NPC - news, injuries etc

[Chris]

@african-monkey said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@kiwiwomble Well they do need all the help they can get after their pathetic campaign last year, which includes an over the hill Naholo.

WE beat Auckland though, that's all that counts for 2020.

[Chris]

@canes4life said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Strong Cantab squad. Anyone keen to name their top 23 minus All Blacks..

McAlister
Williams
Jager
Darry
Romano
Harmon
Prinsep
Grace
Drummond
Burke
McLeod
Punivai. I/ Ennor
Mataele
Fihaki
McKay

Bench
Stewart
Lienert-Brown
Newell
Gallagher
Stowers
Donaldson
Debreczeni
Punivai N. Depending on how Naholo shapes up

[Canes4life]

@chris Dunshea before Romano?

[Chris]

@canes4life said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@chris Dunshea before Romano?

Dunshea out for the NPC neck injury him and Christie named but not likely to play.

[taniwharugby]

@chris Jack Debreczeni?

[Chris]

@taniwharugby said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@chris Jack Debreczeni?

Yes he's been playing for West Melton in the Ellesmere country Comp.

[taniwharugby]

@chris ah nice, I liked his game when he was here, wonder if we tried to get him back...

[African Monkey]

@chris Yeah, our C team we sent down haha. Hopefully your sorry bunch don't have another relegation dogfight on your hands again

[Stargazer]

I've seen these preseason game announcements. Are there more?? And where is Eastern RFC?

Fri 23 July 2021 - 1.30pm - Hanmer Springs Domain
Canterbury v Ta$man
livestream: https://sideline.live/play/15117

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Cooks Gardens, Whanganui
Wellington v Taranaki

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Eastern RFC
Otago v Southland

[Chris]

@african-monkey said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@chris Yeah, our C team we sent down haha. Hopefully your sorry bunch don't have another relegation dogfight on your hands again

Nah we will be right I think you only have a C team left this year

[African Monkey]

@chris Thankfully our C team will be guaranteed 5 points to start the season

[Steven Harris]

Jack Debreczeni is a massive pick up for Canterbury,can see him being the back up to Mounga in the Crusaders..would have loved to have seen Jack back at the Taniwha but happy to see him back in NZ Rugby ..a class act on the field and a good bugger off it as well.

[Stargazer]

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

I've seen these preseason game announcements. Are there more?? And where is Eastern RFC?

Fri 23 July 2021 - 1.30pm - Hanmer Springs Domain
Canterbury v Ta$man
livestream: https://sideline.live/play/15117

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Cooks Gardens, Whanganui
Wellington v Taranaki

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Eastern RFC
Otago v Southland

Found another preseason game:

Sat 31 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Semenoff Stadium, Whangarei
Northland v Auckland

This game is part of a triple header; the other two games are:

4.35pm: Northland B's vs Ngati Porou East Cost
7:05pm: Northland v Manawatu (FPC game)

[Chris]

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

I've seen these preseason game announcements. Are there more?? And where is Eastern RFC?

Fri 23 July 2021 - 1.30pm - Hanmer Springs Domain
Canterbury v Ta$man
livestream: https://sideline.live/play/15117

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Cooks Gardens, Whanganui
Wellington v Taranaki

Fri 23 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Eastern RFC
Otago v Southland

Found another preseason game:

Sat 31 July 2021 - 2.05pm - Semenoff Stadium, Whangarei
Northland v Auckland

This game is part of a triple header; the other two games are:

4.35pm: Northland B's vs Ngati Porou East Cost
7:05pm: Northland v Manawatu (FPC game)

Canterbury v Otago in Timaru on Thursday the 29th.July

[Steven Harris]

Northland playing North Harbour as part of a preseason triple header celebrating the Mangonui Centennial Celebrations
1.30pm kickoff Arnold Rae Park Kaitaia.

[SouthernMann]

Sounds like Southland have signed young Otago winger Michael Manson.

Paul Dwyer mentioned it on the ODT rugby chat.

He is very quick.

[Bovidae]

Manson played for the NZ U20s against the Cook Islands. I watched him live for the NZ Schools Barbarians in 2019, and he was very fast. Got promoted to the NZ Schools squad for their game against Aust a few days later.

[Kiwiwomble]

@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Manson played for the NZ U20s against the Cook Islands. I watched him live for the NZ Schools Barbarians in 2019, and he was very fast. Got promoted to the NZ Schools squad for their game against Aust a few days later.

certainly on paper looks like someone Otago could/should have kept in house and developed

[SouthernMann]

There just wasn't any space for him in the squad. Going to Southland doesn't mean he can't come back. I'd much rather see him go, rack up 10 games, become a better player and then return than sit as squad number 31 and not get a game.

As for TUJ. He would have been set to have a massive season. I just hope he doesn't bulk up again! I think 113kg is certainly enough.

[Stargazer]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/300363724/tryscoring-machine-recruited-for-taranaki