A full strength NPC?
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@Canes4life said in A full strength NPC?:
For the NI team I would have G Evans instead of Papalii & Cruden instead of Black on the bench. Based on form I would have Tyrel Lomax in there aswell.
I'd put Cruden at 10 and BB at 15.
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@Stargazer said in A full strength NPC?:
@Crucial said in A full strength NPC?:
That NI team would smoke the SI
I'd be shocked if that wasn't the case. Much larger player pool to pick from in the NI.
Said the Crusaders recruitment scouts.
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@Nepia said in A full strength NPC?:
@Stargazer said in A full strength NPC?:
@Nepia In that case, I'd have to drop Mason Emerson, who would lose his spot on the bench to Makene (because we need a midfielder on the bench - Fomai in this scenario - and Makene is better and more versatile than Emerson).
I have no issue with that Emerson hasn't ever lived to the hype for me and the year before last Buckley looked way better.
I wonder if Renton would return to the Bay given the amount of loosies like Prinseep
in the Canterbury region?I expect Renton to return to the Magpies once he's finished his studies. So, not yet this year.
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@Stargazer said in A full strength NPC?:
@Crucial said in A full strength NPC?:
That NI team would smoke the SI
I'd be shocked if that wasn't the case. Much larger player pool to pick from in the NI.
The overall record in the North-South games were:
NI won 50
SI won 26
draws 3 (the last in 1931) -
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@KiwiMurph he's on the up, but Lentjes' body of work is far superior over a much longer period. He was close to making an AB squad a few years back but somehow missed out to Dillon Hunt FFS. And he's a Bedean.
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Just had this info passed on to me
Thoughts..?NZ Rugby looking at modelling that would see Heartland & Mitre 10 abandoned but ALL club grades (kids through to Presidents) re-started mid / late Sept through to early Dec. Heartland unions have agreed in principle but much debate from Mitre 10 unions. Selected club games to be televised LIVE. ABs to play for clubs before northern hemisphere tour. Early days but there could still be a club season. All contingencies being considered by NZ Rugby.
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@Steven-Harris bad idea imo, having our top players sprinkled about rather than moderately concentrated for better competition and practise as they would be with Mitre 10. Big step from club to international, slightly less from a super rugby and Abs player laden M10
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@Stargazer said in A full strength NPC?:
@Nepia Hmmm, a prop better than Hintz? Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe and Patrick Teddy are obviously in our academy, but I'm not sure they're ready. I was hoping for them to have a good club rugby season this year, so they could compete with Hintz for a spot, but now that the club season will be shorter, I'm not so sure. I seriously hope that they didn't sign Namatahi Waa for 2020, because he just isn't good enough.
I'm not sure Bucky will make himself available and is still good enough to justify blocking the pathway of one of the younger players. Maybe instead of Fomai on the bench?
Waa played for the Magpies WTG team v Auckland on Feb 29.
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@Steven-Harris Would the non-SR M10 players be paid to play club rugby?
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@Steven-Harris Sounds like a bad idea. Financially, that's terrible for the provincial unions; no income from tickets sold; and they'd have to pay back the season memberships or transfer them to 2021. I assume, they wouldn't have to pay players if they don't play, but they'd also lose sponsor money.
Also, I agree with @Machpants, it doesn't sound like a good preparation for the ABs for their Northern tour. Too big a gap between club rugby and test rugby.
I'd rather have a shortened club season (at least at the top level from which M10 players are selected), followed by a shortened NPC (scratch the cross-over games?). At that top level club rugby, they could maybe play another round of club rugby without the NPC players (which may require some clubs to combine, because they'd lose too many players).
By the way, if I didn't misunderstand what was said or suggested in the interview with Mark Robinson on the Breakdown, last Tuesday, they have already scratched the Jock Hobbs U19 Tournament.
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