Hurricanes 2023
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@mikey07 said in Hurricanes 2023:
@foobaNZ are you sure? I haven’t seen anything on his socials about it or anything from the Canes.
I think it is just an assumption for him (and others) as PUJ has been featured in social media posts quite a bit.
I’d like to see him leave to the Landers.
I think he’ll go North now though (unless he is injured). Two years away to make his money then think about whether he wants to come back.
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes 2023:
@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
Lakai signed until 2025
Brilliant news!
Just to add to this.
This has made my day, great signing for the Canes. He's been arguably the top performing rookie in the country. To see him physically dominate guys like PGS at such a raw age suggests he has a massive future in the game.
ASav and Lakai in the same loose trio will be fun to watch, I hope it happens.
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Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
We'd be mad to keep Princep over any of those guys. Lots of talent and potential.
Someone like Gibson probably has hit his ceiling, but he's already miles better than Princep.
We are stacked though we won't be able to keep them all in coming years.
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@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
We'd be mad to keep Princep over any of those guys. Lots of talent and potential.
Someone like Gibson probably has hit his ceiling, but he's already miles better than Princep.
We are stacked though we won't be able to keep them all in coming years.
Yeah this is where trading players with other franchises would come in handy. I feel a lot of teams are stacked in certain areas and then not so much in other areas. Would be good for Kiwi franchises and NZ to spread talent around.
For example (without taking this too seriously) the Hurricanes could trade Tyler Laubscher for Finlay Brewis who is seen as an up and coming prop and is someone that won’t get much game time for the Crusaders considering they are stacked in that department. Whereas, someone like Laubscher would fit into that Crusaders mould quite nicely. (If they needed a No8 obviously).
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Yeah this is where trading players with other franchises would come in handy. I feel a lot of teams are stacked in certain areas and then not so much in other areas. Would be good for Kiwi franchises and NZ to spread talent around.
Good luck getting Crusaders to release any of their 416 forwards selected in black jerseys
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@Crucial said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Yeah this is where trading players with other franchises would come in handy. I feel a lot of teams are stacked in certain areas and then not so much in other areas. Would be good for Kiwi franchises and NZ to spread talent around.
Good luck getting Crusaders to release any of their 416 forwards selected in black jerseys
Also, why would any of them want to move. Sit on the pine, make the ABs.
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@Canes4life Or at the very least a loan system while still contracted like what football does
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
I have some doubts about Delany's weight. He does not look that huge.
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@cgrant said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
I have some doubts about Delany's weight. He does not look that huge.
That's what I thought.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Blackwell aside, you can see who's been signed on in the last column re loose forwards. This means after the Lakai announcement, one of Iose, Delany, Gibson, Howden or Laubscher will probably miss out on a contract. Unless of course Prinsep has been released.
You can the see the full team list here - https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad
We'd be mad to keep Princep over any of those guys. Lots of talent and potential.
Someone like Gibson probably has hit his ceiling, but he's already miles better than Princep.
We are stacked though we won't be able to keep them all in coming years.
Yeah this is where trading players with other franchises would come in handy. I feel a lot of teams are stacked in certain areas and then not so much in other areas. Would be good for Kiwi franchises and NZ to spread talent around.
For example (without taking this too seriously) the Hurricanes could trade Tyler Laubscher for Finlay Brewis who is seen as an up and coming prop and is someone that won’t get much game time for the Crusaders considering they are stacked in that department. Whereas, someone like Laubscher would fit into that Crusaders mould quite nicely. (If they needed a No8 obviously).
Good idea. But Tyler looks an excellent prospect . From the little I have seen of him
What about Prinsep instead -
@Canes4life great news. The three I wanted. Higgins Barrett and Lakai. Hopefully Lakai is played at 7; savea at 8 and Delany continues to develop as an 6 option. It could be the best backrow since the Rodders and Jerry days. With quality backups too
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We're all assuming of course we pick the pick 23. Who knows what sort of mess we'll make with selections.
But it's as good a group of forwards we've had for a long time.
Numia/Rakete-Stones
Aumua/Coles
Lomax/Franks
Sangster
IWL/BirdA lot of quality there. And guys like Mafileo are handy too.
Back row riches aplenty. I'm not even sure what combo I'd go with. I just hope it doesn't include Princep.
The backs look good too, particularly with JGB out of contention. We don't have any dead weight in the squad.
Really keen to see which wings we pick up for next season. How many gaps do we still need to fill?
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@foobaNZ said in Hurricanes 2023:
We're all assuming of course we pick the pick 23. Who knows what sort of mess we'll make with selections.
But it's as good a group of forwards we've had for a long time.
Numia/Rakete-Stones
Aumua/Coles
Lomax/Franks
Sangster
IWL/BirdA lot of quality there. And guys like Mafileo are handy too.
Back row riches aplenty. I'm not even sure what combo I'd go with. I just hope it doesn't include Princep.
The backs look good too, particularly with JGB out of contention. We don't have any dead weight in the squad.
Really keen to see which wings we pick up for next season. How many gaps do we still need to fill?
No team gets their best 23 out on the paddock very often. Depth is a key to the comp as you need to win the 'hard' games and not fall over in the 'easy' ones while prepping your 23 for the end. Then there are injuries.
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@Billsy111 said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Crucial Does anyone think there's room for a Tom Parsons in this squad. Yeah I know he's 32, but seriously is there a more consistent performer and lineout winner than him. I honestly believe this man would be an asset to any franchise.
He's going overseas isn't he?
