NZ Domestic Rugby 2021

[waiopehu oldboy]

The more I think about it the more I like the idea of including Taranaki & Manawatu in an eight-team playoff series, I can see 'naki tipping over pretty much anyone on any given day. Manawatu not so much but wouldn't be embarrassed.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

UPDATED BUNNINGS NPC DRAW AS OF 12/10/21​

WEEK 7. Friday 15 October – Sunday 17 October
Friday 15th	7.05pm	Northland v Otago	Rotorua International Stadium	Rotorua
Saturday 16th	2.05pm	Waikato v Taranaki	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton
Saturday 16th	4.35pm	Canterbury v Hawke’s Bay	Orangetheory Stadium	Christchurch
Saturday 16th	7.05pm	Manawatu v Wellington	Central Energy Trust Arena	Palmerston North
Sunday 17th	2.05pm	Tasman v Bay of Plenty **	Trafalgar Park	Nelson
WEEK 8. Friday 22 October – Sunday 24 October
Friday 22nd	7.05pm	Otago v Canterbury	Forsyth Barr Stadium	Dunedin
Saturday 23rd	2.05pm	Taranaki v Manawatu	TET Stadium & Events Centre	Inglewood
Saturday 23rd	4.35pm	Wellington v Southland **	Porirua Park	Wellington
Saturday 23rd	7.05pm	Hawke’s Bay v Waikato (RS)	McLean Park	Napier
Sunday 24th	2.05pm	Bay of Plenty v Northland	Tauranga Domain	Tauranga
WEEK 9. Friday 29 October – Sunday 31 October
Friday 29th	7.05pm	Canterbury v Tasman	Orangetheory Stadium	Christchurch
Saturday 30th	2.05pm	Otago v Wellington **	Forsyth Barr Stadium	Dunedin
Saturday 30th	4.35pm	Bay of Plenty v Waikato	Tauranga Domain	Tauranga
Saturday 30th	7.05pm	Manawatu v Hawke’s Bay	Central Energy Trust Arena	Palmerston North
Sunday 31st	2.05pm	Southland v Northland	Rugby Park	Invercargill
WEEK 10. Friday 5 November – Sunday 7 November
Friday 05th	7.05pm	Waikato v Otago	FMG Stadium Waikato	Hamilton
Saturday 06th	2.05pm	Tasman v Wellington	Lansdowne Park	Blenheim
Saturday 06th	4.35pm	Canterbury v Bay of Plenty	Orangetheory Stadium	Christchurch
Saturday 06th	7.05pm	Hawke’s Bay v Northland **	McLean Park	Napier
Sunday 07th	2.05pm	Taranaki v Southland	TET Stadium & Events Centre	Inglewood
SEMIFINALS: Friday 12 November – Saturday 13 November
Friday 12th	7.05pm	Semifinal 1
Saturday 13th	2.05pm	Semifinal 2
Saturday 13th	4.35pm	Semifinal 3
Saturday 13th	7.05pm	Semifinal 4
FINALS: Friday 19 November – Sunday 21 November
Friday 19th	7.05pm	Championship Final
Saturday 20th	7.05pm	Premiership Final

** These are non-competition and non-round robin fixtures that do not count towards the 2021 Bunnings Warehouse NPC competition (ie no competition points will be awarded from these matches).

No promotion/ relegation between Prem & Champ which unless they're planning on scrapping those divisions is imo an injustice. Edit: unsurprisingly, this bloke agrees:

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Heartland Standings:

1. South Canterbury 20
2. Thames Valley 19
3. Horowhenua-Kapiti 18
4.Whanganui 15, PD +85
5. Mid Canterbury 15, +33
6. North Otago 14
7. Poverty Bay 11
8. West Coast 6
9. East Coast 3
10. Wairarapa Bush 1
11. Buller 0, -127
12. King Country 0, -152

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Almost didn't notice that Waikato's Shield challenge that was postponed during Lockdown is on the revised schedule.

 

[Dan54]

Be interesting to see if any SI teams win this weekend

Almost didn't notice that Waikato's Shield challenge that was postponed during Lockdown is on the revised schedule.

Glad you pointed that out, another Shield challenge to look forward to!!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hamilton still in L3 so Waikato v Taranaki will have to be shifted, haven't seen where to yet (Mooloos are currently based in Tauranga, BoP are away this week so maybe Tauranga Domain?)

 

[Dan54]

Hamilton still in L3 so Waikato v Taranaki will have to be shifted, haven't seen where to yet (Mooloos are currently based in Tauranga, BoP are away this week so maybe Tauranga Domain?)

Well they could shift it to Hawera or even Inglewood and I could go!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ draw has now been updated & it's Tauranga Domain.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Coupla former AB on the bench for East Coast this week...

Nonu's back: All Blacks great to make surprise NZ rugby return

The All Blacks centurion will make a surprise appearance in the Heartland Championship.

www.nzherald.co.nz

TLDR Nonu said he'd do it but only if Hosea Gear (EC coach) would too.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

This is just getting silly now, every Prem team bar Tasman (but incl Aux!) has been gifted two points, promoting Mooloos to second, likewise every team in the Champ incl Harbour & C-M. Hard to disagree with Barnes' view that NZR have utterly fucked this up.

Premiership​

Pos.		P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TF	TA	TB	LB	+/-	BP	Pts	Form
1	Hawkes Bay	5	4	0	1	154	126	20	13	3	0	28	3	21	LW
2	Waikato	5	3	0	2	157	132	22	18	4	1	25	5	19	WW
3	Tasman	6	4	0	2	186	141	23	20	2	0	45	2	18	WW
4	Canterbury	5	3	0	2	118	127	15	15	2	1	-9	3	17	LW
5	Wellington	6	2	0	4	212	176	29	23	4	4	36	8	16	WL
6	Bay Of Plenty	5	2	0	3	139	161	20	20	4	1	-22	5	15	LW
7	Auckland	2	1	0	1	46	40	5	4	1	1	6	2	8	WL

Championship​

Pos.		P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TF	TA	TB	LB	+/-	BP	Pts	Form
1	Taranaki	5	5	0	0	198	110	22	14	2	0	88	2	24	WW
2	Manawatu	5	4	0	1	157	106	16	14	1	1	51	2	20	WL
3	Northland	5	1	0	4	107	209	16	29	2	0	-102	2	8	LL
4	Otago	4	1	0	3	73	110	7	12	0	1	-37	1	7	WL
5	North Harbour	2	1	0	1	29	34	3	4	0	0	-5	0	6	LW
6	Southland	5	0	0	5	87	165	8	18	0	2	-78	2	4	LL
7	Counties Manukau	2	0	0	2	27	53	2	4	0	0	-26	0	2	LL

 

[Dan54]

To be honest WOB, that's what I would of done, matches can't be played so have to call them a draw. either that or you would have to take the points of Tasman for beating them first up, which would be unfair.

 

[RebelYell]

I thought Barnes' suggestions that the competition revert to one table had more merit than his complaints about a lack of promotion this year

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

To be honest WOB, that's what I would of done, matches can't be played so have to call them a draw. either that or you would have to take the points of Tasman for beating them first up, which would be unfair.

I'll wargame it tomorrow but my gut feeling is they could've treated the three matches NH, Aux & CM played (NH & CM also played each other) as non-comp, disregarded the points & topped up the crossover matches as necessary. Only potential flaw I can see is if there was a Prem team due to play both NH & CM.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Be interesting to see if any SI teams win this weekend

100% so far God knows how though, Taniwha should've won that by plenty.

 

[Dan54]

Taniwha weren't keen on finishing much were they?

 

[Dan54]

Yeehaa the Naki, sorry there WOB!!! Bloody hell another bloody fun game to watch, noone is exactly shy about trying anything!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ ordinarily I'd have been neutral but I wanted a 'naki win just to show how stoopid NZR's handling of this has been. First Championship side to go 4/4 v Premiership opposition in a season, only unbeaten team in either division, not much more they can do, really, except of course stay in the Championship.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hawke's Bay on fire in CheeChee, Enari celebrating his Moana Pasifika contract by tearing the Cantabs several new ones. McClutchie not far behind but geez that try of his was dodgy-as, had to be a knock-on but lucky for him the ref's call was try & the k-o was obscured on replay.

 

[Dan54]

^ ordinarily I'd have been neutral but I wanted a 'naki win just to show how stoopid NZR's handling of this has been. First Championship side to go 4/4 v Premiership opposition in a season, only unbeaten team in either division, not much more they can do, really, except of course stay in the Championship.

Word is championship/premiership gone next year, they looking at just one division it seems.

 

[Dan54]

Hawke's Bay on fire in CheeChee, Enari celebrating his Moana Pasifika contract by tearing the Cantabs several new ones. McClutchie not far behind but geez that try of his was dodgy-as, had to be a knock-on but lucky for him the ref's call was try & the k-o was obscured on replay.

Geez Hawkes Eyes are fun aren't they?