North vs. South

MN5

"Mate vs Mate.....State vs State........FARKIN ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRJINNNNNNNN YOU CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNTTTTTTTS"

Doesn't really work even with the most feral kiwi accent does it ?

ACT Crusader

Of those in the current squad

South

J. Moody
O. Franks
B. Retallick
S. Whitelock
L. Squire
M. Todd
E. Dixon
D. McKenzie
R. Crotty
A. Lienart-Brown
B. Smith

North

O. Tuungafasi
D. Coles
C. Faumuina
P. Tuipoluto
J. Kaino
S. Cane
K. Read
A. Smith
B. Barrett
J. Savea
M. Fekitoa
G. Moala
W. Naholo
I. Dagg

MN5

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs. South:

Of those in the current squad

South

J. Moody

O. Franks

B. Retallick

S. Whitelock

L. Squire

M. Todd

E. Dixon

D. McKenzie

R. Crotty

A. Lienart-Brown

B. Smith

North

O. Tuungafasi

D. Coles

C. Faumuina

P. Tuipoluto

J. Kaino

S. Cane

K. Read

A. Smith

B. Barrett

J. Savea

M. Fekitoa

G. Moala

W. Naholo

I. Dagg

Looks like an extremely exciting, but ultimately fucken pointless, game.

Not unlike however many years Origin has been around really ( minus the excitement for much of that )

KiwiMurph

@ACT-Crusader Didn't Liam Squire go to Palmerston North Boys?

ACT Crusader

@KiwiMurph I was claiming his Nelson Marist allegiance

mimic

@KiwiMurph said in North vs. South:

@ACT-Crusader Didn't Liam Squire go to Palmerston North Boys?

Sam Whitelock is from up North as well. Fielding HS iirc.. I remember making a team last year.

mariner4life

@ACT-Crusader said in North vs. South:

@KiwiMurph I was claiming his Nelson Marist

typical crusader poaching

ACT Crusader

@mariner4life I've even re-poached Sam Whitelock....

mariner4life

@ACT-Crusader pooooaaaach!

"are you England? Are you England? Are you England in disguise?"

Bones

@Bovidae You can doubt all you like, it still happens. What about those that go to more than one high school too?

taniwharugby

@Bones make it where you started your form 3 year, oh wait, thats year 9??? Doesnt matter if you only went for 2 weeks and got kicked out, thats your school of Origin!

mimic

@Bones said in North vs. South:

@Bovidae You can doubt all you like, it still happens. What about those that go to more than one high school too?

1st high school in NZ. If they didn't attend school in NZ, then they aren't eligible.

Bones

@mimic said in North vs. South:

@Bones said in North vs. South:

@Bovidae You can doubt all you like, it still happens. What about those that go to more than one high school too?

1st high school in NZ. If they didn't attend school in NZ, then they aren't eligible.

No offence mate but that sounds pretty silly. If anything it should be last high school, not first.

Edit: Or just club you first made a 1st class side from...

mimic

@Bones said in North vs. South:

@mimic said in North vs. South:

@Bones said in North vs. South:

@Bovidae You can doubt all you like, it still happens. What about those that go to more than one high school too?

1st high school in NZ. If they didn't attend school in NZ, then they aren't eligible.

No offence mate but that sounds pretty silly. If anything it should be last high school, not first.

Edit: Or just club you first made a 1st class side from...

It's not silly at all. So many people play for a school, and then move to another school in their final year (and sometimes repeat 7th form) to make the first XV. It happens a lot in Auckland, which why there's a stand down period when you change schools.

Not a fan of clubs, cos they usually poach from the North Island schools anyway.

Bones

@mimic Agree to disagree.

MN5

Arguing eligibility rules in a contest that doesn't, and never will, exist.

Gotta say the fern is heaps more fun when the ABs are playing poorly. Wish I made more of an effort in late 2007.

Bovidae

@Bones I'm not saying it doesn't happen but it's much less likely a player moves from say Whangarei to Christchurch for school education than the same player moves once they leave school as they are given a university scholarship. If a player goes to schools in both the NI and SI they get to choose which team to represent, as many SOO players can do with their club affiliation.

If this game was played the only interest would be if teammates played against eachother (mate against mate). Otherwise the teams are just an extension of the Super teams.

Bones

@Bovidae said in North vs. South:

@Bones I'm not saying it doesn't happen but it's much less likely a player moves from say Whangarei to Christchurch for school education than the same player moves once they leave school as they are given a university scholarship. If a player goes to schools in both the NI and SI they get to choose which team to represent, as many SOO players can do with their club affiliation.

If this game was played the only interest would be if teammates played against eachother (mate against mate). Otherwise the teams are just an extension of the Super teams.

Yeah that sounds fairer with them able to choose.

Can't say I agree at all on the Super teams extension though - did you look at the teams named earlier in the thread? There's a lot of players playing in the opposite island of their province.

Smudge

@MN5 said in North vs. South:

. Wish I made more of an effort in late 2007.

I think you made the right call at the time.

ACT Crusader

I've got a better idea that people would be more likely to tune into. Gather 50 of the top NZ players, ABs included. Select two captains, have all players stand out on the field and the two captains just start selecting the other 22 players for their team like schoolyard footy.

The four players not selected run the touch duties and water

The Silver Fern

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