Pasifika SR team
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@stargazer said in Pasifika SR team:
They should play games at McLean Park.
It would be a lot better if the new team was a geographic region like all of the others.
@duluth Yeah, I agree, but the reason for making Mt Smart their home stadium is that the largest Pasifika population lives in Auckland. If they picked a region, then it would either have to (partially) overlap the Blues catchment, or be a region with a much smaller Pasifika population.
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
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@duluth Yeah, I agree, but the reason for making Mt Smart their home stadium is that the largest Pasifika population lives in Auckland. If they picked a region, then it would either have to (partially) overlap the Blues catchment, or be a region with a much smaller Pasifika population.
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
@stargazer thats what i was kind of getting at a few posts back, i wouldn't be surprised if after a couple of seasons it gets rebranded and moved to Hawkes Bay or something
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@duluth Yeah, I agree, but the reason for making Mt Smart their home stadium is that the largest Pasifika population lives in Auckland. If they picked a region, then it would either have to (partially) overlap the Blues catchment, or be a region with a much smaller Pasifika population.
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
@stargazer said in Pasifika SR team:
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
They should've just created a new regular franchise. If they want ~30 PI qualified players in the competition they could've created a rule that all the franchises needed to select 5 PI qualified players
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@stargazer said in Pasifika SR team:
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
They should've just created a new regular franchise. If they want ~30 PI qualified players in the competition they could've created a rule that all the franchises needed to select 5 PI qualified players
@duluth yeah, or make PI players more attractive to include in their squads, run the comp straight through the RC, we get a full home and away round robin, som super saturdays with SR games before internationals and team's have to dig deep into their squads and so players that wont be called up to international teams become attractive
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@stargazer thats what i was kind of getting at a few posts back, i wouldn't be surprised if after a couple of seasons it gets rebranded and moved to Hawkes Bay or something
@kiwiwomble said in Pasifika SR team:
@stargazer thats what i was kind of getting at a few posts back, i wouldn't be surprised if after a couple of seasons it gets rebranded and moved to Hawkes Bay or something
Can't see that happening. They've signed a deal to be at Mt Smart until 2028.
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@kiwiwomble said in Pasifika SR team:
@stargazer thats what i was kind of getting at a few posts back, i wouldn't be surprised if after a couple of seasons it gets rebranded and moved to Hawkes Bay or something
Can't see that happening. They've signed a deal to be at Mt Smart until 2028.
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@stargazer said in Pasifika SR team:
I think the first season will show whether the underlying assumption - the Pasifika population in Auckland will support the team and fill Mt Smart stadium - is correct. If not, then there won't be any reason to keep this team based in Auckland and they could actually create a new franchise region.
They should've just created a new regular franchise. If they want ~30 PI qualified players in the competition they could've created a rule that all the franchises needed to select 5 PI qualified players
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@dice really? hadn't seen the date, thats a long commitment
@kiwiwomble said in Pasifika SR team:
@dice really? hadn't seen the date, thats a long commitment
Yeah, I was surprised when I saw the length of the deal.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/452485/moana-pasifika-to-call-mt-smart-homeMoana Pasifika have signed agreements with Auckland Unlimited, to call the training facility and 25,000-capacity stadium 'home' from 2022-2028.
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@chris They dropped this hint on Instagram re: the next announcements -
Take the weekend off and check back in on Monday for another triple threat announcement! 🤩
Here’s a hint!
I guess that means two Tongans and a Cook Islander? -
@chris They dropped this hint on Instagram re: the next announcements -
Take the weekend off and check back in on Monday for another triple threat announcement! 🤩
Here’s a hint!
I guess that means two Tongans and a Cook Islander?@daffy-jaffy said in Pasifika SR team:
@chris They dropped this hint on Instagram re: the next announcements -
"Take the weekend off and check back in on Monday for another triple threat announcement! 🤩
Here’s a hint!
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I guess that means two Tongans and a Cook Islander?Yep looks like it. My mind starts to seek out who they maybe now.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Pasifika SR team:
@chris They dropped this hint on Instagram re: the next announcements -
"Take the weekend off and check back in on Monday for another triple threat announcement! 🤩
Here’s a hint!
"
I guess that means two Tongans and a Cook Islander?Yep looks like it. My mind starts to seek out who they maybe now.
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@chris said in Pasifika SR team:
@daffy-jaffy said in Pasifika SR team:
With Sir Michael Jones being the board chairperson I wonder if Niko is a possibility to sign for the team?
Didn't someone post he has signed for the Blues or was that just a rumour ?
@Nogusta is the one to ask.
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@chris Have Mike McKee, Isi Tu'ungafasi or Zane Kapeli been named yet? Sam Moli or Sila Puafisi?
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@arhs said in Pasifika SR team:
@chris Have Mike McKee, Isi Tu'ungafasi or Zane Kapeli been named yet? Sam Moli or Sila Puafisi?
Not as yet.
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@chris Mike Mckee with a Cook Island Mum would be a lock in
@steven-harris said in Pasifika SR team:
@chris Mike Mckee with a Cook Island Mum would be a lock in
Yeah of course that’s the Cook island connection in the triple announcement tomorrow.
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They've already named 6 backrowers. Probably only two backrow spots left to fill.
I saw the Moana Pasifika account say they'll have a couple of Fijians named next week.
@dice With PI eligible super level Locks maybe being a hard find, I can see Sione Tuipulotu covering Lock for them quite a bit.
