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August 16, 2014 at 10:56 am #15492
Otago v Harbour
Today – 2.35pm
Sky Sport 1.Cant v Auck
Today – 4.35pm
Sky Sport 1.August 16, 2014 at 11:24 am #15493Wgtn has a big injury count, there’s only about 4 players that I’ve heard of in their squad of 22.
Today – 6.35pm
Sky Sport 1.WELLINGTON : Jason Woodward, Ambrose Curtis, Ope Peleseuma, Shaun Treeby, Tau Mamea, Fa’atonu Fili, Jared Kahu, Brad Shields (c), Adam Hill, Vaea Fifita, Christian Lloyd, James Wall, Eric Sione, Leni Apisai, Reggie Goodes. RESERVES : James O’Reilly, Tolu Fahamokioa, Taniela Koroi, Henry Stowers, Sheridan Rangihuna, Wes Goosen, James So’oialo.
WAIKATO : Albert Nikoro, Declan O’Donnell, Jordan Payne, Anton Lienert-Brown, Joe Webber, Damian McKenzie, Brad Weber (c), Adam Burn, Zak Hohneck, Whetu Douglas, David Morgan, Nick Ross, Ben Tameifuna, Brayden Mitchell, Loni Uhila. RESERVES : Hame Faiva, James McGougan, Josh Tyrell, Marty Holah, Harrison Levien, Wharenui Hawera, Shayne Anderson.
August 17, 2014 at 1:11 pm #15516Wgtn ‘ B ‘ were dreadful.
August 19, 2014 at 8:21 pm #15538The format of this competition is a joke….
Provincial rugby deserves better.The New Zealand Rugby Union have delivered a serious body blow to the national provincial championship by cramming it into a 10-week window, putting games on nights when it is less appealing and surrendering common sense for the wishes of their pay television network.
Look at Taranaki as an example of getting the short end of the stick. They have one Saturday match in the entire competition and that is against one of the most boring sides in the country – Southland. It should be a rite of passage for every young rugby fan to be able to plan weekend trips away to support their province.
But if you are a young Taranaki fan you have to take time off work or flag the idea of supporting your side outside your province’s boundary. And if you do go, the atmosphere for midweek matches is stodgy because most of the time you are in a half-empty stadium or a deserted central business district because no-one is out on a school night.
It is even worse for responsible parents who will not let their young children out on a school night because they won’t be home until after 10pm.
Why do we have to put up with this? Because the NZRU and the New Zealand Players’ Association demand their employees or clients have a window where they can take annual leave.
Here is an idea – how about they simply extend the NPC season for another fortnight and the Super Rugby franchises can have their men a little later in the year.
It surely would not make too much difference if the coaches do not get hold of their cattle for another fortnight to flog them with pre-season training because, after all, the season does not start until late February.
Another fortnight would be a real shot in the arm for the NPC.
For starters, the scheduling could be adjusted and we would not have matches spread from Wednesday through to Sunday.
Sky Television can suck it up and accept that games should only be played between Friday and Sunday, and who cares if there is more than one on at the same time? They can simply put on delayed coverage, even if that upsets the TAB.
In a time when tradition is getting thrown out the window, it is time the NPC got a better suck on the sav.
Fans should be able to go out and have lunch, enjoy a quiet pint and walk down to the stadium in the afternoon more regularly.
While it was great to read last week that most of New Zealand’s rugby unions were in a reasonably healthy financial state, things could be much better if they were allowed to have weekend matches every weekend.
Surely the NZRU has a moral obligation to do more for its members.
Weekend matches would generate more atmosphere and, more importantly, more fans.
The NPC deserves more than just persevering with, it deserves to be a better product for everyone. If it is, more people might get off the couch and go and watch it.
Glenn McLean TDN- This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by Burt Reeto.
August 20, 2014 at 3:43 pm #15551Very good points… definitely need to extend the comp by a couple of weeks & play more daytime rugby, unfortunately the idiots in the NZRU Board don’t seem to have too much nous about running the game.
August 20, 2014 at 9:38 pm #15556I heard that McLean park is a dry stadium this friday, too late with the licence application. Oh my.
August 23, 2014 at 4:39 pm #15575FFS !!! couldn’t believe what I was watching ??? …Northland got away with a lot of offside stuff, but Wgtn were that bloody useless they played like the ‘ Blind Keystone Cops Rugby Team ‘ hard to see them even winning one game in the comp this year.
August 24, 2014 at 9:01 pm #15582Why Auckland won today (apart from the git in pink)
August 30, 2014 at 10:29 am #15627Can Wellington still blame Hammett? Fair to say Northland and Manawatu will feature middle to bottom of the comp, which doesn’t give the Capital’s team much hope.
September 8, 2014 at 3:35 pm #15706My boys shall be wooden spooners again. All others are just pretenders, we are the real deal!
September 9, 2014 at 4:06 pm #15712Wgtn have a huge injury list, but for individuals to play as bad as they are is bloody unbelievable ! …& just to make things worse how the hell did Wgtn manage to lose their last match against the Jafa’s after been ahead at halftime by 30-6 ??????
September 19, 2014 at 1:19 pm #15783Wgtn firmly anchored on the bottom, total bloody shocker !!!
PREMIERSHIP
1. Naki {Played 7} Pts – 27
2. Cant 5 24
3. Tasman 6 22
4. Auck 5 15
5. Waikato 6 15
6. Counties 5 9
7. Wgtn 5 2CHAMPIONSHIP P PTS
1. Manawatu 6 16
2. Northland 7 16
3. Hawkes Bay 5 15
4. Southland 6 13
5. Otago 6 10
6. Harbour 5 7
7. B.O.P. 6 7September 19, 2014 at 1:44 pm #1578617th Sep – Southland v Tasman { Invercargill } 7:35pm
18th Sep – Northland v Naki { Whangarei } 7:35pm
19th Sep – Counties v Cant { Pukekohe } 7:35pm
20th Sep – Hawke’s Bay v B.O.P. (RS) { Napier } 2:35pm
20th Sep – Auck v Harbour { AucK } 5:35pm
20th Sep – Manawatu v { Southland } { Palmerston } 7:35pm
21st Sep – Otago v Waikato { Dunedin } 2:35pm
21st Sep – Wgtn v Tasman { Wgtn } – 4.35PMSeptember 22, 2014 at 12:10 pm #15797Some idiots are blaming Boyd for Wgtn’s performances, what utter crap !
Boyd got Wgtn to the final last year against Cant.What’s really stuffed Wgtn are the heaps of injuries { feel sorry for Boyd & Shields } we’ve used 5 lst-fives in 6 matches so far & because of the huge overall injury count we’ve being forced to use club players that are clearly not good enough to play at this level.
September 22, 2014 at 12:24 pm #15798The ITM Cup has a level? Wanna buy a good 1st Five? We have 3 available.
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