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Anton Lienert-Brown and Loni Uhila have re-signed with Waikato for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season

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We knew it already, but now it has also been officially announced:

[Tim]

Looks like Harry Plummer is staying in Auckland:

Harry Plummer receives Royal Wolf Tertiary Scholarship

St Peter s College first five-eighths Harry Plummer has been awarded the Royal Wolf Tertiary Scholarship for 2016....

[African Monkey]

@Tim Beautiful. Wouldn't be suprised if he debuts next year in the Mitre 10 Cup. The kid reminds me of a young Nick Evans.

Oh, and good to see another St Peters boy coming through the ranks

[Dice]

@African-Monkey said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Tim Beautiful. Wouldn't be suprised if he debuts next year in the Mitre 10 Cup. The kid reminds me of a young Nick Evans.

Oh, and good to see another St Peters boy coming through the ranks

So long as it's not another St Peters midfielder

If Simon Hickey can get game time first year out of school, then I can't see why Plummer can't either.

[African Monkey]

@Dice McCahill, Leaupepe, Francis Saili, Vince Aso, Roimata Hansell Pune yeah it's a bit of a hit and miss bunch haha. Ben Lam played a lot of midfield at school as well.

Yeah well with Hickey gone we don't have a lot at 10. I think we just put him or Wiseguy Faiane in and hope for the best as long as it isn't Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald.

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Only just saw this post from Brad Weber on instagram. I think he'll be very happy those trialled laws have been binned. It shows exactly why they were dangerous, esp. for halfbacks.

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Canterbury has a new head coach: Glenn Delaney

http://canterburyrugby.co.nz/news/346-canterbury-rugby-appoints-glenn-delaney-as-head-coach

[Margin_Walker]

@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

Canterbury has a new head coach: Glenn Delaney

http://canterburyrugby.co.nz/news/346-canterbury-rugby-appoints-glenn-delaney-as-head-coach

Good bloke, who's very well liked by pretty much everyone at London Irish. Was a forwards coach at the club before stepping into the Head Coach role for six months when Brian Smith went back to Oz during the 14/15 season. Steadied the ship and oversaw a decent enough finish to the season. Stepped aside to a back room role when Coventry pitched up, so can't really take too much of the blame for the horror show last season when they were relegated.

Will probably take a while getting used to not going into games as the underdog.

[SammyC]

@Stargazer said in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

Canterbury has a new head coach: Glenn Delaney

http://canterburyrugby.co.nz/news/346-canterbury-rugby-appoints-glenn-delaney-as-head-coach

Really feel for Dave Hewitt, who is a great guy and wants to stay in Canterbury.

Seems he has been tarred by the Blackadder brush.

[Wurzel]

That's bizarre they didn't go with Dave Hewett. Who's the Ta$man coach next year?

[Chris B.]

Still Leon MacDonald and - they're hoping Hammer as his assistant.

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Loose forward Mitchel Karpik and full back Chase Tiatia have signed with Bay of Plenty through to the end of the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup

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The cross-over matches for the 2017 Mitre10 Cup have been selected

Round 1
The first round of picks are selected by Premiership teams (in bold) in reverse order of seeding. These games, as confirmed below, will be played as home games for the Championship teams:

• Northland v North Harbour
• Southland v Auckland
• Bay of Plenty v Waikato
• Manawatu v Counties Manukau
• Hawke’s Bay v Taranaki
• Otago v  Ta$man
• Wellington v Canterbury

Round 2
The second round of picks are selected by Championship teams in reverse order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Championship teams;

• Northland v Waikato
• Southland v North Harbour
• Manawatu v  Ta$man
• Bay of Plenty v Counties Manukau
• Wellington v Taranaki
• Otago v Auckland
• Hawke’s Bay v Canterbury

Round 3
The third round of picks are selected by Premiership teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership teams;
• Canterbury v Otago
•  Ta$man v Southland
• Taranaki v Manawatu
• Counties Manukau v Northland
• Waikato v Wellington
• Auckland v Bay of Plenty
• North Harbour v Hawke’s Bay

Round 4
The fourth round of picks are selected by Championship Teams in order of seeding. These games will be played as home games for the Premiership Teams;
• Counties Manukau v Hawke’s Bay
• North Harbour v Otago
•  Ta$man v Wellington
• Taranaki v Bay of Plenty
• Waikato v Manawatu
• Canterbury v Southland
• Auckland v Northland

The draw will be released in early 2017.

http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/News/30091/draw-construction-for-mitre-10-cup-2017-under-way

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New QBE North Harbour head coach appointed!: Tom Coventry

According to the NZH:

There is still speculation he may be a candidate for the soon to be vacant Chiefs head coaching role in 2018.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11746900

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Wairarapa Bush coach Josh Syms leaves WaiBush for a development role with Hutt Old Boys Marist and Wellington Rugby.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/86373893/syms-will-not-renew-waibush-contract-after-taking-wellington-development-role

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Hopefully the appointment of the new Wellington Head Coach won't be another family affair.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/86626997/wellington-lions-on-search-for-new-coaching-staff-after-earl-vaa-walks

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Wairarapa-Bush has a new head coach: former Wai-Bush and NZ Heartland captain Joe Harwood has been appointed for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He was one of the team's assistant-coaches for the last two seasons.

Interesting:

Additionally the board has announced a number of strategic initiatives which they hope will continue the development of rugby in Wairarapa. Among them is by 2019 fielding a Heartland team made up of local players and “players of origin” only. “We need a couple of seasons to get there but the timing is right.”

Hargood says, given the reliance on “import players” from all Heartland teams – particularly the top echelon – it is a bold step, but one they are ready to commit to.

waibush_admin  /  Nov 29, 2016

Joe Harwood named head coach of Farriers Wairarapa Bush

The man who led Wairarapa-Bush to their first and only Meads Cup title as a player, now plans to repeat the feat as the coach. Joe Harwood has been named as head coach of Farriers Wairarapa Bush He…

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Ranfurly Shield
Canterbury has accepted two Ranfurly Shield Challenges from Heartland teams before the start of the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season:

• Canterbury v Wanganui, Wednesday 21 June at AMI Stadium
• Mid-Canterbury v Canterbury, Friday 4 August at the Ashburton Showgrounds

Both matches wil be afternoon games, with kick-off times to be confirmed

http://canterburyrugby.co.nz/news/349-canterbury-confirm-2017-ranfurly-shield-challenges

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Taranaki have beaten off the advances of other provincial rugby unions and signed All Blacks apprentice Jordie Barrett and Canterbury halfback Logan Crowley.

The home grown pair were unveiled at Taranaki Rugby HQ on Tuesday with a third signing expected to be announced shortly.

I expect that third signing to be Ricky Riccitelli

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/87239007/Jordie-Barrett-Logan-Crowley-secured-for-Taranaki-rugby-2017