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    #345

    Sweet so the Canes should have a really decent top 23 and then not much depth under that. Bloody hope we can keep players fit next year.

    If we sign Delany and Sangster then this is my 23 now. Even though I think Mafileo should start at loose-head I have him as the reserve tight-head to fit both Numia and Rakete-Stones into the 23, plus Mafileo is also a decent loose-head aswell.

    1. Numia
    2. Aumua
    3. Lomax
    4. Sangster
    5. Walker-Leawere
    6. Delany
    7. Kirifi
    8. Flanders
    9. Roigard
    10. Cameron
    11. Naholo
    12. Barrett
    13. Proctor
    14. Sullivan
    15. Love
    16. O’Reilly
    17. Rakete-Stones
    18. Mafileo
    19. Howden (Delany to cover lock)
    20. Lakai
    21. Perenara
    22. Godfrey (covers 10/15)
    23. Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
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    @Canes4life

    Looks a lot better than OK side. In fact, if Laidlaw is any good, a top quality head forwards coach is or has been signed (assume they have found someone but can't announce yet) and not too many injuries, then this side could do (much) better than last year

    Other options are

    Shields at6
    Delany at lock
    Sangster or maybe Taula at 19
    Barrett covers first
    Moorby at 22 or starting on the wing

    Sullivan either starting or at 22

    Or Moorby on the wing

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    @Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:

    Sweet so the Canes should have a really decent top 23 and then not much depth under that. Bloody hope we can keep players fit next year.

    If we sign Delany and Sangster then this is my 23 now. Even though I think Mafileo should start at tight-head I have him as the reserve loose-head to fit both Numia and Rakete-Stones into the 23, plus Mafileo is also a decent loose-head aswell.

    1. Numia
    2. Aumua
    3. Lomax
    4. Sangster
    5. Walker-Leawere
    6. Delany
    7. Kirifi
    8. Flanders
    9. Roigard
    10. Cameron
    11. Naholo
    12. Barrett
    13. Proctor
    14. Sullivan
    15. Love
    16. O’Reilly
    17. Rakete-Stones
    18. Mafileo
    19. Howden (Delany to cover lock)
    20. Lakai
    21. Perenara
    22. Godfrey (covers 10/15)
    23. Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)

    Mafileo over Lomax?

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    @Canes4life take Lomax , Barrett, and possibly Roigard out of the mix it's gonna b along season , loose forwards very average as are locks , backs maybe but won't mix it with the big boys

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    foobaNZ
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    @george33 take your 3 best players out and it'll be a long season? Well, yea. Thanks for that observation.

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    @foobaNZ lol if any team did this it would be a long season. Classic @george33 comment.

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    @frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.

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    @george33 our depth in the loose fowards is up there with the best. Who is average from the below? Locks is by far our biggest weakness.

    Flanders
    Kirifi
    Lakai
    Delany
    Shields
    Howden

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    @Winger our best side (if selected) can match it with anyone IMO. The test will be when some of those guys are rested or are injured. I feel like this is the case with most teams now though. There doesn’t seem to be the strong underbelly of depth anymore. Which is why a team like the Crusaders are having to sign the likes of Leigh Half-Penny and Ryan Crotty for example.

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    @Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:

    @frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.

    You said start Mafileo at tighthead?

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    @frugby sorry meant loose-head. Fixed above.

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    george33
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    @Canes4life well all of them really,good luck hurricanes

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    #358

    Lol @george33 the man that offers nothing valuable to any thread. Jog on.

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    Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.

    Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.

    Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.

    Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).

    Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.

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    #360

    This was in an ODT article:

    Levi Aumua (Moana Pasifika to Crusaders) and Billy Proctor (Hurricanes to Rebels) would have been welcome additions had they not chosen alternative destinations
    

    Is that correct about Proctor? I thought he re-signed?

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    Matt to the Rebels isn't it?

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    @Bovidae ahh that’s right. Bad typo from the ODT

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    Mr Fish
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    @Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:

    Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.

    Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.

    Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.

    Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).

    Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.

    Think you've nailed it, with Tosi over Franks.

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    mikey07
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    Franks is currently with Toulouse according to his Instagram account so doubt it’s him.

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