Hurricanes 2024
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
I'm liking the vibe Chris Laidlaw brings to the Canes. Hopefully he can bring the best out of the side this year and isn't a major disappointment like Holland. Appointing Brad is the right move IMO, he's our best 6, he's a proven winner and he has the most respect among the group having lead the Canes before.
I like the move not to give Perenara / Kirifi vice captaincy duties because of the obvious fact that Roigard has already surpassed Perenara, and Lakai will likely do the same to Kirifi.
'Everything we want': Veteran Shields named Hurricanes captain for 2024
The former England loose forward returns to the role, after previously leading the team in 2018.
Being involved in Rugby at 80 years of age is pretty damn inspiring I must say.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
A forward must be in charge of the photo editing (eyeliner). The back is actually the tallest!
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@MN5 like Brad Shields I've recently resided back in Eastbourne, so it's good to see a fellow community member taking the reigns.
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The U20s programme outline is below (all times and venues to be confirmed) and starts this week.
10 February – Hawkes Bay Academy v Manawatu Academy – Napier
17 February – Hawkes Bay Academy v Wellington Academy – Palmerston North
24 February – Wellington Academy v Manawatu Academy
1 March – Hurricanes 20s Scenarios v Chiefs 20s – Taupo
9 March – Hurricanes 20s v Crusaders 20s – Blenheim
16-23 March – NZU20s Competition in Taupo -
The power of Pouri. I wonder what the NZ Super Rugby player record is?
Article below:
Watch: All Blacks XV prop stuns fans by squatting 300kg+ in pre-season
Pouri Rakete-Stones has stunned fans on social media by squatting a whopping 302kg.
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Perenara likely available from round 3:
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@Canes4life I must admit I was wondering why no one had posted anything about the team.
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Interesting developments - Wellington considers selling Hurricanes share after mounting losses.
I think it will be a good move - https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350178852/wellington-rugby-considers-selling-hurricanes-share-after-mounting-losses
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@Dan54 just highlights that New Zealand's rugby model isn't working anymore. NPC is pretty much a dev comp these days, NPC doesn't work in big stadia anymore.
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@Canes4life Agreed mate, but we could see that coming really.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Dan54 just highlights that New Zealand's rugby model isn't working anymore. NPC is pretty much a dev comp these days, NPC doesn't work in big stadia anymore.
It's off-topic for this thread, but we need to cut out one tier.
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Not good news for Roigard by the sounds. Has tweaked his bicep and is now going for scans. Why is it always the good players that go down FFS? Even mild bicep tears can take months to recover from. Has our season finished before it's already begun? We won't win shit without him at halfback considering our limitation at 10.
TJ Perenara will play his first match for the Hurricanes since 2022 on Friday, but it's the health of Cam Roigard that was the main talking point on Thursday.
We might be left with Judd and Vijoen to open the season in Australia. LOL.
Also, this quote from Laidlaw is a little worrying - "I would suggest he's probably in the best condition of his career physically... I thought he was one of the players who actually played really well last week"................UMMM Roigard didn't play last week fella.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
Also, this quote from Laidlaw is a little worrying - "I would suggest he's probably in the best condition of his career physically... I thought he was one of the players who actually played really well last week"................UMMM Roigard didn't play last week fella.
Fuck sake, dementia
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D Duluth forked this topic on
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I'm liking Laidlaw's approach to selection. From Brad Shield's interview on the Rugby Pod it sounds like no matter what reputation you have, you need to earn the jersey. This means he's likely to pick those in form which is a huge difference to Holland who picked his favourites even though they underperformed for so long.
Like any team, our hopes this year will linger on how good our 10 plays so it's good to see Laidlaw hasn't made up his mind on who that will be yet. Apparently it's a 3 horse race between Cameron, Love and Morgan atm so Laidlaw clearly sees Godfrey as a fullback (interesting though as he's listed as a 10 on the Canes website). What I'm hoping is that Cameron plays well on Friday and solidifies his rank as our number 1 ten. This will mean we don't need Morgan on the bench because Love can clearly cover 10 aswell from fullback.
More about the 10 battle here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350187273/hurricanes-no-10-battle-set-define-their-season
