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
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
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.