NPC 2025
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A more thorough collaboration between SR teams and their respective provincial unions – in terms of playing identity, selection policy and individual player needs – would, I think, greatly benefit, not just the teams in Super Rugby and the NPC, but all levels of the game in New Zealand. But this requires rugby administrators of genuine vision and ability, making the search for the new NZR CEO all the more urgent and important.
Yep, something I have been banging on about for a while, particularly when for the past 6 or 7 years we have had weaknesses (at 10's controlling a game, kicking) that it seems no one is addressing, the ame issues are present from the top down through NPC and I can only comment on club footy up here, but it is up here too, with the odd exception.
But I do like your thinking in terms of the franchise style of play being different, this will mean our players are exposed to differing styles more often, meaning better adaptibility as they move up the levels.
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Fun Fact: Auckland based teams are 0/9 so far in the NPC
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An article by Paul Cully in the SST, which doesn’t appear to be online. It is a summary of which PUs promote or recruit using the percentage of players from within their own secondary school system in their squads. Wellington tops the list. Regarding Northland, it is mentioned that there is a large number of local kids who move to Auckland schools for education/rugby.
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An article by Paul Cully in the SST, which doesn’t appear to be online. It is a summary of which PUs promote or recruit using the percentage of players from within their own secondary school system in their squads. Wellington tops the list. Regarding Northland, it is mentioned that there is a large number of local kids who move to Auckland schools for education/rugby.
Not surprised with Southland or Otago, Southland in particular have the smallest population base and only the one school of note, and it is very common for the more talented Eastern Southlanders to complete their schooling in Dunedin or Christchurch at one of the boarding schools there.
With that being said, it's hard to look at Southland and Otago in isolation, it's not uncommon for Otago schooled players to wind up in Southland and vice versa, as the top rugby competition is spread across both provinces.
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An article by Paul Cully in the SST, which doesn’t appear to be online. It is a summary of which PUs promote or recruit using the percentage of players from within their own secondary school system in their squads. Wellington tops the list. Regarding Northland, it is mentioned that there is a large number of local kids who move to Auckland schools for education/rugby.
Aside from players moving away for school (which I assume Welly with the St Pats' would accumulate some?), does he cover catchment area players from the Heartland Cup provinces?
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Aside from players moving away for school (which I assume Welly with the St Pats' would accumulate some?), does he cover catchment area players from the Heartland Cup provinces?
He used the official squad lists sent to NZR. As you can see the squad lists differ in size a lot. Ta$man only submitted the minimum of 28 players.
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Aside from players moving away for school (which I assume Welly with the St Pats' would accumulate some?), does he cover catchment area players from the Heartland Cup provinces?
He used the official squad lists sent to NZR. As you can see the squad lists differ in size a lot. Ta$man only submitted the minimum of 28 players.
Yeah, if the Magpies submitted a core 28 I reckon we'd be in the 70s.
But I was meaning guys like, using the Pies as an example, Godfrey and IWL. We seem to pick up Whanganui schooled players from the central north island often and I think we're essentially Poverty Bay and East Coast's home top division team.
And I assume the Poo would be the natural home for Horowhenua schooled players (or Welly too I guess), and Canterbury for the little Canterbury's.
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@Nepia He doesn't go into too much detail, and I don't know how he categorised players who moved on a scholarship to another region (think Lowe and the Sullivan brothers) for the final years of school.
Whanganui players seem to go to either your mob or Taranaki (e.g., Perofeta and now Lennox). I think that most of the major PUs will have picked up players from neighbouring Heartland provinces, often as boarders.
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@Nepia He doesn't go into too much detail, and I don't know how he categorised players who moved on a scholarship to another region (think Lowe and the Sullivan brothers) for the final years of school.
Whanganui players seem to go to either your mob or Taranaki (e.g., Perofeta and now Lennox). I think that most of the major PUs will have picked up players from neighbouring Heartland provinces, often as boarders.
I assume he included them as they started their high schooling in the Bay before moving. I think those three did more than their final years in Auckland.
I do find it weird that Whanganui players don't naturally pick the Poo (although I'm sure some do).
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