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New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

Matua

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BuffaloRules said:
What ”minor rep games” did Barnett play before this year ? Please don’t tell me you are referring to NSW Residents on his Wiki page which is for NSW Cup players ( reserve grade )? Maybe he played Jersey Flegg as well?Haha

In respect of Metcalf … no one is saying he is a playmaker… you don't have to be when you are playing with Shaun Johnson ( 2023 version) …. doesn’t mean he still can’t be a good contributor in the team…
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Yeah, that's my bad, I read residents and in my head thought City v Country for some reason. Either way, he is quality, not a journeyman.

Metcalf is a half, he's supposed to be a playmaker is he's playing the halves for us. Who cares what happened in 2023.
 
BuffaloRules

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Matua said:
Yeah, that's my bad, I read residents and in my head thought City v Country for some reason. Either way, he is quality, not a journeyman.

Metcalf is a half, he's supposed to be a playmaker is he's playing the halves for us. Who cares what happened in 2023.
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You realise that not every half needs to be a playmaker right ? Particularly when you have got Shaun Johnson in the team ?
 
Matua

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Matiunz said:
Solves the problem of not having a half with a kicking game but fans have been very luke warm on his signing.
Good move for Bunty he tried hard but was never quite able to get to that next level above ‘average’
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Webby getting closer to having his dream team with no props. :)
 
AdelaideSharky

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New Zealand’s most prominent expansion bid will revisit its failed attempt to win an NRL licence in rugby’s traditional South Island stronghold following Sunday’s sold-out trans-Tasman double-header.

Stuff

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Wb1234

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AdelaideSharky said:
Australia’s rugby league powerbrokers are insulting New Zealand with token efforts on expansion; NRL pair snub Christchurch league identities at transtasman test; And three Kiwi sports docos remind of us of the lost “good old days”.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Sports Insider: NRL not serious about second NZ team

OPINION: Australia's rugby league powerbrokers are insulting New Zealand.
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Christchurch capers reveal poor attitude
The seemingly disengaged and diffident demeanour shown by V’landys and Abdo on a fleeting visit to Christchurch last weekend reflected that attitude.
Perhaps we can start with the failure to even reply to an invitation to meet from Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger, who has enthusiastically endorsed expansion bids from the Garden City.
And maybe we can add turning up halfway through the women’s test between the Jillaroos and the Kiwi Ferns and then failing to engage in any meaningful way with guests at the game, including former Kiwis coach Frank Endacott and ex-NRL CEO David Moffett.
Endacott and Moffett are involved in separate bids from Christchurch and, given their service to the game and expansion work to date, could have reasonably been expected to gain some sort of audience with the pair.
It didn’t happen over the two days V’landys and Abdo were in town, although Moffett remains undeterred.
Nor did they bother to inspect Te Kaha, which would be the home of any South Island team.
The duo apparently walked around the outside of it on Monday but that was it. Offers of a tour inside, or to inspect Christchurch’s other high performance facilities were not taken up.
The lack of professionalism from V’landys and Abdo was also evident in the pair meeting one South Island bidder but not others.
The pair were spotted having coffee in the Kiwis team hotel in Christchurch (subtlety fellas!) with a group that included late-to-the-table bidder Andrew Chalmers and his controversial advisor Michael Searle from Australia.
Chalmers, an ex-New Zealand Rugby League president with a chequered history, has resurrected his failed Wellington Orcas expansion bid of almost a decade ago, renaming it the “Southern Orcas”.
That V’landys and Abdo would meet with Chalmers and Searle and not all the bidders lacks professionalism, while leaving some in the league community privately aghast, given the latter pair’s history.
 
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