NPC - news, injuries etc
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His Mitre 10 Cup province is yet to be confirmed, too, with North Harbour having tabled an offer, Stuff understands, while Wellington Rugby wasn’t commenting but hasn’t given up hope of luring its former skipper back. Auckland are also said to have expressed interest..
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@Chris I think "not being played" is not what you should be worried about. I don't think they'll cancel the comp. They may do what they've done with the Farah Palmer Cup: re-scheduling. And if they don't want the competition to end later than it's scheduled now (finals in the last weekend of November), they can always start with scratching the cross-over games.
Edit: instead of scratching games, they could also consider adding in some mid-week games, something that's not an option in the Farah Palmer Cup.
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@Tim wow, a reporter has actually done some real research and spoken to someone north of Wellsford about Northland rugby, instead of shooting straight from the hip and assuming Northland will be in all sorts of financial trouble because thats the way it was 10 years ago.
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All Blacks flanker Dillon Hunt named captain of North Harbour squad powered by 12 Super Rugby players
The North Harbour Mitre 10 Cup side is bucking the trend once again by selecting a squad with home-grown roots and plenty of history in the province.
North Harbour Mitre 10 Cup Squad:
Forwards:Hooker
Luteru Tolai (Northcote), 16 caps
Zane Turner (Silverdale), 0 capsProp
Sione Mafileo (North Shore), 53 caps
Nic Mayhew (Northcote), 33 caps
Teague McElroy (Northcote), 0 caps
Jimmy Roots (East Coast Bays), 2 caps
Karl Tu’inukuafe (Takapuna), 27 capsLock
Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, (Massey), 56 caps
Xavier Cowley-Tuioti (Massey), 1 cap
Jacob Pierce (North Shore), 17 caps
Mitchell Ryan (Northcote), 0 capsLoose forward
Tate Evans (East Coast Bays), 2 caps
Dillon Hunt (Marist), 17 caps
Lotu Inisi (Takapuna), 9 caps
Tamarau McGahan (Marist), 0 caps
Ethan Roots (East Coast Bays), 10 caps
Tim Sail (Northcote), 0 caps
Murphy Taramai (Northcote), 41 capsBacks:
Halfback
Lewis Gjaltema (East Coast Bays), 21 caps
Bryn Hall (Northcote), 78 caps
Brad McNaughten (North Shore), 1 capFirst five
Kade Banks (Takapuna), 0 caps
Bryn Gatland (Takapuna), 31 caps
Jack Heighton (East Coast Bays), 0 capsMidfield
Fine Inisi (Takapuna), 4 caps
James Little (North Shore), 8 capsOutside back
Tomas Aoake (East Coast Bays), 5 caps
Walter Fifita (Massey), 0 caps
Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Marist), 0 caps
Jared Page (East Coast Bays), 3 caps
Shaun Stevenson (Northcote), 30 caps
Asaeli Tikoirotuma (Northcote), 9 caps -
@Machpants said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Chris is such a boring name for a front rower!
Are those names for real?
Yeah, the entire forward pack, or tight-5 at least, have excellent names, except for Chris.
POWER just writes the punny headlines for himself.
Rhodes Featherstone sounds like he should be a lawyer in an Agatha Christie novel.
Jack Jordan - a beautiful alliterative name that belongs to the protagonist in a FPS video game. -
Harbour starting XV is probably straight forward. Not sure about the reserves though. Depth not looking so good this year.
1 Mayhew
2 Tolai
3 Mafileo
4 Pierce
5 G Cowley-Tuioti
6 Roots
7 Hunt
8 Taramai
9 Hall
10 Gatland
11 Aoake
12 Little
13 Tikoirotuma
14 Stevenson
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@Stargazer Good call, does McGarvey-Black play wing? I thought Tikoirotuma was solid at 13 last year, and would provide some needed experience.
