NPC - news, injuries etc

[Toddy]

@steven-harris Good news for the Lions if so. Relegation looked likely.

[Steven Harris]

@toddy Steamers v Lions this weekend ..team I feel for the most is Taranaki

[Duluth]

@steven-harris said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Steamers v Lions this weekend ..team I feel for the most is Taranaki

My guess is there's no promotion relegation but it won't matter because NZR will change the format of the NPC

Remember they tried to have North/South pools this year? All 14 teams would be playing in the same comp.
I think they'll push that through next year.

[Steven Harris]

[Tim]

https://twitter.com/AlexChapmanNZ/status/1443057188679815174?s=20

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/300418811/auckland-npc-teams-granted-permission-to-resume-supervised-training

[bobily2]

Sione Havili and Ryan Coxon are injured and out for 6 months. Mark Telea is out for 4 to 5 months

[Stargazer]

@bobily2 said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

Sione Havili and Ryan Coxon are injured and out for 6 months. Mark Telea is out for 4 to 5 months

A bit more info in this instagram post:

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks7s/status/1443744746174697472

[Machpants]

I guess Waikato are out next weekend, too, level 3 until Friday

[Bovidae]

@machpants said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

I guess Waikato are out next weekend, too, level 3 until Friday

The men don't play, but the women won't be able to play in the final unless they move ASAP.

[mikedogz]

I have heard that the Waikato teams have moved to be based in Cambridge.

[mikedogz]

The Airport is in Waipa so they can fly from there.

[Bovidae]

@mikedogz said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

I have heard that the Waikato teams have moved to be based in Cambridge.

They could train at St Peters.

[mikedogz]

@bovidae That's where they are, going by someone's comment on Facebook.

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/AlexChapmanNZ/status/1444807586679701504

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/NigelYalden/status/1444810619513761792

[Bovidae]

Yalden is a Whanganui man so no guesses which team he wants Cane to play for.

[mikedogz]

King Country or the Swamp foxes I reckon

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Two Heartland teams in the Chiefs catchment (if that's what they use to choose the team he'll play for), King Country and Thames Valley. Thames Valley play West Coast (away), so probably the King Country game a better choice.