NPC 2025
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@SouthernMann said in NPC 2025:
Have posted this in the Landers thread. But here too. Josh Tengblad to play for Auckland in the NPC. Have heard from two sources in Dunedin
IIRC, Tengblad went to Sacred Heart, and was in the Auckland and Blues U20 teams. Is he from Auckland?
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@SouthernMann no Amos roddick is crazy
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There will be some new faces in the Southland Stags coaching box for the 2025 NPC campaign. Co-coach Matt Saunders, who joined the Southland Rugby Union in 2022 as director of rugby, is departing to pursue a new opportunity with Foodstuffs NZ. He is going to be replaced by Toyota Verblitz forwards coach Nathan White, who has been named as a co-coach alongside James Wilson.
White will also take control of the lineout and set piece as 2024 forwards coach Kane Thompson is unable to return due to his role with Manu Samoa. Talented local coach Scott Eade will step up into the role of assistant coach and will take on the reins of defence.
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@MacDazzler Whoops yes indeed!
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Former NZ U20 halfback Riley Williams has signed with Canterbury for the 2025 NPC season..
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@Steven-Harris This irritates me so much. Three seasons in a row we bring in middling players from elsewhere (Thomas, Howling and now Arscott), while we lose young local talent. That's how we lost Sititi. I was hoping because Bates has worked a lot with younger players he would be keener to promote them.
Who will be the squad halfbacks with Funaki and Arscott? Is the young Aussie that trained with the Blues Luke Aiken playing in Auckland? Also I think thie years Blues u20 halfback Joel Russel is around Auckland. Maybe they rate them all ahead of Williams.
Also we still have not heard who Bates' assistants will be? -
@Daffy-Jaffy the new Auckland assistant coach is Pom Simona who is currently an assistant coach to New England head coach Ryan Martin in the MLR, Simona interviewed for an assistant role in Northland but was then lured back to Auckland
Simona played for Ponsonby back in the late 90s early 2000’s
100% on your other coms letting young talent go and bringing outsiders in
Pom orginally was at the Melbourne Rising and the Melbourne Rebels -
@Steven-Harris Pom was a legend and a fantastic player for Ponies. I hope his coaching is as good. I guess as forwards or defense coach. So backs/attack coach still to come?
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@Daffy-Jaffy have’nt heard anything as yet but will hit my contact when we catch up
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@Daffy-Jaffy Sam Howling is from Auckland, so a local.
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@Bovidae I wonder what’s happened to Tyler Laubscher ?
Man I rate this kid but seems to have more injuries than one can imagine -
@Steven-Harris You probably answered your own question (re: injuries). Manawatū Rugby have club team lists on their FB page so maybe Laubscher is back playing.
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