NPC - news, injuries etc
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Am I misunderstanding or are Canterbury & Waikato getting an extra competition points game over other teams?
They've played 5 - and get 4 full points games available in that draw above. Total of 9.
Hawke's Bay have played 5, and only get 3 full points games. Same with BOP. Total of 8.
Wellington have played 6, and get 2 full points games. Same with Ta$man. Total of 8.
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@foobanz depends who they were due to play out of Counties/NH & Auckland, given Counties and NH are in the Championship, possibly one or 2 prem sides that may not have had either, or if they played them already.
I think Southland benefits in that they were down to play all 3 teams, so get shared points form them all, although means jack in the greater scheme of things.
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@foobanz Waikato played and beat NH in Rd 1 so will only get 2 pts from the game against Auckland. Canterbury played and lost to Auckland, also in Rd 1. They will get 2 pts from their game against CM.
The sharing of 4 pts is only for the games to be played after the initial covid break.
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@foobanz They probably are.
I guess they are the two teams that played one of the Auckland region teams in the first two rounds pre-covid and were scheduled to NOT play one of the other Auckland teams in the rest of the comp.
They'll presumably play an extra game against a Div II team, so something of an advantage with decent prospects of earning an extra 3 points.
Annoyingly for Ta$man, we took 4 points from Auckland (bound to be the hardest of the three), but will have to split the points with Counties and Harbour, which should have been easier games.
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Typical clickbait headline, but I think Barnes should think of the teams that are most affected by the whole Covid situation, and it's not Taranaki. It's the provinces in the Auckland region. He's whingeing a bit too much. Compare what Barnes is saying with the statement from Peter Russell in that article.
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@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Typical clickbait headline, but I think Barnes should think of the teams that are most affected by the whole Covid situation, and it's not Taranaki. It's the provinces in the Auckland region. He's whingeing a bit too much. Compare what Barnes is saying with the statement from Peter Russell in that article.
Not actually a click bait head line, for once. He had a huge moan that it's "shit" & because of the big unions. But he's being a dick, without a full season you can't have promotion, that would be stupid. Like giving certain countries auto access to finals....
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Tevita Koloamatangi’s days in the Mako jersey appeared to be over.
However, following a string of injuries to the team, Tevita was unexpectedly recalled to the squad after a five-year absence.The former Tongan-international is more than willing to offer his vast experience whether it comes in the form of getting back on Trafalgar Park or simply holding a hit shield for a teammate.
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(Again) proof that signing with an Aussie franchise doesn't have to mean that a player is lost to the NPC.
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I may have missed something but does anyone know what the go is with the remainder of the NPC?
From the remaining draw here - https://www.provincial.rugby/bunnings-npc/bunnings-npc-fixtures/ it has some teams finishing on 9 competition games played, and others on 8. For example Canterbury have three remaining competition games which will put them at 9, whereas Wellington have 1 comp game and two friendlies meaning they finish up on 8....
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@canes4life Wellington were scheduled to play both Auckland and NH so will get 2 pts for each game. Those games should count as competition games when friendlies are to be played.
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Season over: Rugby's Super City Series canned
The Auckland-based NPC teams will not be able to return to competitive rugby in 2021.
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Just had confirmation the game between Bay of Plenty and Northland will go ahead on Sunday , there was talk given the tragic circumstances of earlier this week that the game may be canned .
Many of Northland lads predictably are a bit down , but will no doubt go out and give what will be a very emotional occasion the respect it deserves .🙏🏼
