NPC - news, injuries etc

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae Cheers, it's hard to keep up, because updates are not only posted in this thread, but also in province specific threads.

I'll also add Tei Walden.

[Tim]

I'm assuming that Ray Niuia is still recovering from injury.

[Chris]

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

Hi guys, I'm making an injury list for next year's Super Rugby.

At the moment, I'm trying to list all 2020/2021 SR players with long-term injuries that have ruled them out for the entire Mitre 10 Cup season, the remainder of the Mitre 10 Cup season and/or may rule them out for at least part of the 2021 SR season. I currently have the following players on my list; who am I missing? It has been proven hard to follow all the injuries in Mitre 10 Cup. Can you help?

Blues
Ray Niuia (knee)
James Parsons (concussion?)
James Tucker (knee)

Chiefs
Laghlan McWhannell (knee)
Solomon Alaimalo (shoulder)
Atu Moli (both hips)
Nathan Harris (rotator cuff)
Aiden Ross (knee)

Crusaders
Ethan Blackadder (knee)
George Bridge (pectoral injury)
Braydon Ennor (ACL)

Highlanders
Connor Garden-Bachop (back) ??
Sam Gilbert (ACL)
James Lentjes (ankle)
Parpari Parkinson (knee)
Thomas Umaga-Jensen (shoulder)

Hurricanes
Fraser Armstrong (knee?)
Possibly disappearing from this list soon: Ngani Laumape (forearm)

Without contract?
Tei Walden (ruptured his achilles tendon)

Crusaders. Mataele Chest injury out for start of SR

[ARHS]

@Chris Ayden Johnstone - Highlanders, Kini Naholo - Chiefs?

[Chris B.]

Quinten Strange is out for 6-8 weeks from end of September.

Liam Squire might be available in a few months for the Highlanders by the sounds of it - if you want to include him..

[Stargazer]

This weekend, the World Tens Series kicks off (Bermuda). I'm surprised to read that Chris Eves has been named in the Asia Pacific Dragons squad and will be available to them from round 2, which is played on the weekend of Sat 31 October. Released before the Mitre 10 Cup is over ... I know they have no hope of reaching the semis, but players leaving early certainly won't help them.

[Bovidae]

WEEK 7: Mitre 10 Cup Downer Match Appointments:

Otago v Northland
Friday 23 October
7.05pm, Forsyth Barr Stadium
Downer Referee: Mike Fraser
Assistants: Jono Bredin & Oliver Hadfield

Bay of Plenty v Canterbury
Saturday 24 October
2.05pm, Tauranga Domain
Downer Referee: Cam Stone
Assistants: Sam Fellows & Cam Russell

Hawke’s Bay v Manawatu (Ranfurly Shield)
Saturday 24 October
4.35pm, McLean Park Napier
Downer Referee: Nick Briant
Assistants: Hugh Reed & Stu Catley

North Harbour v Auckland
Saturday 24 October
7.05pm, North Harbour Stadium
Downer Referee: Richard Kelly
Assistants: Kyle Lagerwall & Scott McKenzie

Ta$man v Southland
Sunday 25 October
2.05pm, Trafalgar Park Nelson
Downer Referee: James Doleman
Assistants: Tom Holohan & Aidan Barnett

Counties Manukau v Wellington
Sunday 25 October
2.05pm, Navigation Homes Stadium Pukekohe
Downer Referee: Dan Waenga
Assistants: Brandon Roberts & Robert Shore

Waikato v Taranaki
Sunday 18 October
4.35pm, FMG Stadium Waikato
Downer Referee: Angus Mabey
Assistants: Michael Winter & Grant Stuart

[Tim]

Richard Kelly?

[Higgins]

He has been on the IRB World Series 7s Circuit for the last couple of years. Refs out of Taranaki.

[Chris]

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

He has been on the IRB World Series 7s Circuit for the last couple of years. Refs out of Taranaki.

[Chris]

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

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

He has been on the IRB World Series 7s Circuit for the last couple of years. Refs out of Taranaki.

Is that where he has been on the 7s circuit he was doing some mitre10 cup awhile ago.

[Yeetyaah]

Waikato avoid Stone and Pickerill. Good stuff.

[Chris]

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

Waikato avoid Stone and Pickerill. Good stuff.

And we get Stone again FFS

[African Monkey]

@Chris Fair enough too. The shit teams (especially Canterbury) get given substandard refs

[Chris]

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

@Chris Fair enough too. The shit teams (especially Canterbury) get given substandard refs

Haha seems to be the way

[Chris B.]

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

Downer Referee: James Doleman

Are they trying to depress people?!!

[Snowy]

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

Are they trying to depress people?!!

At risk of looking like a @mariner4life post with this:

Most refs are downers if truth be told, but a necessary evil.

Doleman is a bit unfortunate too - how long out of work?

[Bovidae]

Comments from Boshier.

“I tell you what, it’s been a long year, stringing 80s [minutes] every week is definitely taking its toll,” he said. “Working on putting a bit of size on isn’t really a focus at the moment, it’s just trying to get through.
“It sort of takes me three or four days to recover after every game now. And even though we had that break off over Covid, we’re still training hard and it felt like a second pre-season. So it’s actually been a bloody long year physically and mentally."

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300141063/overlooked-and-overcooked-lachlan-boshier-on-his-all-blacks-anguish

[akan004]

Not too smart of Boshier to publicly say that he disagrees with the AB selectors re his playing weight.

[Higgins]

@akan004 Players know the weight their body best operates at and Boshier may be quite happy playing the way he does now . To put on more weight to meet the selectors desires could turn him into another plodder and change his current effectiveness . Witness Vaea Fifita who they managed to turn into a plodder, far removed from the wide ranging free running guy we saw when he first bust onto the scene six or seven years back..