Hurricanes 2021

[Higgins]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

That signing is pretty funny considering I've used Dominic Bird as a joke on more than one occasion.

I'm thinking Dominic will take the place of Liam Mitchell.

I'ts also going to be hilarious when Blackwell and Dominic partner up in the line-out.

Note: he's also signed for the Wellington lions.

Faced a challenge to unseat any of Messrs Cridge, Parsons, Evans (B), or IWL for a spot in his home province squad! Maybe they are all holding contracts for 2021 which sort of shuts out any others coming in?

[Bovidae]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

I'm thinking Dominic will take the place of Liam Mitchell.

Le'aupepe needs to be replaced too.

The Canes having two 2 m+ locks. Who would have thought...

[Nepia]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

That signing is pretty funny considering I've used Dominic Bird as a joke on more than one occasion.

I'm thinking Dominic will take the place of Liam Mitchell.

I'ts also going to be hilarious when Blackwell and Dominic partner up in the line-out.

Note: he's also signed for the Wellington lions.

You didn't need to add that, it goes without saying.

[Nepia]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

@toddy massive improvement on what we have currently. Hope we don't lose IWL because of it though, wish it was at the expense of Blackwell.

He's actually had a few starts this year so I expect you wont lose him.

Will be hilarious next year when Blackwell keeps starting over one of Bird or IWL.

[Higgins]

@nepia Are you conceding that Scrafton will be a certainty in the other locking jersey?

[Nepia]

@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:

@nepia Are you conceding that Scrafton will be a certainty in the other locking jersey?

Nah, I was actually just meaning Blackwell is the certainty and one of Bird and IWL to get the other spot.

[Stargazer]

@nepia That was what I was thinking; still a pity he won't play for his home province, though.

[Canes4life]

@nepia this is true. Didn't realise he was from the Bay originally.

[Nepia]

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

@nepia That was what I was thinking; still a pity he won't play for his home province, though.

It's all good, we got BBBR because he chose Canterbury over the Hawkes Bay.

Maybe our locking spots are full or his Wellington Hurricanes contract is tied into Wellington province contract?

Canterbury and Crusaders, comes to Chiefs who help him regain form and an AB jumper anbd repays them by chasing the $$ overseas, returns and signs with Wellington (franchise and province) - the dude is as dead to me as Jason Taumalolo.

[Higgins]

@nepia Don't forget his missus is from CHB so chasing skirt rather than rugby might be the reason why BBBR came up here!

[Canes4life]

Here is the latest Hurricane signings for next year (reference to official media releases at the bottom of the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2021–22_Super_Rugby_transfers_(New_Zealand)

Props: Alex Fidow, Tyrel Lomax, Tevita Mafileo

Hookers: Dane Coles, Asafo Aumua

Locks: James Blackwell, Scott Scrafton, Dominic Bird (not included yet)

Loose Forwards: Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Reed Prinsep, Brayden Iose

Halfbacks: N.A

First Fives: Ruben Love

Centres: Peter Umaga-Jensen, Vince Aso, Billy Proctor

Outsides: Jordie Barrett (clause in his contract could see him shift elsewhere), Julian Savea, Wes Goosen

[Higgins]

@canes4life No A Savea?

[Canes4life]

@higgins no Ardie yet. Hoping the big three of Ardie, Perenara and Barrett confirm their stay. But all of them leaving can't be ruled out either with the league rumours and the 'Jordie to the Blues' rumour.

A recent article suggested the Canes had signed up 28 players for 2022. With no media release actually citing who those players are.

[Stargazer]

@canes4life They forgot Asafo Aumua, who is signed through to 2023.

[Higgins]

@stargazer IWL conspicuously missing. They must be waiting for the next schoolboy superstar that mysteriously turns up in Wgtn club rugby.

[Canes4life]

@higgins I like what you did there. I'm pretty confident IWL will sign up but who knows.

[Stargazer]

@higgins Yeah, haha, although a lot of players are still missing.

Also, not all signings are published. If they were, especially Chiefs and Highlanders fans should be worried.

[Bovidae]

Aso has it easy for someone signed until next year.

[Canes4life]

@stargazer that's true. I've updated the list above.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae I can imagine him wanting an "out" of his contract, just like Tiatia, to go somewhere else if he manages to score a contract elsewhere (in Japan, for example, or Moana Pasifika).