Hurricanes 2025
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@jpnhigdud said in Hurricanes 2025:
Great game by Kini Naholo tonight though, he is joining Japanese league one club Urayasu Drocks for 2025-2026 season.
Nice work.
Just to add some interesting details to this, I just asked one of my contacts about this and he said he had heard the same. The player they had signed was Connor Garden-Bachop(RIP) so they are now looking for someone else to fill that spot. Jonah Lowe was on the cards but they aren’t too keen after his recent knee injury and have moved on to Kini Naholo.
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@Landers92 said in Hurricanes 2025:
@jpnhigdud said in Hurricanes 2025:
Great game by Kini Naholo tonight though, he is joining Japanese league one club Urayasu Drocks for 2025-2026 season.
Nice work.
Just to add some interesting details to this, I just asked one of my contacts about this and he said he had heard the same. The player they had signed was Connor Garden-Bachop(RIP) so they are now looking for someone else to fill that spot. Jonah Lowe was on the cards but they aren’t too keen after his recent knee injury and have moved on to Kini Naholo.
Can confirm Kini off at end of NPC season. Having a chat from someone from the union. He was surprised that I had heard etc. Just said hell you got the good oil there..
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How good is it to see Bailyn Sullivan and Peter Umaga Jensen playing so well! Both on fire both sides of the ball, It's a privilege for the Canes to have such impressive depth in the midfield. Will this great form from PUJ and Sullivan make it difficult for All Black Billy Proctor to return to the form he was in last year? Will Wellington Lions Player of the year 22 year old Riley Higgins be pushed out of the 23, I hope we don't end up losing one of those four quality players with Jordie Barrett returning to the side in 2026.
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The online article is paywalled but here is the intro:
The financial challenges facing the Hurricanes have been laid bare by a $700,000 loss in 2024 and a forecast of a further deficit this year. The losses follow a $1.4 million deficit in 2023 and the Super Rugby club has turned to existing shareholders for an additional $1M in capital as it works through a plan to return to positive financial territory in the 2026 year and beyond.
- Depressed crowd numbers and increased costs stress bottom line.
- The Hurricanes also lost $1.4M in 2023.
- Existing shareholders have until Friday to take up new share offer.
In the full article Cully also talks about the cost of the tenancy at NZCIS and accommodating a large squad including WTG and academy players.
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
The online article is paywalled but here is the intro:
The financial challenges facing the Hurricanes have been laid bare by a $700,000 loss in 2024 and a forecast of a further deficit this year. The losses follow a $1.4 million deficit in 2023 and the Super Rugby club has turned to existing shareholders for an additional $1M in capital as it works through a plan to return to positive financial territory in the 2026 year and beyond.
- Depressed crowd numbers and increased costs stress bottom line.
- The Hurricanes also lost $1.4M in 2023.
- Existing shareholders have until Friday to take up new share offer.
In the full article Cully also talks about the cost of the tenancy at NZCIS and accommodating a large squad including WTG and academy players.
Surely it is time for the most fiscally responsible union in the country, Hawkes Bay, to take over the Canes. Wellington (provincial and franchise) has shown they're not up to running teams from a financial standpoint.
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Nepia They'd have to buy some shares first.
The owners are:
Wellington RFU (50%)
Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU (3.12%)
Richard Mansell, Coastlands CEO (12.5%)
Y11 Sport & Media Group (34.38%)$50 bucks should be enough to buy that lot out.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Nepia They'd have to buy some shares first.
The owners are:
Wellington RFU (50%)
Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU (3.12%)
Richard Mansell, Coastlands CEO (12.5%)
Y11 Sport & Media Group (34.38%)$50 bucks should be enough to buy that lot out.
I think you guys might have spent that already doing lines.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Nepia said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Nepia They'd have to buy some shares first.
The owners are:
Wellington RFU (50%)
Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU (3.12%)
Richard Mansell, Coastlands CEO (12.5%)
Y11 Sport & Media Group (34.38%)$50 bucks should be enough to buy that lot out.
I think you guys might have spent that already doing lines.
No problem, we can afford to fix a broken a long neglected and broken Shield, run a financially responsible rugby union, and pay what ever astronomical price coke costs in Hawkes Bay as well. We got it sorted.
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
The online article is paywalled but here is the intro:
The financial challenges facing the Hurricanes have been laid bare by a $700,000 loss in 2024 and a forecast of a further deficit this year. The losses follow a $1.4 million deficit in 2023 and the Super Rugby club has turned to existing shareholders for an additional $1M in capital as it works through a plan to return to positive financial territory in the 2026 year and beyond.
- Depressed crowd numbers and increased costs stress bottom line.
- The Hurricanes also lost $1.4M in 2023.
- Existing shareholders have until Friday to take up new share offer.
In the full article Cully also talks about the cost of the tenancy at NZCIS and accommodating a large squad including WTG and academy players.
Sounds like a job tailor made for Elon Musk to sort out. First on the chopping block = D. Larsen.
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
@Nepia They'd have to buy some shares first.
The owners are:
Wellington RFU (50%)
Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU (3.12%)
Richard Mansell, Coastlands CEO (12.5%)
Y11 Sport & Media Group (34.38%)Yep following Nepia's rightfully insightful idea, I think the Mighty Nua union should take them over. Already got shares (quite a major shareholder compared to the Bay), and obviously in the centre of Canes area, Levin Domain would have no charges probably to play there, and would be great to see a filled 'stadium!
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
A strong team with some players returning from long-term injuries.
Good to see Higgins back, as well as Sinkinson and Cashmore. Tidy backline that one.
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I'm more interested in seeing how Israel Time, Nui Muriwai and Ietitaia Campbell go as I have never really heard of them although in the back of my mind can recall seeing a guy called Muriwai playing for Thames Valley a few years back. In light of the Hurricanes reported financial struggles would it be possible that they are former Wellington club players now based in Hamilton that have been drafted in to make up the numbers on the bench for this game as a cost saving measure?
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@Bovidae said in Hurricanes 2025:
Muriwai is from the Waikato (played for University) but went down to Wellington last year as an injury replacement for the NPC. He was a regular in the 23, usually backing up Preston.
Nailed it, yeah I wouldn't be surprised if he became a permanent fixture in that Wellington 23 next year. The weather might be fairly average for this game so it might come down to the battle of the forwards.
