to see out the season with London Irish, only to encounter visa issues with entering New Zealand. As an Australian citizen he had to apply for a single-entry spouse/partner visa and, as such, could not enter New Zealand alone.
"We never planned to move back to New Zealand," Kepu told the Herald. "We'd set up camp in Australia which is home for us. The kids were born there and we settled in quite well.
"Unfortunately with the Covid situation and the uncertainty of travel we made the decision to move back to Auckland to be closer to both our parents.Kepu is technically contracted to London Irish until June 30 but is then expected to play for Counties Manukau in the national provincial competition that begins on August 6. He would be the latest big-name signing for the Pukekohe-based union, with Blues No 8 Hoskins Sotutu switching from Auckland to join fellow All Blacks loose forward Dalton Papalii. Last year former All Blacks captain Kieran Read returned to his roots to pull on the Counties colours too.
Born in Sydney to Tongan parents, Kepu moved to New Zealand aged three and grew up in Glen Innes. He spent three years playing No 8 for the Wesley College first XV before former All Blacks scrum coach Mike Cron transformed him into a front-rower.
Straight out of school Kepu played for Counties between 2005-07 and was also selected in the New Zealand under 17s, 19s, 21s and in the Chiefs wider training squad, before breaking his collarbone and taking the leap of faith to join the Waratahs.
Depending how the provincial season goes, he could be back playing Super Rugby next year in Moana Pasifika's debut season.
"I'd love to be part of that. Nothing is set in stone ...
Unexpected move to NZ: Wallabies centurion eyes return to Kiwi team
"The plan was never to come back here but slowly things are looking brighter."
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@stargazer How on earth did Kepu never get citizenship?
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@nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@stargazer How on earth did Kepu never get citizenship?
You've got to apply, simple. It's not automatic, like residency. Same in Oz, but there you're pretty unlikely to get it!
