Hurricanes 2023
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Comes across very well.
Is he just allocated to Petone during super rugby but still available for Hawkes Bay. Or available for Wellington now?
We need another option to Morgan
But regardless I hope to see more of him on the field this WE. He seems like an exciting prospect. And 4 to cover 1st 5 where 1 is mainly a FB is a good place to be. Esp with the injuries year after year at the Canes.
Morgan is OK but inconsistent. Cameron I've yet to see play yet. Love has the most potential but struggles with his option taking. We need someone who can get close at least to Barretts or Crudens level. Not another Gopperth
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2023:
Comes across very well.
Is he just allocated to Petone during super rugby but still available for Hawkes Bay. Or available for Wellington now?
We need another option to Morgan
But regardless I hope to see more of him on the field this WE. He seems like an exciting prospect. And 4 to cover 1st 5 where 1 is mainly a FB is a good place to be. Esp with the injuries year after year at the Canes.
Morgan is OK but inconsistent. Cameron I've yet to see play yet. Love has the most potential but struggles with his option taking. We need someone who can get close at least to Barretts or Crudens level. Not another Gopperth
I think he’s still contracted to Hawkes Bay but has played for Petone during club season last year (the reason I can’t quite remember).
I think we need to be a little more patient on the Morgan front, he’s still so young and far from the finished product.
Love hasn’t even been playing 10 so I think we need to rule him out of that position going forward unless injuries mount up. His position is clearly fullback especially now Barrett has moved to 12.
Godfrey is a bright talent aswell but at 19 is also nowhere near the finished product. It’s great we have options, I just hope when the time comes to lock down a long term 10, we choose the right guy.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Godfrey is a bright talent aswell but at 19 is also nowhere near the finished product. It’s great we have options, I just hope when the time comes to lock down a long term 10, we choose the right guy.
It's hard to find and attract the right guy though. But if Godfrey is the goods (or could be) they must hold onto him (like they did Higgins and Lakai). That comes back to having the right management team and esp a great head coach. Winning helps too.
I know what you're saying about Morgan and sometimes I write players off too quickly. But right now at best I feel he will only ever be an adequate super rugby player. He lacks the basics that Barrett had. One being very fast. Another being consistent. My issue with rugby I was great one week and shit the next. Depending on how I woke up feeling.
Morgan though will be a great back up to a potential AB starting first 5. Thats what the Canes need to find. Another Barrett or Cruden. Or Sopoaga
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Hurricanes Hunters side named to play the Crusaders dev.
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@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Winger that calibre of player is hard to get though unless you get a young gun from your region who becomes your starter, like Barrett and Cruden until he left.
At least these young guys have promise. Rather them than a proven dud in JGB.
JGB had some great games esp for Wellington But too many poor or average ones. For example he was great in last yrs NPC v Auckland. But poorish in the final. Morgan replaced JGB but was worse. Both are inconsistent (as Morgan also had some good games before he lost his starting position).
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@Canes4life So Bird is fit to play and available for selection
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life So Bird is fit to play and available for selection
He's too tall for Holland obviously.
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@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hopefully Sangster is back soon. Him and IWL would be my starting 2. Won't happen though with Blackwell there.
Dislocated thumbs take about 6 weeks. So I don't think we'll see Sangster back until about round 6/7
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hopefully, the senior squad has a better game, tonight.
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Tevita Mafileo suspended for 3 weeks
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has accepted a guilty plea from Tevita Mafileo of
the Hurricanes for contravening Law 9.20: Dangerous play in a ruck or maul, after he was Red
Carded during a Super Rugby Pacific Match at the Weekend.
Mafileo has been suspended from all forms of the game for 3 weeks up to and including 25
March 2023.
The incident occurred in the 43rd minute of the match between the Rebels and Hurricanes at
AAMI Park in Melbourne on 3 March 2023.
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee of Michael Heron KC (Chair), John Langford and
Stefan Terblanche assessed the case.
In his finding, Foul Play Review Committee Chairman Michael Heron KC ruled the following:
"Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles
and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative,
Aaron Lloyd, the Foul Play Review Committee upheld the Red Card under Law 9.20."
"With respect to sanction the Foul Play Review Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a
mid-range entry point of 6 weeks due to the World Rugby instructions that dictate "any act of foul
play which results in contact with the head and/or the neck shall result in at least a mid-range
sanction". However, taking into account mitigating factors including the Player's clean judicial
record and pleading guilty at the first available opportunity, the Foul Play Review Committee
reduced the suspension to 3 weeks."
"Additionally, due to this incident being the Player's first offence, the FPRC have deemed Tevita
Mafileo eligible to apply for World Rugby's Head Contact Process – Coaching Intervention.”
"The player is therefore suspended for 3 weeks, up to and including the 25th March 2023.”And from the article below:
The suspension will see Mafileo miss the next three Hurricanes fixtures, against the Blues, Waratahs and Moana Pasifika.
He will be free to return for the round six clash against the Force in Palmerston North on April 2. -
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Tevita Mafileo suspended for 3 weeks
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has accepted a guilty plea from Tevita Mafileo of
the Hurricanes for contravening Law 9.20: Dangerous play in a ruck or maul, after he was Red
Carded during a Super Rugby Pacific Match at the Weekend.
Mafileo has been suspended from all forms of the game for 3 weeks up to and including 25
March 2023.
The incident occurred in the 43rd minute of the match between the Rebels and Hurricanes at
AAMI Park in Melbourne on 3 March 2023.
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee of Michael Heron KC (Chair), John Langford and
Stefan Terblanche assessed the case.
In his finding, Foul Play Review Committee Chairman Michael Heron KC ruled the following:
"Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles
and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative,
Aaron Lloyd, the Foul Play Review Committee upheld the Red Card under Law 9.20."
"With respect to sanction the Foul Play Review Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a
mid-range entry point of 6 weeks due to the World Rugby instructions that dictate "any act of foul
play which results in contact with the head and/or the neck shall result in at least a mid-range
sanction". However, taking into account mitigating factors including the Player's clean judicial
record and pleading guilty at the first available opportunity, the Foul Play Review Committee
reduced the suspension to 3 weeks."
"Additionally, due to this incident being the Player's first offence, the FPRC have deemed Tevita
Mafileo eligible to apply for World Rugby's Head Contact Process – Coaching Intervention.”
"The player is therefore suspended for 3 weeks, up to and including the 25th March 2023.”And from the article below:
The suspension will see Mafileo miss the next three Hurricanes fixtures, against the Blues, Waratahs and Moana Pasifika.
He will be free to return for the round six clash against the Force in Palmerston North on April 2.Can’t really argue with that.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Tevita Mafileo suspended for 3 weeks
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee has accepted a guilty plea from Tevita Mafileo of
the Hurricanes for contravening Law 9.20: Dangerous play in a ruck or maul, after he was Red
Carded during a Super Rugby Pacific Match at the Weekend.
Mafileo has been suspended from all forms of the game for 3 weeks up to and including 25
March 2023.
The incident occurred in the 43rd minute of the match between the Rebels and Hurricanes at
AAMI Park in Melbourne on 3 March 2023.
The SANZAAR Foul Play Review Committee of Michael Heron KC (Chair), John Langford and
Stefan Terblanche assessed the case.
In his finding, Foul Play Review Committee Chairman Michael Heron KC ruled the following:
"Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles
and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative,
Aaron Lloyd, the Foul Play Review Committee upheld the Red Card under Law 9.20."
"With respect to sanction the Foul Play Review Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a
mid-range entry point of 6 weeks due to the World Rugby instructions that dictate "any act of foul
play which results in contact with the head and/or the neck shall result in at least a mid-range
sanction". However, taking into account mitigating factors including the Player's clean judicial
record and pleading guilty at the first available opportunity, the Foul Play Review Committee
reduced the suspension to 3 weeks."
"Additionally, due to this incident being the Player's first offence, the FPRC have deemed Tevita
Mafileo eligible to apply for World Rugby's Head Contact Process – Coaching Intervention.”
"The player is therefore suspended for 3 weeks, up to and including the 25th March 2023.”And from the article below:
The suspension will see Mafileo miss the next three Hurricanes fixtures, against the Blues, Waratahs and Moana Pasifika.
He will be free to return for the round six clash against the Force in Palmerston North on April 2.Can’t really argue with that.
Hopefully P RS is fit and ready to play. Otherwise we are into our reserves. Unless Tosi can play LH.
Hopefully we keep Ardie (surprised this hasn't been decided yet as well)
edit who would be our backup LH. (Could Sheck play LH)
