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@kiwimurph Great news. There are now two players who have now been signed by NZR and their franchises through to 2022 and both are outside backs (the other one being George Bridge).
There are still quite a lot of players of which we don't know for sure whether they are under contract for 2019, or not, due to their re-signing or contract duration not having been published.
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Wellington teenager Billy Proctor has signed the longest deal in Hurricanes history.
The 19-year-old utility back will link up with his older brother, Matt Proctor, after committing to the Super Rugby franchise until the end of 2023.
Never before have the Hurricanes offered a player a five-year contract, which shows just how highly they rate the former New Zealand under-20 representative.
"I'm obviously really excited about the opportunity. The length of my contract gives me some real security and the ability to just concentrate on developing my game," Proctor said.
"I've always supported the Hurricanes and to get the opportunity to play Super Rugby in my home town is obviously really special."
Hurricanes coach John Plumtree said Proctor caught the eye while playing for their development team.
"We believe Billy has a big future in the game if he continues to make the sort of progress he is making at the moment and he's made it clear that future involves the Hurricanes," he said.
"It also shows there is a great pathway for young local players who put the effort in to be rewarded."
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@daffy-jaffy Wow, five years. That's a long contract for such a young player!
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@daffy-jaffy Super news. Billy is going to be the bigger and better version of Matt.
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@canes4life promise!!?? if he does that deal will look like a genius move. Really sucks that injuries put paid to Matt's chance of a crack at the AB midfield.
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As expected, the Sunwolves have appointed Tony Brown as Head Coach for the 2019 Super Rugby season.
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Phil Burleigh has signed with them too.
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@taniwharugby If the Sunwolves keep signing more NZ rugby players, we may as well count them as the 6th NZ team with a few foreigners.
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@stargazer Quite rapt purely from a Northland piece we get Ranger back for Mitre 10 Cup next year..I suspect moving forward there will be many more..
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You say that like it’s a bad thing. I’d be pleased if they were in our conference - or at least would go to more games
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@gt12 The bad thing is that in reality it's supposed to be a Japanese team but hasn't that many Japanese players in it. Reality is also that if it had more Japanese players in it, it would be even more sh*t than it is now. In more than one way, that team is a joke.
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