[S30] NZI banter

The NZI is just days away from kicking off again. Find the standings and league tables HERE.

5 teams still to accept their fixtures. I've PMed them.

Cheers!

Thanks sparky - been a bitch of a time with work and home last week or so

No problem Panth! I just need to give you or Bren a weekly Friday poke to update the standings.

Haha yeah true

I usually try to do them Friday AM when I get into work but Bren had usually done it already!

Beating Pantherus brings so much joy.

Strangely, my wife says the same thing :S

thanks pantherman....any chance you can delete the previous Thursday fixtures that are sitting in my friendly tab? ...i assume they are no longer required.

Done, looks like you've only got 14 left now.

oh cheers

3 teams still to accept their games therefore they should be defaulted imo this round:
Naki Boys (last online 22 Oct)
Wellington Hawks (last online 1st Nov)
Levin Vipers (last online 29 Oct)

Two of them are in my tier, hope they log in soon.

About the trophies, what are their status? I was thinking of announcing a trophy making competition on the BR global forum, with a seasons worth of premium for the one who can make them for us.

The trophy status is, when one of us can get some brain cells fully operational we'll figure something out.

I hope there is an achieve of last season's standings somewhere

We can recycle trophies from previous NZI versions. We just save them to our PC then re-upload them and give them a new award name.

Prem = Championship Winner
Champ = Premiership Winner (yes these are the "right" way around...there was some strange naming done by someone in the past)
Vaikona cup = Championship 3rd Place
Kember shield = Championship Shield Winner
Cottier shield = Premiership Shield Winner
Gair shield = Emerging Clubs Shield Winner
Molia bowl = Championship Bowl Winner
Heartland =  Emerging Clubs 2nd Place  
Emerging = Emerging Clubs 3rd Place

Ideas if we get a trophy maker:
Prem = golden kiwi
Champ = silver kiwi
Vaikona = gold cup
Kember = gold shield
Cottier = silver shield
Gair = bronze shield
Molia = bronze bowl
Heartland = sheep
Emerging = baby kiwi

ivelostmysparky wrote:Champ = Premiership Winner (yes these are the "right" way around...there was some strange naming done by someone in the past)

*cough*
Awkward

Forgot to set lineup. Early fixture today too

Oh shit

Hoping for my first win over Piss Artists tonight (first time we've played since Season 19 though - 6 players are still on my team from that game -- only one survives from the Season 16 game).

Stars are tight but I'd give myself a slim advantage.

Down half a star in Scrum & Maul
Up half a star in Handling
Up one star in Lineout & Stamina

Brent

I won my opening round 46-23, 6 tries to 3, while being down considerably in CSR and with stars against me across the board. Good performance!

Nice! Great win!

Thank you! Good win for you too!

Check out the stats in my game. 40 minutes in opposition 22

ivelostmysparky wrote:Ideas if we get a trophy maker:
Prem = golden kiwi
Champ = silver kiwi
Vaikona = gold cup
Kember = gold shield
Cottier = silver shield
Gair = bronze shield
Molia = bronze bowl
Heartland = sheep
Emerging = baby kiwi

Great list!

I'm thinking the Vaikona Cup should be either silver or bronze, to mark a difference to the kiwis and that the sheep could be silver or bronze too, while the baby kiwi could be bronze.

What do you think?

ivelostmysparky wrote:Check out the stats in my game. 40 minutes in opposition 22

Wow! You certainly made your opponents work hard. 106 tackles made plus 67 missed!

Time after time the Katipos manage to win my praises. So apart from you guys measuring your dicks to see who's got the biggest one , an impressive performance, donkeysaint.

Cecil Ambler doing a good job again. He seems to fit nicely everywhere in the backline... You will need to test him at 10 in one meaningless match... it may sound like a joke but I really mean it