Hurricanes 2020

[Duluth]

@Canes4life He still has a contract with the Blues.

[Canes4life]

@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.

[KiwiMurph]

@Canes4life I think they see Perofeta as their starting fullback.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life Perofeta is hardly a proven SR player, esp at 10. Why would they offer another rookie a "juicy contract"?

[Canes4life]

@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.

[KiwiMurph]

@Canes4life Take Otere.

[Canes4life]

@KiwiMurph I think Otere suits the Canes more than the Blues so wouldn't be against it.

[canefan]

Lima is homesick and eating up all that angst with a lot of pies. Get him home and onto the stairmaster pronto

[Bovidae]

It depends if the Canes want a ready-made starter with some experience or another 1st 5 to compete with Smith and Garden-Bachop for that position. I'm sure there are a few of the latter off-contract.

[Winger]

@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)

[Winger]

@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.

[Nepia]

Why would you completely shut the door on Cruden or Sopoaga ... that’s some short sighted thinking by the Canes CEO.

[Stargazer]

@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.

[Nepia]

@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.

[Stargazer]

@Nepia Maybe he is drawing a line through them both because he already knows they're not available for some reason?

[Machpants]

Does anyone know the rules on SR squad sizes? Like X full time players, Y wider training. Along with the squad salary cap?

[Number 10]

@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.

[Canes4life]

So there is a suggestion on the Chiefs 2020 thread that we have signed Counties halfback Jonathan Taumateine for next year.

[mikey07]

@Canes4life Why?

[Stargazer]

@mikey07 See here: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/357833