2011 National Provincial Championship (ITM Cup)

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Tasman v Auckland
Counties Manukau v North Harbour
Otago v Manawatu

 

[BoyBrumby]

Tasman v Auckland
Counties Manukau v North Harbour
Otago v Manawatu

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Tasman
Counties-Manukau
Otago

 

[Somerset]

Auckland
Counties
Otago (first match at the new stadium)

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Otago (first match at the new stadium)

Nah. North Otago played West Coast there last weekend. Pretty good turnout for it too. About 7-8,000 people by the looks.

 

[Somerset]

Ah, wasn't aware of that - thats a very reasonable turnout. Anyway, Otago won't be playing there for a while yet, the match against Manawatu tomorrow has been postponed for a fortnight.

 

[Hurricane]

Wellington v Southland

Southland by 10

Canterbury v Taranaki

Canterbury by 8

Auckland v Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty by 12

North Harbour v Northland
Northland by 8

Manawatu v Waikato
Waikato by 8

Tasman v Otago
Tasman by 8

Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau
Hawke's Bay by 8

 

[Hurricane]

Found this round tough to pick I think there will be a lot of changes on the leaderboard after this week.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Wellington v Southland
Canterbury v Taranaki
Auckland v Bay of Plenty
North Harbour v Northland
Manawatu v Waikato
Tasman v Otago
Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Wellington v Southland
Canterbury v Taranaki
Auckland v Bay of Plenty
North Harbour v Northland
Manawatu v Waikato
Tasman v Otago
Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Wellington v Southland
Canterbury v Taranaki
Auckland v Bay of Plenty
North Harbour v Northland
Manawatu v Waikato
Tasman v Otago
Hawke's Bay v Counties Manukau[/QUOTE]

 

[Somerset]

Wellington
Canterbury
Auckland
North Harbour
Waikato
Otago
Hawke's Bay

 

[Hurricane]

Wellington
Canterbury
Auckland
North Harbour
Waikato
Otago
Hawke's Bay

Good call to you and Vimes on Wellington - they have been a difficult team to tip all year one week world beaters the next losing to Manawatu.

 

[Somerset]

A lot of teams have been like that actually, Auckland included (I mean, losing to Tasman??). I'd love to claim I had some theory behind tipping Wellington to ebat Southland after their upset loss to the Turbos but I'd be lying if I said I did.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

A lot of teams have been like that actually, Auckland included (I mean, losing to Tasman??). I'd love to claim I had some theory behind tipping Wellington to ebat Southland after their upset loss to the Turbos but I'd be lying if I said I did.

And I haven't watched a game of union since last year, so not much theory from here either

 

[Hurricane]

Waikato v Wellington

You picked
Waikato by 8

Bay of Plenty v Canterbury
Canterbury by 10

Northland v Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay by 7

Southland v Taranaki

You picked
Southland by 7

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Went to the King Country game up in Taupo yesterday. Disappointing performance.

Then on the way back to Wellington, I stopped in at FMG and watched Manawatu vs. Waikato. Well worth the admission money that one. Cruden played a blinder. But the amount of missed tackles from both sides was criminal.

 

[Hurricane]

Cruden will do well next season. Go cheifs.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Waikato v Wellington
Bay of Plenty v Canterbury
Northland v Hawke's Bay
Southland v Taranaki

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Waikato v Wellington
Bay of Plenty v Canterbury
Northland v Hawke's Bay
Southland v Taranaki