Hurricanes 2020
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The Hurricanes have ruled out a Wellington return for former All Blacks Aaron Cruden or Lima Sopoaga, as they search far and wide to find a replacement for Blues-bound Beauden Barrett. With Barrett's new NZR contract seeing him trade Wellington for Auckland heading into the 2020 season, the Hurricanes are without a senior first-five on their roster. At the moment, youngster Fletcher Smith and journeyman Jackson Garden-Bachop are the only two specialist number 10s on the Hurricanes books, however CEO Avan Lee was happy to draw a line through the names of overseas Kiwi players to step in. Speaking to the NZ Herald, Lee ruled out moves for former Hurricanes Cruden (now with French side Montpellier), Sopoaga (England's Wasps) or Hayden Parker (Sunwolves). -
Good to confirm things but we don't sound much closer to snaffling an experienced 10
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@Paekakboyz Sounds like slim pickings then. I'd rather they go after someone like Perofeta. He could flourish under the guidance of Spencer - similar type of player IMO.
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@Canes4life He still has a contract with the Blues.
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@Duluth We've already seen contracts broken. The Blues have finally got their man, surely they wouldn't stop Perofeta leaving if he was offered a juicy contract from the Canes.
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@Canes4life I think they see Perofeta as their starting fullback.
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@Canes4life Perofeta is hardly a proven SR player, esp at 10. Why would they offer another rookie a "juicy contract"?
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@Stargazer juicy enough as in he would want to leave.
The Canes don’t have many choices. Might aswell steal one back from the Blues.
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@Canes4life Take Otere.
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@KiwiMurph I think Otere suits the Canes more than the Blues so wouldn't be against it.
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@Canes4life Plumtree loves Lam so unlikely to drop him. even though his defense is poor at times.
So maybe Barrett at 13 and Goosen at FB (VG the few times he has started) -
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Higgins oh yes I forgot about Leaupepe. No fixation mate, I'm one of those that were actually against him being one of our locks because of his height and I still do. I just think that's most likely the team Plumtree will look to in the bigger games. To be fair to Blackwell his workload last year was impressive.
Hes ordinary (Blackwell). surely they can find someone better.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Nepia You're making assumptions. Sopoaga is still under contract in 2020. And maybe Cruden doesn't want to come back? Who knows? I assume they have more facts than we have.
I'm not making assumptions on whether they would/wont come back, I'm just commenting on the CEO saying he's happy to draw a line through them both.
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@Machpants The 2016-2018 Employment Collective specified contracting budget of $4.65 million per team, with 32 full contracted players - maximum retainer $195,000, minimum $75,000. An additional six players can be contracted (previously called WTG) who assemble fulltime and with retainers of $50,000.
