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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?