NPC - news, injuries etc

[Bovidae]

WEEK 4: Mitre 10 Cup Downer Match Appointments:

Bay of Plenty v Auckland
Friday 2 October
7.05pm, Rotorua International Stadium
Downer Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistants: Nick Briant & Sam Fellows

Counties Manukau v Manawatu
Saturday 3 October
2.05pm, Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
Downer Referee: Mike Fraser
Assistants: Brandon Roberts & Robert Shore

Northland v Taranaki
Saturday 3 October
4.35pm, Semenoff Stadium Whangarei
Downer Referee: Angus Mabey
Assistants: Boris Jurlina & Jaco Cronje

Canterbury v Wellington
Saturday 3 October
7.05pm, Orangetheory Stadium Christchurch
Downer Referee: Paul Williams
Assistants: TBC

North Harbour v Ta$man
Sunday 4 October
2.05pm, North Harbour Stadium
Downer Referee: Nick Briant
Assistants: Kyle Lagerwall & Scott McKenzie

Southland v Waikato
Sunday 4 October
2.05pm, Rugby Park Invercargill
Downer Referee: Jono Bredin
Assistants: TBC

Otago v Hawke’s Bay (RS)
Sunday 4 October
4.35pm, Forsyth Barr Stadium Dunedin
Downer Referee: Cam Stone
Assistants: TBC

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Shit, again Cam Stone. Another whistle-fest to spoil the Ranfurly Shield match.

[Stargazer]

Looking at his instagram posts from the last week, Penikolo Latu is training with Southland.

[shark]

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

@Duluth I know I keep banging on about this but we would have had 3 or 4 AB tests by now in normal times? I haven't missed them this year. I will miss the Ab's leaving the NPC though and it turning back into the dross we have experienced for the past couple of decades

Completely and utterly agree. We'll both be branded as broken records, but who cares.

[Bovidae]

Coles (if fully fit) and Strange are expected to be released to play this round.

[taniwharugby]

Not sure I've seen this happen before

[Snowy]

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

Not sure I've seen this happen before

You should be allowed another go if you can do that and I haven't seen it before either.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Snowy or just one point

[Snowy]

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

@Snowy or just one point

Surely you get extra points to manage that?

[taniwharugby]

@Snowy or at least to then do a droppie before the players get to you!

[Kiwiwomble]

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

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

@Snowy or just one point

Surely you get extra points to manage that?

yeah, that occurred to me after i wrote that, you might be right, if the conversion is only going to draw it..do you aim for the post/crossbar and aim for the win...commentators would go nuts

[Machpants]

We could have an entire mini game, with human pyramids to stop the ball going over, points for style, etc.

[Snowy]

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

yeah, that occurred to me after i wrote that, you might be right, if the conversion is only going to draw it..do you aim for the post/crossbar and aim for the win...commentators would go nuts

That would be gold.

"So if he can hit the post and catch it here for the 3 points they get the shield"

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants that you Andrew Forrest?

[Bovidae]

So Leo is at the Raiders.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/122934320/mitre-10-cup-rising-stars-tyrone-thompson-on-his-50m-try-and-nrl-hopeful-twin-brother

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Yep, he played for the Raiders U20 squad that won the 2020 Canberra Regional Rugby League Cup, last week. Although he didn't play in the Final, he played most games (so maybe injured?).

The article also confirms what I've said for more than a year: that he changed to league because he was being overlooked in rugby. And that's a real loss.

[ARHS]

Good choice of club. They look after Kiwis and other overseas players well there

[Stargazer]

Not sure whether this has been posted already, but Teihorangi Walden has now officially been ruled out of the remainder of the Mitre 10 Cup (ruptured achilles tendon).

https://www.trfu.co.nz/newsarticle/95957

[Bovidae]

WEEK 5: Mitre 10 Cup Downer Match Appointments:

Manawatu v Canterbury
Friday 9 October
7.05pm, Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
Downer Referee: Nick Briant
Assistants: Stu Curran & Matt McEwen

Taranaki v Auckland
Saturday 10 October
2.05pm, TET Stadium & Events, Inglewood
Downer Referee: James Doleman
Assistants: Trent Mischefski & Alistair Kalin

North Harbour v Hawke’s Bay
Saturday 10 October
2.05pm, North Harbour Stadium
Downer Referee: Angus Mabey
Assistants: Kyle Lagerwall & Scott McKenzie

Wellington v Otago
Saturday 10 October
4.35pm, Sky Stadium Wellington
Downer Referee: Angus Gardner (AUS)
Assistants: Mike Fraser & Jack Sargentina

Waikato v Counties Manukau
Saturday 10 October
7.05pm, FMG Stadium Waikato
Downer Referee: Brendon Pickerill
Assistants: Michael Winter & Grant Stuart

Ta$man v Bay of Plenty
Sunday 11 October
1.15pm, Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Downer Referee: Cam Stone
Assistants: Steff James & Tom Holohan

Northland v Southland
Sunday 11 October
1.15pm, Semenoff Stadium, Whangarei
Downer Referee: Richard Kelly
Assistants: Boris Jurlina & Stephen Ball

[KiwiMurph]

@antipodean will be stoked at the Wellington/Otago appointment