NPC - news, injuries etc

[Stargazer]

Several "rookie" signings announced by Ta$man (I think more to follow):

• Max Hicks (lock)
• Timoci Tavatavanawai (outside back)
• Antonio Shalfoon (lock)

[Tim]

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Max Hicks (lock)

Ex Harbour and Blues U20 player.

[Bovidae]

Shalfoon was in their squad last year I think. Maybe injured so didn't play?

[Yeetyaah]

Was told a while back by a reliable source that Noah Hotham has been signed by Ta$man for the NPC.

[Chris]

@yeetyaah said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Was told a while back by a reliable source that Noah Hotham has been signed by Ta$man for the NPC.

He has signed for Ta$man for 2021,he is currently at Otago Uni.

[Stargazer]

[Crucial]

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Is that 'home' as in 'it's coming home'.

He was an outright fricken poach!

[Chris]

@crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Is that 'home' as in 'it's coming home'.

He was an outright fricken poach!

Nah hes coming home

[Crucial]

Posted yet?

[Stargazer]

@crucial Yes, in the BOP 2021 thread.

[Bovidae]

Grindlay playing for Taranaki. Walden back.

[Stargazer]

For some reason, this increasing tendency to speak of "inside backs" instead of halfbacks and first five-eighths annoys me immensely.

[Kiwiwomble]

@bovidae glad to see Walden back

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

For some reason, this increasing tendency to speak of "inside backs" instead of halfbacks and first five-eighths annoys me immensely.

agreed, i dont think halfback and first five are always interchangeable

[Tim]

@bovidae Grindley was posted in the Auckland thread. He and Walden could be a pretty strong midfield.

[Bovidae]

@tim If Auckland didn't want Grindlay maybe NH could have used him to stay local?

Jacomb is a 1st 5 and was in the Chiefs U20s. Not familiar with the other new signing.

[Tim]

@bovidae Not sure what is going on at NPC, but some problems in Auckland. Lemeki Namoa has signed for Harbour and will be one to watch in midfield.

[bobily2]

@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@tim If Auckland didn't want Grindlay maybe NH could have used him to stay local?

Jacomb is a 1st 5 and was in the Chiefs U20s. Not familiar with the other new signing.

From a google search, Vereniki Tikoisolomone played for Wanganui in 2019 (he got 13 tries in the Heartland Cup) and is 22 years old. He was 1.88cm and 85kg back then, so not a power player.

[Stargazer]

The most interesting rookie signing from Ta$man thus far:

[Chris B.]

@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Shalfoon was in their squad last year I think. Maybe injured so didn't play?

Shalfoon and Hicks were both down here last year - and both injured during NPC.

Not sure if either was ever promoted to the main Mako squad, but they were certainly mentioned in dispatches about the locking crisis that saw us sign Isaac Ross.

[Bovidae]

@chris-b Yeah, I remember Shalfoon mentioned in reports with Ta$man. He played for Waikato in the previous season having come north from Lincoln.