Hurricanes 2022

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life It must have been close between Moorby and Sullivan for Rookie of the Year. They should have given the Hunters Award to a player who hasn't played for the senior team, assuming the Hunters award is for development player of the year.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer Sullivan has played Super Rugby already so don’t think he qualifies as a rookie. Aiden Morgan could have won rookie of the year aswell.

Would of had Harry Godfrey as Under 20s player of the year aswell, followed closely by Peter Lakai.

You’d think as captain, Ardie could have worn a shirt being an awards night and all.

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life I think rookie of the year is for first-year Hurricanes, not first-year SR players.

By the way, have you seen my 3 previous posts in this thread? Surprised about the lack of reaction haha.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer if it’s for first year being a Hurricane then Sullivan would have a case but Moorby deserves it aswell.

Holy shit, really good news about Dan Cron, now can they please sweep the rest of the coaching staff.

Fidow is a shame but he was never going to be good enough to be a Super level prop going forward. I would have moved him to either hooker or number 8, he could have been hard to handle running off the back of the scrum.

I hope that Prinsep news is true, he’s done his dash IMO, no real reason for him to stay in NZ.

[Crazy Horse]

Do we know what Fidow's plans are? Going overseas? Giving the game away?

[Stargazer]

@Crazy-Horse Reading between the lines, I got the idea that he himself doesn't know, yet.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer That's the way I read it too. You certainly would not sign him as a prop solely on his propping ability at the top levels in Europe but Japan might be an option.

[mikey07]

@Stargazer Hopefully it means he’s leaving and seen the writing on the wall he’s contracted until the end of the 2023 season so hopefully he’s been released early.

As for Fidow it’s a shame he never developed into anything more can be so destructive with the ball but couldn’t scrummage.

[Stargazer]

@mikey07 Yeah, I'm not sure. It's hard to say with the way they wrote it on the club rugby website. Sometimes players are released early, but it doesn't happen very often in SR.

[mikey07]

@Stargazer maybe a Japanese club offered him a lucrative deal and the Canes are happy to release him given the depth they have.

[Canes4life]

@mikey07 said in Hurricanes 2022:

@Stargazer maybe a Japanese club offered him a lucrative deal and the Canes are happy to release him given the depth they have.

I really hope that’s the case. We’ve got some really good young loose-forwards coming through and we don’t need Reed getting in the way.

[mikey07]

@Canes4life Totally agree might make Flanders re sign.

[Stargazer]

Old Hurricanes promo video. Didn't know where else to post it and didn't want to derail the 2023 thread.

Can't remember seeing this before; it's hilarious.