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[Chris]

Is Mitre 10 Cup 2020 in serious threat of not being played,Some worrying signs it maybe.

[Stargazer]

@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.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/300086538/anxious-times-as-northern-unions-face-covid-uncertainties-ahead-of-mitre-10-cup-season

[Gunner]

@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.
Quite refreshing actually.

[Yeetyaah]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEGlClRBGl8/?igshid=2geoprn6cqxd

Jack White finished with his music career and now playing for Taranaki.

[Bovidae]

Chris is such a boring name for a front rower!

[Bones]

@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

Chris is such a boring name for a front rower!

Especially when compared to Docker.

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah Maybe useful to add that this game will be livestreamed via the Taranaki Rugby Facebook page.

[Machpants]

@Bovidae said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

Chris is such a boring name for a front rower!

Are those names for real?

[Chris]

Inga Finau has picked up a Auckland Mitre 10 contract for 2020
My source says he was not wanted by Canterbury

[Yeetyaah]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/all-blacks-flanker-dillon-hunt-named-captain-of-north-harbour-squad-powered-by-10-super-rugby-players/

North Harbour Mitre 10 Cup Squad:
Forwards:

Hooker

Luteru Tolai (Northcote), 16 caps
Zane Turner (Silverdale), 0 caps

Prop

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 caps

Lock

Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, (Massey), 56 caps
Xavier Cowley-Tuioti (Massey), 1 cap
Jacob Pierce (North Shore), 17 caps
Mitchell Ryan (Northcote), 0 caps

Loose 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 caps

Backs:

Halfback

Lewis Gjaltema (East Coast Bays), 21 caps
Bryn Hall (Northcote), 78 caps
Brad McNaughten (North Shore), 1 cap

First five

Kade Banks (Takapuna), 0 caps
Bryn Gatland (Takapuna), 31 caps
Jack Heighton (East Coast Bays), 0 caps

Midfield

Fine Inisi (Takapuna), 4 caps
James Little (North Shore), 8 caps

Outside 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

[Tim]

Bryn Hall is a champion for staying in NZ so long.

[Kruse]

@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.

[Tim]

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
15 Page

[Stargazer]

@Tim Don't you think that an AB7s player like Ngarohi McGarvey-Black will get a starting spot? Maybe instead of Tikoirotuma, who may be getting a bit old for an outside back?

[Tim]

@Stargazer Good call, does McGarvey-Black play wing? I thought Tikoirotuma was solid at 13 last year, and would provide some needed experience.

[Stargazer]

@Tim No, idea what his preferred spot in XVs is.

[Snollygoster]

@Stargazer

I think he was playing halfback in club rugby in the BOP this season.

[mikey07]

@Yeetyaah No Julian Savea then?

[Tim]

Any Counties fans know about Walter Fifita?