Hurricanes 2019 Discussion
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@canes4life i'm pretty sure that Mikaele Tu'u signed with the Highlanders but Ben Nichilas looks a good prospect.
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@daffy-jaffy Yep, Mikaele-Tu'u is signed for 2019.
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@daffy-jaffy Yeah I think you are right actually. They need to share the love with some of their loosies - Frizzell, Mikaele Tu'u, E Dixon, Squire, Whitelock.
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@stargazer From the signed list above and if Rayasi's signing is true, the Canes have room for seven more players on their roster.
You would probably say 2 more locks, 3 more props, 1 centre, 1 first five.
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@canes4life So you guys get Rayasi, Whetton and maybe Renata who was with them for alot of last season, and we get Leni Apasai - sounds fair!
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@daffy-jaffy Renata is far too old for a Super contract. I wouldn't be suprised if they locked in Lincoln McClutchie as he is the future.
But yeah, Apisai is very average and I feel your pain.
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
@daffy-jaffy Renata is far too old for a Super contract. I wouldn't be suprised if they locked in Lincoln McClutchie as he is the future.
But yeah, Apisai is very average and I feel your pain.
He means Marcel Renata the prop not Trent Renata the 10/15
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@kiwimurph Oh right, apologies. Yeah he looked fairly promising last year.
By the way, are they related?
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From this article it looks like Rayasi hasn't decided what his next move will be so could still wind up anywhere. http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=2997
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Mentioned on the Chiefs thread that Fletcher Smith has signed for the Canes. Pretty happy with that to be honest. Jackson Garden Bachop is probably the one that gets the boot with James Marshall also coming in.
JGB is signed untill the end of 2019 though so we could end up carrying four first fives which is probably pointless. I would rather them have BB, Smith and Marshall, with someone like McClutchie signed up for development.
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@canes4life Yep, agree with that. It's telling that JGB wasn't called up for the Maori ABs anymore and they went for Josh Ioane instead. It will be interesting to see if they keep TJ Va'a. He's always injured. It would be much better to give his spot to McClutchie.
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Fletcher smith, Richard judd and Salesi Rayasi should’ve been snapped up by the chiefs how useless
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@yeahtheboys Rayasi is a Wellington boy so I can understand that.
Compare the Canes props to that of the Chiefs!
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No Jack Whetton as rumored. May mean he is at the Highlanders.
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I would have had Flanders over most of those loose forwards. Heigen Bedwell Curtis is a huge suprise.
It think we could really struggle at Prop and Loose forward.
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@bovidae said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Rayasi is a Wellington boy so I can understand that
Yeah, I suspect he'll leave the Auckland NPC side too
No Renata or Whetton - those were the other Aucklanders rumoured to be heading to the Canes
