NPC 2022
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Anyway, I'd rather have a competition of one division where teams play 11 of the 13 other provinces and then a Final in week 12, than a competition with two divisions where teams play the 6 provinces of their division and 4 cross-over games, followed by a Semi-final and a Final.
The first format is much simpler. They just need to avoid that teams miss out on playing each other every year. The provinces you don't play should be different every year. Preferably one of those provinces finished in the top 7 the previous year, and the other in the bottom 7.
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@tim said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
@tim said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Seen the light thank Fuck,Maybe Canterbury can go forward with the right Coach.
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Fortunate to be part of the bubble on the on outer ground at North Harbour Stadium
The North Harbour Knights were made up of mostly their development and academy players with a couple of Harbour players mixed in Tim Sail and Kade Banks were a couple of names to mentionThe starting NZ Babas team was made up a lot of Auckland club players , the odd CM player with a couple of excess players thrown in .literally..!
Experienced veteran hooker Joe Royal skippered the team , other notable players were Harrison Mataele who debuted for Tonga last year and Brumbies and Counties Manukau outside back Nigel Ah WongHarbour who had first use of the wind dominated field position and on the back of a dominant scrum created many opportunities but were only up by 2 tries to one at the break ..the best try coming from 60 metres out after a slick backline move put speedy Harbour fullback Kade Banks into space , he expertly drew the last 2 x defenders and put the very impressive Lemeki Namoa in from 25 metres out .
Banks and Lemeki showing up strongly for Harbour .
Harbour always had the edge in the forwards with Tim Sail,former Ngati Porou East loose forward Hone Haerewa and number 8 Karl Ruzich from Helensville super impressive
Ruzich has something about ,devastating speed for a big fella , looks around 6’3 ..his bother Ben who was in the front row was just as impressive, ticked all the boxes at scrum time and powerful with ball in hand , along with Sam Davis and hooker Coleman in the front row provided a rock solid front row ..Not much to right home about the NZ Babas but that was to be expected given they have had only one training run , and several players had been rung during the week
Could not fault their tenacity ,given Harbour Knights had all the ball, they defended reasonably well and when they did have some ball Ah Wong especially was always a handful ,Sam Wye was elusive behind the base of the scrum , both locks Harrison Mataele and Jackson Wiggins tried hard ..
An interesting player to watch was Victor Ola’agia from Waitemata looks a real genuine athlete , with foot work to match , I actually thought he was a back ..may need to lift his work rate moving forward .
Overall an enjoyable game played with plenty of physicality and even the odd bit of niggleNext week as part of the Blues cup
Which will be over the next 3 x weekends
NZ Babas play the Blues U20 and Northland Futures play North Harbour Knights ..
Will keep you all posted for times , but if you can’t make it will send a report
12 Feb North Harbour Stadium
19 Feb North Harbour Stadium
24 Feb Whangarei Venue TBC
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@steven-harris said in NPC - news, injuries etc:
Karl Ruzich from Helensville super impressive
That's interesting to see - Helensville are returning to premier one club rugby this year for the first time in 12 years.
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i might be missing something, very early in the year for any NPC teams to have a squad together isn't it?
