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Wellington Lions set to Roar

…and if I had a cent five cents ten cents for every time that pun has been used…

Any­way, the Wel­ling­ton Lions are indeed headed North this week­end to take on Waikato (who, like Hadyn in his Drop­kick­’s guise, does­n’t have an ‘offi­cial’ nick­name) in the final of the NPC Cup. There they’ll be con­fron­ted by a very in-form team, a sta­di­um full of fant­ic­al cow­bell ringing Waikato sup­port­ers, and their own cap­ab­il­ity to implode in spec­tac­u­lar fash­ion.

Wel­ling­ton haven’t won the NPC tour­na­ment since 2000, and Waikato four­teen years back in 1992 (the only time they’ve won it, in fact). Omin­ously though, it had been fouteen years since Wel­ling­ton won their last trophy, and in this year’s round-robin play, Waikato were con­vin­cing win­ners over the Lions.

So, whadda we think? Are Wel­ling­ton up for it? Will the fast and flashy Lions turn up? Or the bum­bling and clue­less Wel­ling­ton team that occa­sion­ally takes their place?