Hurricanes 2024
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@sparky and an easy game in round 4 !!
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@Daffy-Jaffy Yeah, I wonder if we should rest a few players and do a bit of rotation?
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A little bit of insight from Brayden Iose at what Laidlaw has brought to the side that Holland didn't.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/honouring-legacy-a-driver-for-the-hurricanes-in-2024-iose/
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So our remaining games are below, if we want to push for the top of the table towards season's end we will need to win 3 out of 5 of those NZ derbies, beat the Tahs and MP with a bonus point, and then win one or both of the Brumbies and Drua matches.
It's a tough ending to the season so Laidlaw will need to keep guys fresh and rotate like he's done so far. Hope we can continue our unbeaten streak for aslong as we can.
Remaining games:
Highlanders (A)
Bye
Chiefs (H)
Fijian Drua (A)
Brumbies (A)
Waratahs (H)
Blues (A)
Moana Pasifika (H)
Chiefs (A)
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
So our remaining games are below, if we want to push for the top of the table towards season's end we will need to win 3 out of 5 of those NZ derbies, beat the Tahs and MP with a bonus point, and then win one or both of the Brumbies and Drua matches.
It's a tough ending to the season so Laidlaw will need to keep guys fresh and rotate like he's done so far. Hope we can continue our unbeaten streak for aslong as we can.
Remaining games:
Highlanders (A)
Bye
Chiefs (H)
Fijian Drua (A)
Brumbies (A)
Waratahs (H)
Blues (A)
Moana Pasifika (H)
Chiefs (A)
Highlanders (H)Think the real litmus test is probably yet to come for the Canes, but the biggest praise I can give to them, is that first half against the Rebels was Crusader-like in how clinical it was.
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@frugby I think if we win that Chiefs match at home after the bye it could be season defining.
I’d say we will need to play our top 23 for the next four matches which is fine as there is a bye after the Highlanders and a good chunk of them got a rest this week. The only guy I’d look to rest (potentially against the Drua) would be Lomax and maybe Aumua.
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@Canes4life that's gonna be a big challenge, lots of big games away
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby I think if we win that Chiefs match at home after the bye it could be season defining.
I’d say we will need to play our top 23 for the next four matches which is fine as there is a bye after the Highlanders and a good chunk of them got a rest this week. The only guy I’d look to rest (potentially against the Drua) would be Lomax and maybe Aumua.
Think to me at least there looks to be a clear top four (Blues, Chiefs, Canes and Reds) what order they finish in remains to be seen. The fact that the Canes have won 2/2 out of 2 against those sides should come in handy though, because at best the Blues can only square the leger on them.
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@Mr-Fish I reckon whoever wins that Chiefs game in a couple weeks will likely get the Saders in a quarter. I still think the Chiefs will finish top but I wouldn't be surprised if we get the bloody Crusaders in the quarter. A good chunk of this team don't fear the Crusaders and Canterbury teams though. NPC final in 2022 the likes of Proctor, Aumua, Delany, Kirifi, Love, Numia, Higgins, Lakai, Perenara etc were all involved in that side, the Lions also went down there with a B side and beat them again in 2023. The Canes have now also won two on the trot against them. Alot of the young guys have only had success against the Cantabs so they wouldn't be overawed by that happening.
I'd rather play the Crusaders at home than the Brumbies away tbh.
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I hope the team forgets about all of this and just focuses on week by week
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@Mr-Fish said in Hurricanes 2024:
You just know the Hurricanes are going to finish top of the table and then lose to the Crusaders in their quarter-final.
The only team there is any danger of this happening to IMO is the Blues, simply because they seem to have a bit of a mental block.
That said, I think the chance of it actually happening is so minimal, because Rob Penney is clearly an inferior coach to Cotter, McMillan and Laidlaw.
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@frugby I'd be confident the Canes would get the job done against a full strength Saders team anyway. We beat them at home last year and we look like a much improved team in 2024. To be the best you have to beat the best so if we ended up playing them in a knock out, so be it.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby I'd be confident the Canes would get the job done against a full strength Saders team anyway. We beat them at home last year and we look like a much improved team in 2024. To be the best you have to beat the best so if we ended up playing them in a knock out, so be it.
Agreed. I think the Crusaders have a handful of injured players who come back and make a difference, but not enough.
Sorely missing Whitelock, and the loose trio isn't functioning at all. I don't really see who fixes this.
Likewise in the backline, sorely missing a first five and Will Jordan. These aren't fixed by Burke coming back.
Will they make the 8? Maybe, but I find it hard to see them going further than the QFs.
