Air New Zealand Cup 2009

[ripper868]

I would pay good money for this result to come in.

I'm transferring the funds to Waikato rugby as we speak.

 

[Somerset]

Ripper, week one scores were:
Tasman 9-21 Taranaki (though Tasman led at halftime)
Bay of Plenty 19-14 Northland (though Northland led at halftime)
Wellington 23-19 Otago (though Otago led at halftime)
Hawkes Bay 47-13 Auckland
North Harbour 22-19 Canterbury (though Canterbury led at halftime)
Southland 16-6 Waikato
Manawatu 36-31 Counties Manukau (though Counties Manukau led at halftime)

 

[ripper868]

Ripper, week one scores were:
Tasman 9-21 Taranaki (though Tasman led at halftime)
Bay of Plenty 19-14 Northland (though Northland led at halftime)
Wellington 23-19 Otago (though Otago led at halftime)
Hawkes Bay 47-13 Auckland
North Harbour 22-19 Canterbury (though Canterbury led at halftime)
Southland 16-6 Waikato
Manawatu 36-31 Counties Manukau (though Counties Manukau led at halftime)

Thanks mate, as promised.
Now if it's not too much to ask could you also do a full stats breakdown for both sides players alphabetically by height?

Cheer again mate.

 

[Somerset]

Thanks mate, as promised.
Now if it's not too much to ask could you also do a full stats breakdown for both sides players alphabetically by height?

Cheer again mate.

Should be in the mail by Friday.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Northland vs Taranaki
North Harbour vs Tasman
Otago vs Southland
Auckland vs Canterbury
Hawke's Bay vs Wellington
Waikato vs Manuwatu
Counties-Manukau vs Bay of Plenty

 

[BoyBrumby]

Northland
North Harbour
Southland
Waikato
Wellington
Canterbury
Bay of Plenty

 

[Somerset]

Taranaki
North Harbour
Otago
Canterbury
Hawke's Bay
Waikato
Bay of Plenty

 

[Somerset]

Knew I should've picked Northland with Ripia out for Taranaki, but their strong finish last week and Waldrom's inclusion on the bench swayed me towards picking the Naki. Decent Northland contingent in the North Harbour crowd - and I'm sure the 10 busloads of supporters from Whangarei inspired the Taniwha tonight. TBH I still think Taranaki played the better rugby after Northland dominated the first 10 minutes, but Munro was excellent in punishing Taranaki for infringing and then setting up and scoring their two tries. Hes not everyones favourite player but he deserves the chance to showcase his talent and I'm glad Northland have had enough faith to give him that opportunity.

 

[Somerset]

Deciding to watch North Harbour and Tasman instead of the Southern battle this evening - average first half but an excellent Tasman effort in the second spell saw them take out a deserved win. McAlister and Wulf came on just after halftime but neither saw much of the ball and spent most of their time on the field defending their own goal line. But ironic that Harbour can defend so well and knock over Canterbury one week yet lose to Tasman the next.

 

[Somerset]

Week Two Points:
BoyBrumby 6
Voltman 5
Samuel_Vimes 4
HeathDavisSpeed 3
Somerset 3
Ripper868 2

Standings after Week Two:
BoyBrumby 11
Voltman 11
Samuel_Vimes 9
Somerset 8
HeathDavisSpeed 7
Ripper868 5

Brumby takes out week two to join Voltman at the top of the standings. An average week for a few of us though, 3/7 not a great return for myself or Heath, nor Ripper's 2/7.

Week Three Matches:
Otago vs North Harbour
Southland vs Manawatu
Canterbury vs Waikato
Northland vs Auckland
Taranaki vs Hawkes Bay
Bay of Plenty vs Wellington
Tasman vs Counties Manukau

 

[Smudge]

Otago vs North Harbour
Southland vs Manawatu
Canterbury vs Waikato
Northland vs Auckland
Taranaki vs Hawkes Bay
Bay of Plenty vs Wellington
Tasman vs Counties Manukau

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Had an absolute shocker of a week. Dear oh dear.

Otago vs North Harbour
Southland vs Manawatu
Canterbury vs Waikato
Northland vs Auckland Go the Taniwha!
Taranaki vs Hawkes Bay
Bay of Plenty vs Wellington
Tasman vs Counties Manukau

 

[Somerset]

Had an absolute shocker of a week. Dear oh dear.

When Auckland were coming back in the second half against Canterbury it almost looked like we were going to be 1/6 going into the last match of the round...I'm a bit behind on my mates list of the Telecom Virtual Rugby site too, so theres some catching up to do!

Otago
Southland
Canterbury
Auckland
Hawkes Bay
Wellington
Tasman

 

[Smudge]

Currently 82nd overall on Virtual Rugby with a score of 79...

 

[Somerset]

Currently 82nd overall on Virtual Rugby with a score of 79...

Thats very well done. My 50 points and position of 28,380 doesn't compare so favourably...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Currently running 33rd/5174 on SuperBru's tipping, while we're blowing our own trumpets.

 

[Smudge]

Pffft. There's about 50,000-60,000 contenders in Virtual Rugby.

 

[ripper868]

Otago vs North Harbour
Southland vs Manawatu
Canterbury vs Waikato
Northland vs Auckland
Taranaki vs Hawkes Bay
Bay of Plenty vs Wellington
Tasman vs Counties Manukau

Not expecting much this week either...perhaps i should be backing againt the team i would initially have picked...if anything I provide an incentive for all to get tips in on time, as your chances of getting a decent score a negligible.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

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

 

[BoyBrumby]

Otago
Southland
Canterbury
Northland
Hawkes Bay
Wellington
Tasman