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Posted February 28, 2025 10:22 · last edited March 01, 2025 02:53

Tyler

Moturoa cleaned up the Taranaki Premiership last year. Different standard to the old Fed league but may still be strong?

The thing about Taranaki teams/Taranaki Premiership is that you travel to the games, play, maybe have a beer or two afterwards, and then you're home (add 45 minutes back to NP if you're coming back from Hawera) and it's all done in 3-4 hours.

When teams from here are playing Fed League, or the Eastern/Western Premiership and having to travel to Levin or Fielding then that's a whole day - Must be close to 3 hours each way just driving from those places.

Keep an eye on the matchday squads, there is quite often several changes between home and away fixtures purely because of the travel. It sounds trivial for the level, but it does have an impact - I know a few guys knocking around at that level up here, and a lot of these guys have work, young families and other commitments. Usually younger squads (NPBHS XI) won't have this issue crop up so much, but it's a pretty common occurrence from around these ways given New Plymouths relative isolation to nearby towns/cities.

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Unknown editor edited March 01, 2025 02:53

Tyler

Moturoa cleaned up the Taranaki Premiership last year. Different standard to the old Fed league but may still be strong?

The thing about Taranaki teams/Taranaki Premiership is that you travel to the games, play, maybe have a beer or two afterwards, and then you're home (add 45 minutes back to NP if you're coming back from Hawera) and it's all done in 3-4 hours.

When teams from here are playing Fed League, or the Eastern/Western Premiership and having to travel to Levin or Fielding then that's a whole day - Must be close to 3 hours each way just driving from those places.

Keep an eye on the matchday squads, there is quite often several changes between home and away fixtures purely because of the travel - I know a few guys knocking around at that level up here, and a lot of these guys have work, young families and other commitments. Usually younger squads (NPBHS XI) won't have this issue crop up so much, but it's a pretty common occurrence from around these ways given New Plymouths relative isolation to nearby towns/cities.

Unknown editor edited February 28, 2025 10:24

Tyler

Moturoa cleaned up the Taranaki Premiership last year. Different standard to the old Fed league but may still be strong?

The thing about Taranaki teams/Taranaki Premiership is that you travel to the games, play, maybe have a beer or two afterwards, and then you're home (add 45 minutes back to NP if you're coming back from Hawera) and it's all done in 3-4 hours.

When teams from here are playing Fed League, or the Eastern/Western Premiership and having to travel to Levin or Fielding then that's a whole day - Must be close to 3 hours each way just driving.

Keep an eye on the squads, there is quite often several changes between home and away fixtures purely because of the travel - I know a few of them up here, and a lot of these guys have work, young families and other commitments. It can be a great leveller on the pitch. Usually younger squads (NPBHS XI) won't have this issue crop up so much, but it's a pretty common occurrence from around these ways given New Plymouths relative isolation to nearby towns/cities.