Table:

Pos. Team P W B PTS
1 BoP 3 3 3 15
2 Hawke’s Bay 2 2 2 10
3 Wellington 2 2 2 10
4 Tasman 2 2 1 9
5 Taranaki 2 1 2 6
6 Northland 2 1 1 5
7 Canterbury 2 1 1 5
8 Waikato 2 1 1 5
9 Southland 2 1 0 4
10 Otago 2 1 0 4
11 North Harbour 2 0 2 2
12 Counties-Manukau 3 0 2 2
13 Auckland 2 0 1 1
14 Manawatū 2 0 0 0

Fixtures:

Friday 23/08:

  • Hawke’s Bay v Northland (Ranfurly Shield Challenge)

Saturday 24/08:

  • Counties-Manukau v Tasman
  • Auckland v Canterbury
  • Southland v Taranaki

Sunday 25/08:

  • Otago v BoP
  • Wellington v Manawatū
  • North Harbour v Waikato

Wednesday 28/08:

  • Canterbury v Hawke’s Bay

My Predictions:

  • Hawkes-Bay 6+ (I’m on call this week so won’t be at McLean Park :( )
  • Tasman 18+
  • Auckland 6-
  • Taranaki 6+
  • BoP 6+
  • Wellington 27+
  • North Harbour 6+
  • Canterbury 10-
  • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m guessing there might be some away wins this week. Counties-Manukau have been really struggling and Tasman are stacked with Super Rugby players so shouldn’t fail.

    BoP beat Waikato away in a local Derby in the first round, and are a solid team, so they might squeek past Otago down in Dunedin, and Taranaki as defending champs should be able to beat Southland - though the latter is much improved this season over years past.

    Canterbury & Hawke’s Bay are in their storm weeks this round, the latter has upset Canterbury in season’s past but with only a few days rest, and away from home it would be a huge result if they pull it off.