Farah Palmer Cup 2022
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This is a pretty cool story. It's unfortunate for the Tui that she was only available for the first two games and now has to move on, but it's awesome that she got this opportunity to play here in NZ, including two FPC games (and that the Tui got to learn from her).
Spanish captain Bimba lives rugby dream with Tui
Spanish rugby captain Laura Delgado Dueñas has followed her dream to play in the Farah Palmer Cup - the hammer thrower turned professional prop turning out for the Hawkes Bay Tui
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Impact from the BF selection to teams this week. Thanks to @Stargazer for the list in the BF thread. As you'd expect Waikato and Canterbury lose quite a few so squad depth will be tested. BOP lose two hookers (although both have also played at 8 this year ) and a Prop so their recent scrum dominance could go. Auckland lose their captain and Wellington their best scoring option.
Good luck picking winners this week!Auckland
Lock
Maiakawanakaulani Roos
Loose Forward
Tafito Lafaele
Charmaine McMenamin
Inside Back
Sylvia Brunt
Ruahei Demant
Theresa Fitzpatrick (Sevens)BOP
Hooker
Luka Connor
Natalie Delamere
Prop
Santo Taumata
Loose Forward
Kendra ReynoldsCanterbury
Hooker
Georgia Ponsonby
Prop
Pip Love
Amy Rule
Lock
Chelsea Bremner
Loose Forward
Alana Bremner
Halfback
Kendra Cocksedge
Inside Back
Amy du Plessis
Outside Back
Grace SteinmetzCounties Manukau
Halfback
Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu
Inside Back
Hazel Tubic
Outside Back
Ruby TuiManawatu
Loose Forward
Kaipo Olsen-BakerNorthland
Prop
Krystal Murray
Outside Back
Tyla Nathan-Wong (Sevens)Otago
Inside Back
Victoria Subritzky-NafataliWaikato
Prop
Tanya Kalounivale
Awhina Tangen-Wainohu
Loose Forward
Kennedy Simon
Halfback
Ariana Bayler
Inside Back
Chelsea Semple
Outside Back
Renee HolmesWellington
Lock
Joanah Ngan Woo
Outside Back
Ayesha Leti-I'iga -
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@Stargazer said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Crucial I assume you mean Canterbury, not Wellington? Aren't players still available for this weekend's games? The tests are on 20 and 27 August.
Yep, fixed. Thanks for spotting.
Didn't Smith say that BFs would be available to teams for the first 3 weeks? If only the last two of RR that would be better. Might be some teams crossing their fingers that depth will get them to the semis.
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https://www.allblacks.com/news/farah-palmer-cup-round-four-team-lists-2/
That weekly round preview with the teams that then becomes live scoring and stats is a great idea. Just wish they would get the setup right, Second week in a row that they have screwed up the opta inputs and duplicated one game at the expense of another.
There's no way to contact them to get it fixed either. NZR avoid all contact with the public like the plague -
@Crucial said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
There's no way to contact them to get it fixed either. NZR avoid all contact with the public like the plague
I have a few times managed to get them to correct things by tweeting them about mistakes! They didn't reply, but fixed the mistakes.
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Waikato win by 7 but BOP got zero kicks over. Desperately need a goal kicker for the extras.
This game was a very good example of how the breakdown should be reffed IMO. Resulted in a lot of penalties but if they were free kicks in the mens game all would have been good. Players expected to stay on feet on get clear. No one allowed to go past the ball without a bind and drive. Low tolerance for clear release. -
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@Bovidae said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
I missed the start of the game so didn't know why Semple wasn't playing. At the presentations after the match she had her quad strapped but seemed to be walking OK. Quite a re-arranged Waikato backline in the end.
Both teams used their bench early and swapped players around. My guess is that with the BFs heading to camp soon they needed to go deeper into the squads and a lot of the players hadn’t had much game time yet.
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Kick off delayed for Tasman's Bunnings Warehouse NPC and FPC matches
Due to disrupted travel, the kick off for Bunnings Warehouse NPC, Round 1 match between Tasman and Southland today (Sunday 7 August) has been delayed, now kicking off tonight at 6.35PM at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim. Gates open at 5.15PM with tickets available to purchase here.
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See in the photos posted that Hiriini, Woodman, Brazier & Fluhler are all training despite not being named in the squad. Thinking this might mean that Fitzpatrick & Nathan-Wong who were named might be playing this Aussie series and not the 7s RWC? Others will go back to 7s after this week but still a chance for RWC squad.
