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NZ NPC Round 7
(lemmy.nz)
Table:
| Pos. | Team | P | W | B | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 | Tasman | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 |
| 3 | BoP | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Hawke's Bay | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Waikato | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Taranaki | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Canterbury | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Counties-Manukau | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | North Harbour | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | Southland | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | Otago | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 12 | Auckland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | Northland | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Manawatū | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Fixtures:
20/09
- Hawke's Bay v Taranaki
21/09
- Northland v North Harbour
- Canterbury v Counties-Manukau
- Wellington v BoP
22/09
- Waikato v Tasman
- Auckland v Southland
- Manawatū v Otago
25/09
- Taranaki v North Harbour
Predictions:
- Hawke's Bay 3+ (going with my heart on this one bc after last weekend, the head says its going to be a struggle)
- North Harbour 14+
- Canterbury 10+
- Wellington 4+
- Tasman 10+
- Auckland 10+
- Otago 5+
- Taranaki 10+
Notes: Including this weekend there are 3 rounds left until the quarter-finals, the current top 4 should make the top 8 though all of them would be hoping for at least 1 win from the next 3 matches. Especially with Tasman & Taranaki having a game in hand, the former should be eyeing up top of the table.
Of course, they're a very good team, and clearly well resourced given the talent they have signed up so anything outside of top 4 would have been a fail. I'd say the top 7 are probably going to make the playoffs and its really just about whether North Harbour or Counties-Manukau squeek in last place.