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  • Canes4lifeC Canes4life

    No promotion-relegation this year.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126654179/npc-rugby-promotionrelegation-scrapped-but-playoffs-to-be-held-in-revised-draw

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    @canes4life said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

    No promotion-relegation this year.

    Also in that article:

    While the Auckland-based teams’ matches both played and scheduled remain on the points table, points for matches unable to be played against Auckland-based teams will be split two points for each team.

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    • Number 10N Number 10

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      @number-10 said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

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      Good to see more rugby. Fingers crossed Stan maintain their coverage .

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      • BovidaeB Bovidae

        Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

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        @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

        Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

        Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

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        • CrucialC Crucial

          @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

          Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

          Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

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          #4516

          @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

          @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

          Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

          Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

          The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

          Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

          Edit edit: I didn't read it properly and yes the Otago match would be a challenge.

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          • NepiaN Nepia

            @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

            @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

            Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

            Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

            The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

            Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

            Edit edit: I didn't read it properly and yes the Otago match would be a challenge.

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            @nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

            @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

            @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

            Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

            Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

            The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

            Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

            Waikato v Otago is a scheduled game though, so a possibilty to add more spice to the remaining games.

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              @Nepia Hawke's Bay-Waikato was originally to be played in Rd 4 and Waikato-Otago in Rd 6. NH misses out on a RS challenge.

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              • CrucialC Crucial

                @nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

                Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

                The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

                Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

                Waikato v Otago is a scheduled game though, so a possibilty to add more spice to the remaining games.

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                #4519

                @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                @nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

                Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

                The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

                Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

                Waikato v Otago is a scheduled game though, so a possibilty to add more spice to the remaining games.

                Did you not see my second Edit?

                At any rate it's not going to be a Shield game either way. πŸ˜‰

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                • NepiaN Nepia

                  @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                  @nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                  @crucial said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                  @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                  Waikato could still be playing at home this Sat, depending on Thursday's decision. And one more RS defence for Hawke's Bay.

                  Otago to get a challenge if Waikato win as well.

                  The Magpies v Taniwha match does not appear to be a RS match. So maybe the Otago match wont be either?

                  Edit: I finally read the write up above and yep any extra round matches are not mandatory Shield matches.

                  Waikato v Otago is a scheduled game though, so a possibilty to add more spice to the remaining games.

                  Did you not see my second Edit?

                  At any rate it's not going to be a Shield game either way. πŸ˜‰

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                  • BovidaeB Bovidae

                    @Nepia Hawke's Bay-Waikato was originally to be played in Rd 4 and Waikato-Otago in Rd 6. NH misses out on a RS challenge.

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                    #4521

                    @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                    @Nepia Hawke's Bay-Waikato was originally to be played in Rd 4 and Waikato-Otago in Rd 6. NH misses out on a RS challenge.

                    DId you not see my Edit edit either? πŸ˜‰

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                    • NepiaN Nepia

                      @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                      @Nepia Hawke's Bay-Waikato was originally to be played in Rd 4 and Waikato-Otago in Rd 6. NH misses out on a RS challenge.

                      DId you not see my Edit edit either? πŸ˜‰

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                      #4522

                      @nepia said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                      @bovidae said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                      @Nepia Hawke's Bay-Waikato was originally to be played in Rd 4 and Waikato-Otago in Rd 6. NH misses out on a RS challenge.

                      DId you not see my Edit edit either? πŸ˜‰

                      I did, but I read the facts first. πŸ˜‰

                      All I am saying is that they are following the sequence of the original draw, where possible.

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                        Boo to no promotion/relegation (from a very biased point of view... haha) Seriously though, good to get some rugby continuing for the provinces that can.

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                          foobaNZ
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                          #4524

                          Am I misunderstanding or are Canterbury & Waikato getting an extra competition points game over other teams?

                          They've played 5 - and get 4 full points games available in that draw above. Total of 9.

                          Hawke's Bay have played 5, and only get 3 full points games. Same with BOP. Total of 8.

                          Wellington have played 6, and get 2 full points games. Same with Ta$man. Total of 8.

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                          • F foobaNZ

                            Am I misunderstanding or are Canterbury & Waikato getting an extra competition points game over other teams?

                            They've played 5 - and get 4 full points games available in that draw above. Total of 9.

                            Hawke's Bay have played 5, and only get 3 full points games. Same with BOP. Total of 8.

                            Wellington have played 6, and get 2 full points games. Same with Ta$man. Total of 8.

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                            @foobanz depends who they were due to play out of Counties/NH & Auckland, given Counties and NH are in the Championship, possibly one or 2 prem sides that may not have had either, or if they played them already.

                            I think Southland benefits in that they were down to play all 3 teams, so get shared points form them all, although means jack in the greater scheme of things.

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                            • F foobaNZ

                              Am I misunderstanding or are Canterbury & Waikato getting an extra competition points game over other teams?

                              They've played 5 - and get 4 full points games available in that draw above. Total of 9.

                              Hawke's Bay have played 5, and only get 3 full points games. Same with BOP. Total of 8.

                              Wellington have played 6, and get 2 full points games. Same with Ta$man. Total of 8.

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                              @foobanz Waikato played and beat NH in Rd 1 so will only get 2 pts from the game against Auckland. Canterbury played and lost to Auckland, also in Rd 1. They will get 2 pts from their game against CM.

                              The sharing of 4 pts is only for the games to be played after the initial covid break.

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                              • F foobaNZ

                                Am I misunderstanding or are Canterbury & Waikato getting an extra competition points game over other teams?

                                They've played 5 - and get 4 full points games available in that draw above. Total of 9.

                                Hawke's Bay have played 5, and only get 3 full points games. Same with BOP. Total of 8.

                                Wellington have played 6, and get 2 full points games. Same with Ta$man. Total of 8.

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                                @foobanz They probably are.

                                I guess they are the two teams that played one of the Auckland region teams in the first two rounds pre-covid and were scheduled to NOT play one of the other Auckland teams in the rest of the comp.

                                They'll presumably play an extra game against a Div II team, so something of an advantage with decent prospects of earning an extra 3 points.

                                Annoyingly for Ta$man, we took 4 points from Auckland (bound to be the hardest of the three), but will have to split the points with Counties and Harbour, which should have been easier games.

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                                  Typical clickbait headline, but I think Barnes should think of the teams that are most affected by the whole Covid situation, and it's not Taranaki. It's the provinces in the Auckland region. He's whingeing a bit too much. Compare what Barnes is saying with the statement from Peter Russell in that article.

                                  https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126656994/npc-taranaki-coach-neil-barnes-filthy-at-nzr-scrapping-promotionrelegation

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                                  • StargazerS Stargazer

                                    Typical clickbait headline, but I think Barnes should think of the teams that are most affected by the whole Covid situation, and it's not Taranaki. It's the provinces in the Auckland region. He's whingeing a bit too much. Compare what Barnes is saying with the statement from Peter Russell in that article.

                                    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126656994/npc-taranaki-coach-neil-barnes-filthy-at-nzr-scrapping-promotionrelegation

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                                    @stargazer said in NPC - news, injuries etc:

                                    Typical clickbait headline, but I think Barnes should think of the teams that are most affected by the whole Covid situation, and it's not Taranaki. It's the provinces in the Auckland region. He's whingeing a bit too much. Compare what Barnes is saying with the statement from Peter Russell in that article.

                                    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126656994/npc-taranaki-coach-neil-barnes-filthy-at-nzr-scrapping-promotionrelegation

                                    Not actually a click bait head line, for once. He had a huge moan that it's "shit" & because of the big unions. But he's being a dick, without a full season you can't have promotion, that would be stupid. Like giving certain countries auto access to finals....

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                                      #4530

                                      It's good that Barnes is criticising NZR about the entire NPC format of not having one division.

                                      I'll add that we shouldn't have SFs and finals either. Just play out the round robin and end the competition there. No winners and no losers.

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                                          @bovidae had expected to see Mitch Jacobson at or near top of that. Surprised Tucker up there so high

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