Hurricanes 2018

Crucial

@african-monkey said in Hurricanes 2018:

What's happened to Canes4Life? He was like the Hurricanes version of sammyc.

He advanced to being a Hurricanes version of @ACT-Crusader but crashed and burned under the pressure

pukunui

Don't think he made it across when the forum switched did he?

Higgins

C4L last logged in on Sept 4 last year. That doesn't mean that they do not still read the Fern of course (although probably not), just that they no longer post.

canefan

@african-monkey said in Hurricanes 2018:

What's happened to Canes4Life? He was like the Hurricanes version of sammyc.

Maybe he just got a real life

pukunui

@canefan said in Hurricanes 2018:

@african-monkey said in Hurricanes 2018:

What's happened to Canes4Life? He was like the Hurricanes version of sammyc.

Maybe he just got a real life

You mean reloading the fern 500 times a day to see if there are any new posts by people you have never met and probably wouldn't get on with anyway isn't a "real life"? Maybe I need to get out more.

canefan

@pukunui said in Hurricanes 2018:

@canefan said in Hurricanes 2018:

@african-monkey said in Hurricanes 2018:

What's happened to Canes4Life? He was like the Hurricanes version of sammyc.

Maybe he just got a real life

You mean reloading the fern 500 times a day to see if there are any new posts by people you have never met and probably wouldn't get on with anyway isn't a "real life"? Maybe I need to get out more.

You, me and everyone else here mate!!!

Tim

@pukunui said in Hurricanes 2018:

never met and probably wouldn't get on with anyway

Surely you fluffybunnies can't be any worse in real life.

Bones

Anyone know when tickets usually go on sale for the tin?

Stargazer

@bones Not sure whether this is helpful. Note: posted on 13 October.

Bones

@stargazer nah just looking at the first home game but cheers.

Higgins

Getting close to the time the squad will be made public (in the next five or ten minutes?). Make sure your pencil is sharp and ready to go Starazer, we are all sitting here waiting for you to let us know who is in and who is out, the suspense is killing me!

Stargazer

@higgins I could break embargo ...

Stargazer

@higgins No good news for Renton, unfortunately.

Nepia

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2018:

@higgins No good news for Renton, unfortunately.

Nuts, he's injured for two years and picks up a WTG and then a full contract. Is uninjured for nearly a whole season, plays some good rugby and doesn't get one. Weird.

Higgins

Your speculation?

Higgins

@nepia said in Hurricanes 2018:

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2018:

@higgins No good news for Renton, unfortunately.

Nuts, he's injured for two years and picks up a WTG and then a full contract. Is uninjured for nearly a whole season, plays some good rugby and doesn't get one. Weird.

You could say the same about Geoffrey Cridge.

Stargazer

2018 Hurricanes squad:

PROP
Chris Eves
Alex Fidow
Reg Goodes
Ben May
Toby Smith
Jeffrey To'omaga-Allen

HOOKER
Asafo Aumua
Dane Coles
Ricky Riccitelli

LOCK
James Blackwell (also loose forward)
Murray Douglas
Michael Fatialofa
Sam Lousi
Isaia Walker-Leawere

LOOSE FORWARD
Gareth Evans
Vaea Fifita (also lock)
Sam Henwood
Reed Prinsep
Ardie Savea
Brad Shields
Blade Thomson

HALFBACK
Jamie Booth
Finlay Christie
TJ Perenara

FIRST-FIVE EIGHTH
Beauden Barrett
Jackson Garden-Bachop (also fullback)
TJ Va'a
Ihaia West

MIDFIELDER
Wes Goosen
Ngani Laumape
Jonah Lowe

WING
Vince Aso
Ben Lam
Matt Proctor (also fullback)
Julian Savea

FULLBACK
Jordie Barrett (also midfield)
Nehe Milner-Skudder
Peter Umaga-Jensen

So they signed Evans to replace Gibbins earlier this year, and now they've apparently picked Henwood over Renton? Ridiculous.

Nepia

@stargazer TBF, with Evans, Lowe and Ihaia they've clearly reached their Magpies quota (no May doesn't really count).

Bovidae

Henwood has been good for C-M.

Blackwell has never impressed me but perhaps there is a ginga quota too!

Stargazer

NMS expected back in April; Jordie about week 3.

The Silver Fern

Hurricanes 2018