Hurricanes 2024
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@Winger our best side (if selected) can match it with anyone IMO. The test will be when some of those guys are rested or are injured. I feel like this is the case with most teams now though. There doesn’t seem to be the strong underbelly of depth anymore. Which is why a team like the Crusaders are having to sign the likes of Leigh Half-Penny and Ryan Crotty for example.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.
You said start Mafileo at tighthead?
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@Canes4life well all of them really,good luck hurricanes
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Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.
Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.
Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.
Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).
Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.
Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.
Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.
Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).
Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.
Think you've nailed it, with Tosi over Franks.
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FORWARDS
Props
Siale Lauaki – Wellington
Tyrel Lomax – Ta$man
Tevita Mafileo – Bay of Plenty
Xavier Numia – Wellington
Pouri Rakete-Stones – Hawke’s Bay
Pasilio Tosi – Bay of Plenty
Hookers
Asafo Aumua – Wellington
Jacob Devery – Hawke’s Bay
James O’Reilly – Wellington
Locks
Caleb Delany – Wellington
Ben Grant – North Harbour
Justin Sangster – Bay of Plenty
Josh Taula – Manawatū
James Tucker – Waikato
Isaia Walker-Leawere – Hawke’s Bay
Loose Forwards
Devan Flanders – Hawke’s Bay
TK Howden – Manawatū
Brayden Iose – Manawatū
Du’Plessis Kirifi – Wellington
Peter Lakai – Wellington
Brad Shields – Wellington
BACKS
Halfbacks
Richard Judd – Bay of Plenty
TJ Perenara – Wellington
Cam Roigard – Counties Manukau
Five-eighths
Brett Cameron – Manawatū
Aidan Morgan – Wellington
Midfield
Jordie Barrett – Taranaki
Riley Higgins – Wellington
Billy Proctor – Wellington
Bailyn Sullivan – Waikato
Peter Umaga-Jensen – Wellington
Outside Backs
Harry Godfrey – Hawke’s Bay
Ruben Love – Wellington
Josh Moorby – Northland
Kini Naholo – Taranaki
Ngatungane Punivai – Canterbury
Salesi Rayasi – Auckland
Daniel Sinkinson – Waikato
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So so so glad we've re-signed Delany and Sangster. I'm so much happier about this side now knowing those two have been signed up.
Shame Morgan is still there, would have loved to sign McClutchie.
Interesting that on the Instagram post they've lumped Jordie with the inside backs.
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Post squad thoughts on the Canes strongest 23 I would actually go with the following:
- T Mafileo
- A Aumua
- T Lomax
- C Delany
- J Sangster
- T Howden / B Shields
- D Kirifi
- D Flanders
- C Roigard
- B Cameron
- K Naholo
- J Barrett
- B Proctor
- B Sullivan
- R Love
- J O'Reilly
- X Numia
- S Lauaki
- I Walker-Leawere
- P Lakai
- T Perenara
- H Godfrey
- R Higgins
Hurricanes 2024 DHL Super Rugby Pacific squad named
