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@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

So the final votes are in for Waikato's team of the century. This team was voted by fans, and there is a degree of recency bias in some selections. I didn't vote myself but this wouldn't be the team I would have selected (5 changes for me).

Looks extremely light at centre

That’s a shocker

Bovidae

@ploughboy

Mine would be:

I Clarke
Gatland
Loe
Gordon
Robinson
Messam
Holah
Muir
Duggan
Donald
Sivivatu
McLeod
Kahui
Smith
D Clarke

Obviously I am too young to have seen the Clarke brothers live but they were local legends. My old man would probably find room for Hemi and Reid in there. The team selected has a lot of centurions from the same era but does exclude both Mitchell and Foster, as well as the 3 of the 5 highest points scorers for the province (DB Clarke is 2nd).

ARHS

@bovidae. Pretty much agree there. But based on my Dad's views I would have Catley at hooker and Brian Morrisey or Pickering in for Muir. Holah v Monkley is close. Bruce Smith was my favourite winger.

ploughboy

@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@ploughboy

Mine would be:

I Clarke
Gatland
Loe
Gordon
Robinson
Messam
Holah
Muir
Duggan
Donald
Sivivatu
McLeod
Kahui
Smith
D Clarke

Obviously I am too young to have seen the Clarke brothers live but they were local legends. My old man would probably find room for Hemi and Reid in there. The team selected has a lot of centurions from the same era but does exclude both Mitchell and Foster, as well as the 3 of the 5 highest points scorers for the province (DB Clarke is 2nd).

after i posted thought about move loe to tighthead and clarke to loosehead. muir for me not even in the conversation at eight. thought hard about ponty reid at 9 . hemi was also a star in his time.

Bovidae

Deon was a favourite of mine. For the rest, I've only selected players I have seen play in person apart from the Clarke's.

ARHS

@bovidae. Did you see Brian Morrissey in his heyday as an 8? Unbelievable work rate. One of my favourites as a kid and I watched him for years with Tokoroa. Muir was very good but never reached those heights. TKB is close to Duggan too. Ron Hemi and Bryce Cowley were 50s legends along with Ponty Reid. All in all some great footballers in contention.

cgrant

Anderson at lock. He was a beefy forward who drove hard.

Bovidae

@arhs said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@bovidae. Did you see Brian Morrissey in his heyday as an 8? Unbelievable work rate. One of my favourites as a kid and I watched him for years with Tokoroa.

Yes. The first Waikato game I attended was the RS defence against Thames Valley in 1980, immediately after taking the shield off Auckland. Morrissey was a very good no.8 in that team. To be honest, as a young kid who played on the wing I was more interested in watching Major and Smith score tries then.

Crucial

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ARHS

@bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@arhs said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

@bovidae. Did you see Brian Morrissey in his heyday as an 8? Unbelievable work rate. One of my favourites as a kid and I watched him for years with Tokoroa.

Yes. The first Waikato game I attended was the RS defence against Thames Valley in 1980, immediately after taking the shield off Auckland. Morrissey was a very good no.8 in that team. To be honest, as a young kid who played on the wing I was more interested in watching Major and Smith score tries then.

Think I was there too. We went in for the 'Beautiful Sunday' reception at Rugby Park after the Shield win. Bruce Smith was my favourite player then. But, Morrissey, after he went from flanker to 8, was close.

Steven Harris

Just had a chat with one of the Sky commentators , he did say it was a rumour only , but they are hearing that all finals in the NPC will be scrapped for this year
I would say if the thats case , it probably seals the fate of Harbour , Auckland & CM .