Hurricanes 2023
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The article is about the Hurricanes' first five-eighths, particularly Morgan and Godfrey, but I only copied this, because the Hurricanes give so few injury updates:
With Brett Cameron set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury in their crazy 45-42 win over the Force last weekend ...
Although no timeframe has been given on when Cameron might return, he was seen sporting a robust looking knee brace on Thursday, and Holland said the injury was “serious”.
And this is from another article about Manawatū:
When referee Paul Williams blew an instant halt to play on the 72nd minute of the Hurricanes match last Sunday, it was Manawatū's luck that it would be one of their own.
Sure enough, the Turbos' prime playmaker Brett Cameron had gone down with the medial collateral ligament in his left knee torn.
The good news, no surgery required, rehabilitation lasting eight to 12 weeks and he hopes he'll be running again in four weeks.
The bad news for Cameron, who was in fine fettle, was his Hurricanes season over as their first-choice first five-eighths.Canes coach Alfie Holland, formerly of Ōroua and Manawatū, saw his old province right by playing Cameron, Brayden Iose, Jamie Booth and TK Howden, the latter starting after someone dropped Devan Flanders at lineout practice.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hurricanes who played club rugby, this weekend:
Wellington
Riley Higgins (13, Petone)
Pasilio Tosi (3, Paremata-Plimmerton)Manawatū
Tyler Laubscher (Varsity; already posted earlier, he suffered another serious injury)Interesting to see Riley playing at 13 a lot lately, he did so for the Hurricanes in the pre season aswell. Maybe they’ve requested him to get comfortable at both centre positions in preparation for his role at the Canes moving forward.
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Hurricanes prop Xavier Numia signs on until 2025.
He’s been very good this year at scrum time and is developing nicely. Hopefully he keeps improving.
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1.93 Howden playing at lock. Hope Gibbes isn't behind this. He's too short for a lock and should focus on 6.
I'm surprised Lakai and Higgins have both not had more game time for the Canes. I would prefer Lakai to Iosi. And Higgins to a returning from a long term injury PUJ.
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Some good news for a Friday morning. Ruben Love commits to the Canes for the next two seasons.
Hopefully he can get back on the park soon, he's the sort of player that will take the Canes up a notch.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hurricanes playing club rugby on Sat 6 May 2023:
Wellington
Pasilio Tosi (3, Paremata-Plimmerton)
Riley Higgins (12, Petone)
Peter Lakai (8, Petone)Taranaki
Kini Naholo (Clifton)?Kini is starting for the Hurricanes in Fiji.
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@Canes4life Hmmm, that line-up on the Taranaki website was awfully long, so maybe they just listed all players that are registered with the club!
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hurricanes playing club rugby on Sat 6 May 2023:
Wellington
Pasilio Tosi (3, Paremata-Plimmerton)
Riley Higgins (12, Petone)
Peter Lakai (8, Petone)Taranaki
Kini Naholo (Clifton)?Is Riley starting at 12 next week. With PUJ at 13. Proctor in the reserves just in case. And unsure why Lakai is on the outer now but hope he gets another run at 8 next week. He started at 7 the first week. Had a few more games at 8 and 7. Some he was very good then dropped with Iosi preferred. Strange decision by Gibbes and co
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
Hurricanes playing club rugby on Sat 6 May 2023:
Wellington
Pasilio Tosi (3, Paremata-Plimmerton)
Riley Higgins (12, Petone)
Peter Lakai (8, Petone)Taranaki
Kini Naholo (Clifton)?Is Riley starting at 12 next week. With PUJ at 13. Proctor in the reserves just in case. And unsure why Lakai is on the outer now but hope he gets another run at 8 next week. He started at 7 the first week. Had a few more games at 8 and 7. Some he was very good then dropped with Iosi preferred. Strange decision by Gibbes and co
Iose has been performing strongly, no need to rush Lakai but I expect him to feature next week against MP.
Hopefully we get to see more minutes from players like Lakai, Sullivan, Higgins, Godfrey and PUJ next week.
This full stream game of Petone vs Poneke last week shows how classy Lakai and Higgins are. Godfrey was also hanging around the Petone team.
Both Higgins and Lakai are obviously going to be big parts of the Canes in the future but there is no need to rush them when we've already got quality/more senior players playing well in those positions.
If you want to take a look, here are the timings of when Higgins and Lakai make key contributions in that fixture:
19mins 54 sec: Higgins sets up a try
25mins 55 secs: Lakai goes in for his first try
53mins 50 secs: Lakai goes in for his second
105mins 33 secs: Higgins scores his first -
Ruben Love will return to training this week after an ongoing groin injury has kept him from playing so far this year.
Things are looking up for the young fella.
I think due to how shit Morgan is and how inexperienced Godfrey is, it might be best to throw Love the 10 jersey through the latter stages of this campaign. Moorby is also starting to fire at 15 so he deserves to stay there unless they move him to replace our average wingers.
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@Canes4life When Love comes back, they'll drop Godfrey instead of Morgan. That shouldn't happen, but at least Godfrey will then probably be off to the NZ U20s so he'll get the chance to shine in black (hopefully).
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life When Love comes back, they'll drop Godfrey instead of Morgan. That shouldn't happen, but at least Godfrey will then probably be off to the NZ U20s so he'll get the chance to shine in black (hopefully).
I’m not sure if they will as Godfrey is more versatile. I’m hoping Godfrey gets a chance against MP and can get above Morgan in the pecking order by playing well, before Love comes back.
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@Canes4life I would think Moorby to wing will be a good thing. As you say we have a few average wingers, and it has amused me reading some in forums saying that Naholo should be on field, I think he is the most average of them.
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Canes need to rest their 4 ABs. Do they risk them all except Aumua (unless Coles back) next week after MP improved performance. Then we have at least 4 tough games. It could be 6 but unlikely
I would but the other option is to make sure this game is won and throw say the chiefs away game. Or Blues then be at full strength for the last home game and the finals
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2023:
Canes need to rest their 4 ABs. Do they risk them all except Aumua (unless Coles back) next week after MP improved performance. Then we have at least 4 tough games. It could be 6 but unlikely
I would but the other option is to make sure this game is won and throw say the chiefs away game. Or Blues then be at full strength for the last home game and the finals
Aside from Aumua our ABs have been arse. Time to give others a crack
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@Canes4life Totally agree if anything might wake them up and realise how shot their actually playing.
