NPC Div 1 - Final rounds
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@SammyC If you guys lose to Counties which I'm sure you will for good measure.
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@mimic Lol even if we do go through we're only gonna lose to Canterbury anyway. Having said that it was a much better effort tonight. Scrum was much better this week, unfortunately we didn't have a clue on how to stop the rolling maul which was all Taranaki really had.
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At present the three way tie rule is in effect.
I think from points earned against each other the order is Ta$man, CM, AuclandSo I make it currently
Cant 40 (CM to play) - 1st and will stay first
Taranaki 37 - 2nd and will stay second
Ta$man 29 - Southland to play
CM 29 (Cant to play) - 4th but can end up 3rd if they pick up more than Ta$man
Auck 29 - gone -
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OK so in the unlike event of Ta$man, CM, Waikato and Auckland all finishing on 29 the order (table points scored against the other three teams) is
Ta$man (13)
CM (11)
Waikato (7)
Auck (4)The CM v Canterbury game is not quite a dead rubber but with both team likely to face each other ( Ta$man have the easier last game), how much do they show in this one?
My guess is that whoever gets out to a lead early will take the game as the other team then brings in the reserves for game time..
CM will probably keep Manu, Elliot and Tony Pulu on to help with match fitness though.
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After all of that I hadn't factored in the close loss BP for Auckland, they are actually on 30 so all my reckoning was a waste of time
It now stands
Cant 40 (CM to play) - 1st and will stay first
Taranaki 37 - 2nd and will stay second
Auck 30 - 3rd but need either of CM or Ta$man to collect 0 points in their final games
Ta$man 29 - Southland to play
CM 29 (Cant to play) - 5th but can end up 3rd if they pick up more than Ta$manAuckland lose in any tie break so they are out if CM and Ta$man pick up a minimum of 1 pt each.
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So Waikato's win over Welly (fuck they have been far worse than they should be, almost as bad as Auckland) have taken them into provisional fourth place waiting on the Ta$man v Southland game and Auckland are gone burger
Ta$man only need one point to get into the semis and five points to go to third place.
Not sure who they would prefer to play out of Naki and Canterbury but they may get to make a choice during the game.
I think CM would prefer Naki
If Ta$man get through I can see any of the semi finalists making the finals which is good from a competition viewpoint.
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Pretty sure Ta$man would prefer the Naki, since we beat them in round robin, but got thumped by Canterbury. They just starved us of the ball and we'd need Pari Pari Parkinson to be a lineout revelation to stop that happening again. Unfortunately, home advantage seems to be pretty important in this competition.
Are you sure Ta$man actually goes through if there's a three way tie? If we tie with either Waikato or Auckland we go through because we've beaten both, but in a three way tie the first tiebreaker I saw earlier was points difference - which would be Auckland - which would be ludicrous (they don't go through if tied with either Waikato or Ta$man, but do if tied with both), but not beyond the realms of possibility.
Surely we can beat Southland!
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