Hurricanes 2019 Discussion
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Who is the young kid behind Judd? (on the right)
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The Canes have extended the contracts of Asafo Aumua and Salesi Rayasi until the end of the 2021 SR season.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Who is the young kid behind Judd? (on the right)
Can't be 100% sure but it does look like a young guy by the name of Callum Harkin who has been playing at the Wellington Football Club for the last couple of seasons. People may recall watching him play at first five (but also equally adept at halfback) for the Wellington team at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament in Taupo this year. Originally out of St. Pats Silverstream and has also spent time at the Ulster Academy in Northern Ireland. Could this be the latest ploy in Wellington's attempts to keep hot shot HB players out in the cold?
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And from another thread proctor's last season https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/news/saints-sign-new-zealand-centre-matt-proctor
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This is probably why they signed his bro for so long. I'm hoping J Barrett and B Proctor become the Canes centre pairing before the year is out.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
This is probably why they signed his bro for so long. I'm hoping J Barrett and B Proctor become the Canes centre pairing before the year is out.
Have you written off the All Black Ngani Laumape already?
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@Higgins Laumape is a punishing footballer but if the Canes are serious about winning another title again then they need a playmaking option outside Beauden. According to Razor Robinson, J Barrett was the best age grade player hr had ever seen and that was him playing at 12 not 15. I think Laumape is a superb player but I think Jordie at 12 can take the Canes to another level.
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@Higgins said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Who is the young kid behind Judd? (on the right)
Can't be 100% sure but it does look like a young guy by the name of Callum Harkin who has been playing at the Wellington Football Club for the last couple of seasons. People may recall watching him play at first five (but also equally adept at halfback) for the Wellington team at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament in Taupo this year. Originally out of St. Pats Silverstream and has also spent time at the Ulster Academy in Northern Ireland. Could this be the latest ploy in Wellington's attempts to keep hot shot HB players out in the cold?
That must be the case. McClutchie was one of the revelations of the 2018 M10 Cup season. They simply don't have a good excuse for not asking him to join them for preseason, if they let that Welly lad train with them. But hey, they also signed JGB and not Falcon, last year.
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@Stargazer surely they won't let someone like McLutchie slip through their fingers. He is already better than Garden Bachop and with B Barrett most likely taking a sabatical in 2020 means we need all the play making ability we can get. Like Mo'unga for the Crusaders, McLutchie looks to have that natural playmaking instinct of putting others into space with ease.
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There might be other considerations behind it though. Almost certainly Harkin will not be being paid (think he might be heading to University?) hence might be participating as an amateur and not costing the Hurricanes organization anything whilst he picks up skills and experience that might be useful to them (or one of their major shareholder - Wellington RFU) at some time in the future. McLutchie on the other hand might be working full time and unable (or not prepared to) to give up that income.
Hurricanes extend contracts with exciting young players
