Hurricanes 2021

[Canes4life]

@higgins no Ardie yet. Hoping the big three of Ardie, Perenara and Barrett confirm their stay. But all of them leaving can't be ruled out either with the league rumours and the 'Jordie to the Blues' rumour.

A recent article suggested the Canes had signed up 28 players for 2022. With no media release actually citing who those players are.

[Stargazer]

@canes4life They forgot Asafo Aumua, who is signed through to 2023.

[Higgins]

@stargazer IWL conspicuously missing. They must be waiting for the next schoolboy superstar that mysteriously turns up in Wgtn club rugby.

[Canes4life]

@higgins I like what you did there. I'm pretty confident IWL will sign up but who knows.

[Stargazer]

@higgins Yeah, haha, although a lot of players are still missing.

Also, not all signings are published. If they were, especially Chiefs and Highlanders fans should be worried.

[Bovidae]

Aso has it easy for someone signed until next year.

[Canes4life]

@stargazer that's true. I've updated the list above.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae I can imagine him wanting an "out" of his contract, just like Tiatia, to go somewhere else if he manages to score a contract elsewhere (in Japan, for example, or Moana Pasifika).

[Higgins]

@stargazer Hurricanes fans are worried too, but that is because of who is on the list not who isn't! Oh except for JGB of course.

[Canes4life]

@bovidae he may ask for a release. He's too talented to be sitting out every week. He would push for a starting role at any other franchise in world rugby, apart from the Crusaders.

[Canes4life]

@higgins James Blackwell is a god.

[Higgins]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

@higgins James Blackwell is a god.

Sir Pinetree, Richie and Dan are in that category (and Beaver for a very brief period). J Blackwell would rank about choir boy status.

[Canes4life]

@higgins nah I've got Blackwell higher than McCaw and Carter.

[BerhamporeNinja]

@canes4life how good w that be though! JB rumour wouldnt make sense they have full stocks and also RTS

[nostrildamus]

@canes4life higher? Well I guess Blackwell is a whisker or two taller than McCaw.

[nostrildamus]

@canes4life "James Blackwell is a god."

[mikey07]

@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

@higgins James Blackwell is a god.

Sir Pinetree, Richie and Dan are in that category (and Beaver for a very brief period). J Blackwell would rank about choir boy status.

How dare you put Blackwell in the same category as Them mere mortals...

[mikey07]

@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:

@stargazer Hurricanes fans are worried too, but that is because of who is on the list not who isn't! Oh except for JGB of course.

I can see both JGB and Hickey getting new contracts that’s just how stupid these coaches are

[Canes4life]

@mikey07 how can you not? He’s a pure specimen of a man, the most complete lock you would ever see. 😂

[Stargazer]

@canes4life Did you watch the Breakdown, yesterday?