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    • Crucial
      Crucial last edited by Duluth

      Who can claim the title of 'Bay'?

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      • mariner4life
        mariner4life last edited by

        1. Wayne Ormond
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        • mariner4life
          mariner4life @mariner4life last edited by

          @mariner4life said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

          1. Wayne Ormond

          my apologies. Sir Wayne Ormond

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          • Nepia
            Nepia last edited by

            Colin Bourke at 8. 😉

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            • Donsteppa
              Donsteppa last edited by Donsteppa

              2 Hika Reid

              10 Glen "Try, conversions, penalties, and a drop goal to gloriously take the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland" Jackson

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              • mariner4life
                mariner4life last edited by

                Cashmore
                Do we get Rico Gear?

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                • mariner4life
                  mariner4life last edited by

                  tupai

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                  • mariner4life
                    mariner4life last edited by

                    I'm going to have to dig in to.my memories

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                    • Bovidae
                      Bovidae last edited by Bovidae

                      Claim Steve McDowall first.

                      Gary Braid
                      Frank Shelford

                      Cane or Latimer?
                      Jackson or Delany?

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                      • Donsteppa
                        Donsteppa last edited by Donsteppa

                        Starting to frame something up...

                        1. Steve McDowall
                        2. Hika Reid
                        3. Culum Retallick
                        4. Wayne Ormond
                        5. Sam Cane
                        6. Bourke/Tupai
                        7. Kevin Senio
                        8. Glen Jackson
                        9. Caleb Ralph?
                        10. Adrian Cashmore/Greg Rowlands

                        Reserves:
                        16. Nathan Harris
                        17. Aidan Ross
                        18.
                        19.
                        20. Tanerau Latimer/Gary Braid
                        21. Joe Tauiwi?
                        22. Mike Delany/Andy Miller
                        23. Damon Kaui

                        Here is a handy list for those with 50+ games for us to start working through: https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/uploads/npc/statistics/No_of_games_for_Bay_of_Plenty.pdf
                        Also top try scorers: https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/uploads/npc/statistics/No_of_tries_scored_for_Bay_of_Plenty.pdf

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                        • mariner4life
                          mariner4life last edited by

                          Pior has to go on a wing

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                          • Donsteppa
                            Donsteppa last edited by

                            Perhaps Caleb Ralph and Keith Prior on the wings, Rua Tipoki at centre?

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                            • Toddy
                              Toddy last edited by

                              Did Tipoki get more caps for BOP or NH?

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                              • Bovidae
                                Bovidae last edited by

                                As I mention above Gary Braid would have to be one of the locks.

                                Stats | allblacks.com

                                Eddie Stokes at centre?

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                                • Donsteppa
                                  Donsteppa last edited by Donsteppa

                                  Taking the straw man team further for discussion, changes, and any more obvious misses?

                                  1. Steve McDowall
                                  2. Hika Reid
                                  3. Ben Castle
                                  4. Culum Retallick
                                  5. Gary Braid
                                  6. Wayne Ormond
                                  7. Sam Cane
                                  8. Colin Bourke
                                  9. Kevin Senio
                                  10. Glen Jackson
                                  11. Caleb Ralph
                                  12. Rua Tipoki
                                  13. Eddie Stokes
                                  14. Keith Pryor
                                  15. Adrian Cashmore/Greg Rowlands/Damon Kaui

                                  Reserves:
                                  16. Nathan Harris
                                  17. Aidan Ross
                                  18. Warwick Morehu
                                  19. Bernie Upton/Paul Tupai
                                  20. Tanerau Latimer/Frank Shelford
                                  21. Joe Tauiwi
                                  22. Mike Delany/Andy Miller
                                  23. Adrian Cashmore/Greg Rowlands/Damon Kaui

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                                  • Donsteppa
                                    Donsteppa last edited by

                                    Any thoughts about Damon Kaui v Caleb Ralph for a wing spot?

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                                    • Snowy
                                      Snowy @Donsteppa last edited by

                                      @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                      Any thoughts about Damon Kaui v Caleb Ralph for a wing spot?

                                      I think that you already know the thoughts about Caleb Ralph for a wing spot.

                                      ee429fbf-cc5a-436e-b3c5-c09dad3292aa-image.png

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                                      • booboo
                                        booboo last edited by booboo

                                        Am disappointed Mark Basham didn't get a mention. If only for the hair.

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                                        • Donsteppa
                                          Donsteppa @Snowy last edited by

                                          @Snowy said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                          @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                          Any thoughts about Damon Kaui v Caleb Ralph for a wing spot?

                                          I think that you already know the thoughts about Caleb Ralph for a wing spot.

                                          ee429fbf-cc5a-436e-b3c5-c09dad3292aa-image.png

                                          That was the Christchurch effect later on 😉

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                                          • ACT Crusader
                                            ACT Crusader @booboo last edited by

                                            @booboo said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                            Am disappointed Mark Basham didn't get a mention. If only foe the hair.

                                            And one of the great surnames for a rugby player

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                                            • ACT Crusader
                                              ACT Crusader @Donsteppa last edited by ACT Crusader

                                              @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                              Andy Miller

                                              That’s a name I haven’t heard for a while. He was a decent player and left NZ too early IMO. Could’ve pushed for higher honours.

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                                              • Nepia
                                                Nepia @ACT Crusader last edited by

                                                @ACT-Crusader said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                Andy Miller

                                                That’s a name I haven’t heard for a while. He was a decent player and left NZ too early IMO. Could’ve pushed for higher honours.

                                                Did he play for the Crusaders? I don't think he was ever threatening higher honours but he was a decent 10.

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                                                • Donsteppa
                                                  Donsteppa last edited by

                                                  Miller played ten tests for Japan in the end. Graham Henry apparently was a fan of his All Black chances 🙂

                                                  Andrew Miller (rugby union) - Wikipedia
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                                                  • Nepia
                                                    Nepia @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                    @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                    Miller played ten tests for Japan in the end. Graham Henry apparently was a fan of his All Black chances 🙂

                                                    Andrew Miller (rugby union) - Wikipedia

                                                    Damn you and your facts. I was actually at a BBQ with him in Papamoa a few years back but didn't speak to him as I didn't recognise him and my mate only let me know after we'd left.

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                                                    • ACT Crusader
                                                      ACT Crusader @Nepia last edited by

                                                      @Nepia said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                      @ACT-Crusader said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                      @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                      Andy Miller

                                                      That’s a name I haven’t heard for a while. He was a decent player and left NZ too early IMO. Could’ve pushed for higher honours.

                                                      Did he play for the Crusaders? I don't think he was ever threatening higher honours but he was a decent 10.

                                                      Yeah played for the good guys back in 96.

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                                                      • mariner4life
                                                        mariner4life @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                        @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                        Starting to frame something up...

                                                        1. Steve McDowall
                                                        2. Hika Reid
                                                        3. Morehu (i don't remember which side he played on)
                                                        4. Culum Retallick
                                                        5. Braid
                                                        6. Wayne Ormond
                                                        7. Sam Cane
                                                        8. Bourke/Tupai
                                                        9. Kevin Senio
                                                        10. Glen Jackson
                                                        11. Prior
                                                        12. Caleb Ralph?
                                                        13. Tahana
                                                        14. Adrian Cashmore/Greg Rowlands Damon Kaui

                                                        Reserves:
                                                        16. Nathan Harris
                                                        17. Aidan Ross
                                                        18.
                                                        19.
                                                        20. Tanerau Latimer/Gary Braid
                                                        21. Joe Tauiwi?
                                                        22. Mike Delany/Andy Miller Ron Preston
                                                        23. Damon Kaui

                                                        Here is a handy list for those with 50+ games for us to start working through: https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/uploads/npc/statistics/No_of_games_for_Bay_of_Plenty.pdf
                                                        Also top try scorers: https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/uploads/npc/statistics/No_of_tries_scored_for_Bay_of_Plenty.pdf

                                                        tried to fill in a couple. Battling for a 12?

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                                                        • Donsteppa
                                                          Donsteppa @mariner4life last edited by

                                                          @mariner4life I tried Rua Tipoki slightly out of position in the updated list. Grant McQuiod being the other one who springs to mind?

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                                                          • mariner4life
                                                            mariner4life @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                            @Donsteppa said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                            Grant McQuiod

                                                            no!

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                                                            • Donsteppa
                                                              Donsteppa last edited by

                                                              So now we're at...

                                                              1. Steve McDowall
                                                              2. Hika Reid
                                                              3. Warwick Morehu
                                                              4. Culum Retallick
                                                              5. Gary Braid
                                                              6. Wayne Ormond
                                                              7. Sam Cane
                                                              8. Colin Bourke
                                                              9. Kevin Senio
                                                              10. Glen Jackson
                                                              11. Caleb Ralph
                                                              12. Rua Tipoki
                                                              13. Eddie Stokes
                                                              14. Keith Pryor
                                                              15. Damon Kaui

                                                              Reserves:
                                                              16. Nathan Harris
                                                              17. Aidan Ross
                                                              18. Ben Castle
                                                              19. Paul Tupai/Bernie Upton
                                                              20. Frank Shelford/Tanerau Latimer
                                                              21. Joe Tauiwi
                                                              22. Ron Preston
                                                              23. Greg Rowlands/Adrian Cashmore

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                                                              • mariner4life
                                                                mariner4life @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                                @Donsteppa Can i have Lutui ahead of Harris?

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                                                                • Donsteppa
                                                                  Donsteppa @mariner4life last edited by Donsteppa

                                                                  @mariner4life said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                                  @Donsteppa Can i have Lutui ahead of Harris?

                                                                  I wondered about him as well.... there's the All Black experience of Nathan Harris, vs a charging Aleki Lutui 5m out from the opposition tryline.

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                                                                  • mariner4life
                                                                    mariner4life last edited by

                                                                    the list you had earlier of the most games was a trip down memory lane. I don't remember what position most played, but i remember hearing their names called listening to games on te radio with my dad

                                                                    Fuck, Arthur Stone at 12!!!

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                                                                    • Donsteppa
                                                                      Donsteppa @mariner4life last edited by Donsteppa

                                                                      @mariner4life said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                                      the list you had earlier of the most games was a trip down memory lane. I don't remember what position most played, but i remember hearing their names called listening to games on te radio with my dad

                                                                      Fuck, Arthur Stone at 12!!!

                                                                      Tipoki to the wing, or stick with 13 test Caleb Ralph?

                                                                      Am also wondering about Jamie Nutbrown v Kevin Senio... nodding to Senio because of the All Black cap and combination with Jackson?

                                                                      Was looking up Joe Tauiwi and spotted this in an article about Ralph leaving the Cantab squad against us for Tauiwi's funeral:

                                                                      New Zealand Colts flanker Richard McCaw replaces Johnny Leo'o on the openside, and Canterbury's two Pacific Island wings, Marika Vunibaka and Afato So'oalo, return after injury to replace Ralph and Joe Naufahu.

                                                                      The highly-regarded McCaw will play his second NPC match after making his debut against North Harbour last year.

                                                                      "Richie is a player we think a lot of and he's been working very hard," Hansen said.

                                                                      We must have played that McCaw bloke into contention for the 2001 EOYT.

                                                                      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=212713

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                                                                      • Bovidae
                                                                        Bovidae last edited by

                                                                        As @booboo mentioned this is the dude for halfback.

                                                                        MB.jpg

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                                                                        • Snowy
                                                                          Snowy @mariner4life last edited by

                                                                          @mariner4life said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                                          Fuck, Arthur Stone at 12!!!

                                                                          I told you pricks not to mention him!

                                                                          Just "fuck Arthur Stone" would have done. That intercept damaged me for life. People wonder how serial killers are created. It's intercept tries in a shield match at an impressionable age.

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                                                                          • mariner4life
                                                                            mariner4life @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                                            @Donsteppa my halfbacks would be Tauiwi and Rameka Poihipi based purely on nostalgia

                                                                            I don't really consider Tipoki to be a Bay player.

                                                                            I'm sort of in the same camp with Cashmore. Even though he's a Bay boy (i played cricket with his brother. And Jacko's actually) he is really an Auckland player. Cashmore at least racked up a few games at the end there.

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                                                                            • Bovidae
                                                                              Bovidae last edited by

                                                                              BOP gets first dibs on Cashmore and McDowall ahead of Auckland. If you don't select them Auckland probably will.

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                                                                              • mariner4life
                                                                                mariner4life @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                                @Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                                                BOP gets first dibs on Cashmore and McDowall ahead of Auckland. If you don't select them Auckland probably will.

                                                                                it's like a draft!

                                                                                Done. BOP legend Kaui back to the bench.

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                                                                                • Snowy
                                                                                  Snowy @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                                  @Bovidae said in Ultimate NPC: - BOP:

                                                                                  If you don't select them Auckland probably will.

                                                                                  I'm comfortable having Mils.

                                                                                  In a shameless name drop I did meet Adrian's dad in a pub at the world cup in 2007. Nice guy, and I was a big fan of his son.

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                                                                                  • M
                                                                                    mikey07 last edited by mikey07

                                                                                    Tahana was a solid enough wing, and was in the Chiefs for a few years.

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