NPC - news, injuries etc
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Dave Hewett will not be returning to Rugby Southland for the 2020 season.
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@Bovidae Ah, I hoped they'd win this one. Only one game left, North Otago next week at home. Last v 2nd in the competition, I can't see them win that game, unless all flights are cancelled and North Otago have to travel by bus and ferry.
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@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Stargazer Guildford will be needing a chauffeur to get to East Coast games at the moment. Silly boy.
What’s he done now?
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An open application doing the rounds amongst counties fans. Suasua is moving on.
Re: head coach position.
I don’t have a seek job account so will put my application forward on here.
As head coach of this province I would strip it right back to the basics starting by removing that sparrow that somehow flew it’s way on to the Steelers emblem, bypassing approval from the union’s stakeholders, the clubs. Also removing the Manukau from the name because everyone knows you only tagged that on and moved to Mt Smart when we were fighting to stay in the top flight.
Pick players that started the season in club rugby, club rugby in Counties. Not Australia, Canada, Auckland or wherever hell else half this current squad came from.The head coach position will always be a stepping stone to higher honours and as a local I’m happy to put my ambitions on hold to stay in the job for a decade or more if that’s what it takes to return this province to a team everyone will get behind.
I would add a special teams/plays coach because anyone who has seen the waterboy knows how important that can be.
I would ride every dropped ball, missed tackle, shanked kick, overthrown lineout, knock on, forward pass. The union version of Craig Bellamy if you like.
I would make myself available to questions on the previous game.
Be accountable to fans, sponsors, life members.
Not hide.*strengths-
great armchair analyst
quick to tell players where they went wrong
respectful to referees*suggestions to improve the team
Bus trips to all away games.
Team bonding sessions every second Tuesday.
Cheerleaders
Red playing shorts.
Jerseys with numbers on the front and DB draught sponsorship.
Daniel Odongo.As head coach I would be open to other suggestions.
I would also have a sole focus on one team and not a rapid rugby team on the side.
Yours sincerely, F Rustrated
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I was passed on some information today about the financial state of 2 unions playing in the premiership,I guess we should not be surprised given the lack of crowds that front up to their games.
North Harbour even though they may lift the Ranfurly shield on the weekend are going to be half a million dollars in the red at seasons end, a hefty wage bill over the last 2-3 seasons and lack of crowds through the gate have contributed the predicament they will find themselves in.
Waikato are in a similar situation, but without the hefty financial bill, as seen by many this year during Waikato home games , only one main stand has been used as to cut costs ..
Counties Manukau and Manawatu will also record financial losses for the 2019 season ..
It’s a sad state of affairs ,and something has to give,I know chatting to a contact at Sky during the season , it’s not a cheap exercise to stage a Mitre 10 cup game ,and his train of thought and it was only his opinion that moving forward he believes Sky will drop Mitre 10 rugby and focus more on super rugby ,numbers for Mitre 10 cup are down big time .
Interesting thoughts , I do believe there must be a place for Mitre 10 cup or provincial rugby, that’s where our super rugby and All Blacks players come from, I believe the NZRFU has ignored this competition for far long..too bloody focused on the All Blacks.. -
@Steven-Harris Damn, that's sad to hear. NZRU seems to put nothing into promoting the competition, even as a feeder competition to Super Rugby.
I would like to see some Super Rugby spots (perhaps 8 per squad) reserved to the end of the Mitre 10 Cup, to increase interest in the competition for spots. Without that it doesn't even have the NFL Draft/College Football relationship.
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@Tim I think that’s a great idea , a draft system is a great idea,I know there’s some really good players running around in the Auckland Dev team who are probably better quality than many of the players running around in the lesser Mitre 10 cup teams..it would be harsh on Auckland, but what this comp requires is much more competitive games..let’s face last week apart from a coupe of games were are all blowouts ..I would like to see to Thursday night games done away with..being at Pukekohe last Thursday night to watch the magpies v CM game , I doubt there would have been 750 people in attendance..really sad..I would like to see Auckland , Wellington and Waikato take their game back to the community, say for example ,Auckland play at Western Springs or Waitakere Stadium ,get the local clubs involved to cater and host
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@Steven-Harris Would love to have a game up at Mahurangi. Saw Mill Cafe Brewery put on a great day last time the Blues had a preseason game there.
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@Tim people want a different experience, and that day up in Warkworth was awesome ...
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@Tim think they had a big fire there this week...
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I think that is crucial for Mitre 10 cup - move the games around, and make sure there are Super spots still available.
Maybe they could change the things so that the Wider Training spots get called Mitre 10 spots, and can’t be signed until the end of that competition? That would mean about 40 odd spots open with something to play for.
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@taniwharugby Ah crap.
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@Steven-Harris said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Waikato are in a similar situation, but without the hefty financial bill, as seen by many this year during Waikato home games , only one main stand has been used as to cut costs ..
Waikato still has historical debt to pay off so won't be in the black for a while.
Interesting thoughts , I do believe there must be a place for Mitre 10 cup or provincial rugby, that’s where our super rugby and All Blacks players come from, I believe the NZRFU has ignored this competition for far long..too bloody focused on the All Blacks..
The reality is that the NPC is now the equivalent of what club rugby was until the mid-2000s and SR has taken the place of the NPC in our rugby hierarchy. The average age of an NPC player is getting younger.
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Manawatu: YOUTHFUL CORE LOCKED IN
The Manawatu Rugby Union have locked up their future in the form of six of the region’s best young talents. Josiah Maraku, Stewart Cruden, Drew Wild, Tyler Laubuscher, Tekamaka Kamaka (TK) Howden and Joseph Gavigan have all been signed by Manawatu Rugby. Maraku, Cruden, Wild, Laubuscher and Howden will be on full Turbos contracts in 2020, while Gavigan will be with the academy in 2020, moving to the Turbos in 2021.
