Hurricanes 2018
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Hurricanes Development team to take on Japan 'A' on Thursday (k/o 5.30pm @ Courtesy Domain, Levin)
15 JJ Taulagi
14 Losi Filipo
13 Sasa Tofilau
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen
11 Mason Emerson
10 Ihaia West
9 Richard Judd
8 Blade Thomson
7 Sam Henwood or Aaron Lahmert
6 Josh Kaifa
5 Liam Mitchell
4 Sam Uluafouna
3 TBC
2 Nathan Vella
1 Fraser ArmstrongReserves
16 Tim Cadwallader
17 Scott Cameron
18 Sean Rankin
19 Ryan Shelford
20 Patrick Allen
21 Brice Henderson
22 Lindsay Horrocks
23 John Ika
24 James Tofa
25 Willie Paia'aua -
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@tim Kaifa, Uluafouna, Tofilau and Taulagi are all players who have moved to Hawke's Bay this year. Only Taulagi has a full Magpies contract; the others hope to earn a spot in the Magpies squad via club rugby.
The starting line-up of that Canes Dev squad looks reasonably good, but that bench ..... quite a few Heartland players.
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Interesting to see Nathan Vella called up. Does that mean he'll play his club rugby up in Wellington or continue to play for New Brighton down in Chch?
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Mercurial is a great word to describe West.
subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
That pretty much summarises why he's had most of his success off the bench rather then starting and directing a team around the paddock.
I agree with @Rapido I think if he does start, he's better off at 15 injecting himself from time to time rather than constantly touching the ball at 10.
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@rapido said in Hurricanes 2018:
Ihaia West is going to have a great career when a team puts him fulltime at fullback.
To play fullback full time he will need to improve his ability under the high ball a hell of a lot. Right now it is a real weakness.
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@cgrant said in Hurricanes 2018:
When is Fidow available ?
According to the article below, he's out for the season. IIRC, I saw on his instagram a few days ago that he has had surgery.
They'll both be desperate to play, along with tighthead prop Alex Fidow. He's done for this Super Rugby season too after snapping a ligament in his big toe. Illness kept Fidow out of the round-one loss to the Bulls, before he scored a try on debut as the Hurricanes beat the Jaguares in Buenos Aires. An eye-socket fracture saw him spend six weeks on the sideline and now he needs surgery on his toe, after getting injured during his club rugby comeback. -
Spencer confirmed as new Hurricanes assistant coach
Former All Black first-five Carlos Spencer has signed on as an assistant coach at the Hurricanes from next season.
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I suppose we will have to wait for the books to come out to find out what went wrong for Boyd, the only Canes coach to win Super rugby.
I guess Carlos wanted to be part of a winning team..... -
@canefan said in Hurricanes 2018:
I suppose we will have to wait for the books to come out to find out what went wrong for Boyd, the only Canes coach to win Super rugby.
I guess Carlos wanted to be part of a winning team.....Didn't Plumtree come along as Boyd's assistant on a hand shake agreement that would see Boyd step aside so Plumtree could take over?
