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The Hurricanes squad for South Africa and Argentina is: Forwards; Toby Smith, Chris Eves, Ben May, Fraser Armstrong, Alex Fidow, Ricky Riccitelli, James O'Rielly, Sam Lousi, Murray Douglas, Michael Fatialofa, Vaea Fifita, Brad Shields (c), Ardie Savea, Gareth Evans, Blade Thomson; Backs, TJ Perenara, Jamie Booth, Beauden Barrett, Ihaia West, Ngani Laumape, Matt Proctor, Vince Aso, Wes Goosen, Julian Savea, Ben Lam, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Jonah Lowe.Not being up-to-date with reading the latest rugby news, I'm surprised to see Eves in the squad. Apparently, the injury suffered in the game v the Blues wasn't as serious as the dramatic pictures in the media suggested? Btw, the squad looks seriously light in the front row (and I don't mean their weight).
Good to see Lowe in the squad, but surprised to see him referred to as a wing in the Hurricanes announcement. Hope he'll make his SR debut in the next two weeks, but not holding my breath.
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@bones said in Super Rugby News:
@snowy Highlanders. Isn't that part of the country where you are these days? I'll take that beer when I pass through Queenstown and Tekapo.
I wish I lived down there. Too cold for the wife at the moment another year or so it should be gold. I do visit regularly.
Highlanders are a good choice. Low expectation and high reward last few years. I also think they have a great "culture".
So the 'canes - tough to give up the homeland? I know that I am usually taking the piss, but that is a genuine one and I will buy you a beer at some mutually convenient time and place.
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Blues could use an extra loose forward if he wants to stick around a week or two!
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The visitors will be without utility back Tim Nanai-Williams, who looked sharp during the Brisbane Tens, but then injured his shoulder against the Brumbies and is to be assessed this week, as to whether he'll need surgery. Fellow back Sam McNicol (concussion) and props Mitchell Graham (leg) and Sefo Kautai (foot) are the others who won't be considered this weekend.
Meanwhile, Cooper confirmed the Chiefs were keen on pursuing Etene Nanai-Seturo – the 18-year-old New Zealand Sevens rep who had been linked to them during the code-hopping contract row between New Zealand Rugby and the Warriors, which last Friday was eventually put to bed with a release granted from the NRL club.
"Those conversations are happening, that's all I know, I'm afraid. Is he going to join the Chiefs this year – no. Obviously he's a future player, and hopefully that's working for the Chiefs."
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11998236
Should a team lose two props to injury and one more to a yellow or red card, they will then be forced to play with 13 players.
This seems like overkill ...
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Speaking of scrums, has anyone seen a scrum win against the feed now they can feed
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
Speaking of scrums, has anyone seen a scrum win against the feed now they can feed
into the second rowunder their hooker's feet..?I saw a scrum reset because the hooker was so contorted trying to scrum with a leg in the middle that his side could get no power on. The ball got stuck in the second row.
I believe the top refs have tried to emphasise a straight put in if the foot is up.
Does eem crazy to allow foot up.
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plenty of scrums the ball does go down the centre and just sit there as there is no strike as both teams are so even matched they seem to be afraid of striking and losing a bit of power and the scrum
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I'm happy to see two packs at it like that. The pain in their legs. Means when the ball comes out for a phase or two there's more room.
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@tim said in Super Rugby News:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=11998236
Should a team lose two props to injury and one more to a yellow or red card, they will then be forced to play with 13 players.
This seems like overkill ...
This new law would make Dave Rennie bloody angry if he was still a Super coach.
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@no-quarter maybe thats why he left?
Although TBF, wasnt it the accusations of manipulating the uncontested scrums rule that made him bloody angry, not the uncontested scrums?
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Um, super rugby started last weekend! The fuck?
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:
Um, super rugby started last weekend! The fuck?
Its a time zone thing. You live in an area where the timezone varies from hours to years behind the civilised world and sometimes that makes it difficult to keep up.
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:
Um, super rugby started last weekend! The fuck?
Only the second tier competition
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Handy overview of the current state of the NZ Super Rugby squads below (from stuff). Please, let me know whether any players are missing from either squad list or injury list (I'll try to keep track of injuries etc during the season).
Blues
SQUAD
Forwards: Leni Apisai, Matt Moulds, James Parsons, Alex Hodgman, Sione Mafileo, Pauliasi Manu, Isaac Salmon, Mike Tamoaieta, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Josh Goodhue, Scott Scrafton, Patrick Tuipulotu, Jimmy Tupou, Blake Gibson, Akira Ioane, Jerome Kaino, Dalton Papali'i, Glenn Preston, Kara Pryor, Murphy Taramai.
Backs: Sam Nock, Augustine Puli, Jonathan Ruru, Otere Black/Daniel Kirkpatrick, Bryn Gatland, Stephen Perofeta, Matt Johnson, George Moala, Tamati Tua, TJ Faiane, Sonny Bill Williams, Caleb Clarke, Michael Collins, Matt Duffie, Rieko Ioane, Melanie Nanai, Jordan Trainor.
NEW RECRUITS
Leni Apisai, Isaac Salmon, Mike Tamoaieta, Glenn Preston, Otere Black, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Caleb Clarke.
RELEASED
Charlie Faumuina, Sam Prattley, Steven Luatua, Billy Guyton, Ihaia West, Piers Francis, Matt Vaega, Declan O'Donnell.
WHEN DO INJURED PLAYERS RETURN?*
Blake Gibson (shoulder - undetermined), Otere Black (knee - undetermined, may miss entire season), Stephen Perofeta (hand, week 5-6), Dalton Papali'i (hand - week 6), Kara Pryor (ankle, week 3-4), Matt Moulds (knee, ?), TJ Faiane (calf), Jerome Kaino (ankle), Isaac Salmon (elbow), Jimmy Tupou (rib), Sione Mafileo (knee)
*updated list
Chiefs
SQUAD
Forwards: Kane Hames, Mitchell Graham, Aidan Ross, Nepo Laulala, Atu Moli, Sefo Kautai, Nathan Harris, Samisoni Taukei'aho, Liam Polwart, Brodie Retallick, Dominic Bird, Michael Allardice, Fin Hoeata, Taleni Seu, Mitchell Brown, Tyler Ardron, Liam Messam, Luke Jacobson, Sam Cane, Mitchell Karpik, Lachlan Boshier.
Backs: Brad Weber, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Jonathan Taumateine, Damian McKenzie, Tiaan Falcon, Marty McKenzie, Charlie Ngatai, Anton Lienert-Brown, Johnny Fa'auli, Alex Nankivell, Regan Verney, Sam McNicol, Solomon Alaimalo, Tim Nanai-Williams, Toni Pulu, Shaun Stevenson, Levi Aumua.
NEW RECRUITS
Fin Hoeata, Tyler Ardron, Luke Jacobson, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Tiaan Falcon, Marty McKenzie, Regan Verney, Levi Aumua.
RELEASED
Siegfried Fisi'ihoi, Hika Elliot, Brayden Mitchell, Sebastian Siataga, James Tucker, Tom Sanders, Michael Leitch, Finlay Christie, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Aaron Cruden, Stephen Donald, Glen Fisiiahi, James Lowe, Chase Tiatia.
WHEN DO INJURED PLAYERS RETURN?
Mitchell Graham (March), Sefo Kautai (March), Sam McNicol (indefinite), Tim Nanai-Williams (indefinite).
Crusaders
SQUAD
Forwards: Ben Funnell, Andrew Makalio, Codie Taylor, Mike Alaalatoa, Wyatt Crockett, Owen Franks, Oliver Jager, Joe Moody, Tim Perry, Scott Barrett, Mitchell Dunshea, Luke Romano, Quinten Strange, Sam Whitelock, Ethan Blackadder, Billy Harmon, Kieran Read, Tom Sanders, Pete Samu, Jordan Taufua, Matt Todd.
Backs: Mitchell Drummond, Bryn Hall, Jack Stratton, Mike Delany, Mitchell Hunt, Richie Mo'unga, Tim Bateman, Ryan Crotty, Jack Goodhue, Braydon Ennor, George Bridge, Israel Dagg, David Havili, Will Jordan, Jone Macilai, Manasa Mataele, Seta Tamanivalu.
NEW RECRUITS
Ethan Blackadder, Mike Delany, Braydon Ennor, Billy Harmon, Will Jordan, Tom Sanders, Jack Stratton.
RELEASED
Jed Brown, Whetu Douglas, Sione Fifita, Vernon Fredericks, Leon Fukofuka, Digby Ioane, Marty McKenzie, Sean Wainui.
- Heiden Bedwell-Curtis was not included in the original squad but has been called-in to provide cover in the back row, until Kieran Read returns from injury.
WHEN DO INJURED PLAYERS RETURN?
Kieran Read (mid-April), Owen Franks (mid-April), Joe Moody (mid-April), Israel Dagg (mid-April), Tim Perry (late-February), Tom Sanders (April).
Highlanders
SQUAD
Forwards: Luke Whitelock, Liam Squire, Elliot Dixon, Shannon Frizell, Dillon Hunt, James Lentjes, Dan Pryor, Alex Ainley, Tom Franklin, Jackson Hemopo, Josh Dickson, Pari Pari Parkinson, Kalolo Tuiloma, Siate Tokolahi, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Tyrel Lomax, Aki Seiuli, Guy Millar, Ash Dixon (cc), Greg Pleasants-Tate, Liam Coltman.
Backs: Ben Smith (cc), Josh McKay, Tevita Li, Waisake Naholo, Tevita Nabura, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Richard Buckman, Sio Tomkinson, Matt Faddes, Rob Thompson, Tei Walden, Lima Sopoaga, Fletcher Smith, Josh Ioane, Josh Renton, Kayne Hammington, Aaron Smith.
NEW RECRUITS
Josh McKay, Tevita Nabura, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Josh Ioane, Shannon Frizell, Pari Pari Parkinson, Kalolo Tuiloma, Tyrel Lomax
The article should have included Marino Mikaele-Tu'u in this list, who has been signed by the Landers.
RELEASED
Shane Christie, Marty Banks, Siosuia Halanukonuka, Malakai Fekitoa, Craig Millar, Joe Wheeler, Gareth Evans, Hayden Parker, Patrick Osborne, Jason Emery.
- Midfielder Terrence Hepetema was not included in the original squad but is providing injury cover for Thomas Umaga-Jensen.
WHEN DO INJURED PLAYERS RETURN?
James Lentjes (April), Thomas Umaga-Jensen (May), Richard Buckman (neck injury will be reassessed in three weeks)
Hurricanes
SQUAD
Forwards: Gareth Evans, Blade Thomson, Ardie Savea, Sam Henwood, Brad Shields, Reed Prinsep, Vaea Fifita, Sam Lousi, Michael Fatialofa, James Blackwell, Murray Douglas, Jeff To'omaga-Allen, Alex Fidow, Ben May, Chris Eves, Toby Smith, Dane Coles, Asafo Aumua, Ricky Riccitelli, James O'Reilly
Backs: Jordie Barrett, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ben Lam, Wes Goosen, Jonah Lowe, Julian Savea, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Vince Aso, Matt Proctor, Ngani Laumape, Ihaia West, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara, Jamie Booth, Finlay Christie.
NEW RECRUITS
Sam Henwood, Gareth Evans, Ihaia West, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Jamie Booth, Finlay Christie, Alex Fidow, Asafo Aumua, Toby Smith, Murray Douglas, Jonah Lowe.
RELEASED
Cory Jane, Reggie Goodes, Mark Abbott, Callum Gibbins, Loni Uhila, Leni Apisai, Mike Kainga, Toa Halafihi, Hugh Renton, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Kylem O'Donnell, Otere Black.
WHEN DO INJURED PLAYERS RETURN?
Jordie Barrett (week 3), Nehe Milner-Skudder (May), Dane Coles (June).
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@stockcar86 said in Super Rugby News:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby News:
Um, super rugby started last weekend! The fuck?
Only the second tier competition
Aren't Aus teams starting this weekend? The directive from Cameron Clyne, is to target one NZ scalp this season.
