Auckland 9's Discussion

[fletch]

wow a lot more teams making a mockery of the tournament, remember when it was first announced there were all these rules over the requirements over certain number of players from the top 25 squad and 1 of the top 5 highest earners.

I have seen a few teams that certainly haven't named a top 5 player.

the tournament will die if this keeps happening

[theGman]

He played fullback for parra u20s for most of last season. Very quick but a bit on the small side, a young ben barber is who he reminds me of. he seems a little small though, he'll need to bulk up a bit before he plays first grade, but he's only about 19 i think, he has plenty of time.

Cheers pal i'll keep an eye on him now. Depending on how he develops maybe Parra might groom him to replace Gordon @ fullback

[theGman]

Looks like brenton Lawrence is stay put then?

June 30 deadline perhaps???

[eddie]

the tournament will die if this keeps happening

All good.

[John Corey]

Does anyone know if Fox are showing the 9s tournament at all? Live?

[fletch]

Does anyone know if Fox are showing the 9s tournament at all? Live?

yep show the entire two days live

coverage starts at 10am Saturday morning, with our game kicking off the tournament against the vermin at 10:35am

its on foxsports 1

10am-6pm saturday
8:30am-6pm sunday.

[John Corey]

yep show the entire two days live

coverage starts at 10am Saturday morning, with our game kicking off the tournament against the vermin at 10:35am

its on foxsports 1

10am-6pm saturday
8:30am-6pm sunday.

Cheers Fletch. Great news.

I think that young Manly flyer is gonna kill them all. Would love to see him as our No1

[Moose]

yep show the entire two days live

coverage starts at 10am Saturday morning, with our game kicking off the tournament against the vermin at 10:35am

its on foxsports 1

10am-6pm saturday
8:30am-6pm sunday.

coverage definitely starts at 10 but according to the draw the first game is at 12:30, any idea whats going on there?

[fletch]

coverage definitely starts at 10 but according to the draw the first game is at 12:30, any idea whats going on there?

12:30 is NZ time, our first game is 10:30am AEDST

[Moose]

12:30 is NZ time, our first game is 10:30am AEDST

cheers for that

[cookies]

It's a much needed distraction & some footy if nothing else, although expect the commentators to regularly mention junior, napa & probably even skd for non-football related matters......

[2026]

Nothing's Mickey Mouse when we vs the Vermin.

I even hate losing the toss of the coin to those grubs.

[fletch]

Nothing's Mickey Mouse when we vs the Vermin.

I even hate losing the toss of the coin to those grubs.

agree, it will be the best of our youngsters vs the best of the young vermin.

both teams currently in a standoff to see which team is going to be the last team to name their 9's squad, apparently we are actually going to name ours some time today, before the Pearce incident it was going to be named last week.

[2026]

agree, it will be the best of our youngsters vs the best of the young vermin.

both teams currently in a standoff to see which team is going to be the last team to name their 9's squad, apparently we are actually going to name ours some time today, before the Pearce incident it was going to be named last week.

I don't think i'd risk SOH or Niko seeing Pearce's future is in limbo.

Is 10.35am too early for a beer?

[fletch]

I don't think i'd risk SOH or Niko seeing Pearce's future is in limbo.

Is 10.35am too early for a beer?

depends if you want to make it till the end of the day upright or not.

I think the original plan was to give Nikorima a run but who knows yet what the fallout from Pearcegate is yet.