Hurricanes 2025

[Bovidae]

The Reds injury list is much worse.

[Bones]

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@canefan said in Hurricanes 2025:

How bad has our season been on the injury front? I was hoping that after we got over our tough start perhaps we could stay healthy. But nope

Now copy and paste this in pretty much every team thread.

The Cruasaders and Canes were by far the worst hit at the beginning of the season. Blues have mostly gone through the season pretty well, same with the Chiefs with injuries here and there. Landers have been hit hard lately.

It’s just rugby at the end of the day. Just have to get on with it and win with the guys we have.

Still a strong squad IMO so no excuses.

Best at injuries, best at All Blacks, best at winning super rugby without leading. It's a struggle to find what the canes aren't the best at really.

[Canes4life]

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@canefan said in Hurricanes 2025:

How bad has our season been on the injury front? I was hoping that after we got over our tough start perhaps we could stay healthy. But nope

Now copy and paste this in pretty much every team thread.

The Cruasaders and Canes were by far the worst hit at the beginning of the season. Blues have mostly gone through the season pretty well, same with the Chiefs with injuries here and there. Landers have been hit hard lately.

It’s just rugby at the end of the day. Just have to get on with it and win with the guys we have.

Still a strong squad IMO so no excuses.

Best at injuries, best at All Blacks, best at winning super rugby without leading. It's a struggle to find what the canes aren't the best at really.

Or just completely ignore cold hard facts, your choice.

[Bones]

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

cold hard facts

You can even find the definition of words online these days, it's pretty nifty.

[Canes4life]

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

cold hard facts

You can even find the definition of words online these days, it's pretty nifty.

Maybe it’s your age and you forget easily but let me remind you who was missing for the Canes to start the year. Not surprising we’ve turned around our season getting most of these guys back especially the messiah Billy Proctor. And the Canes weren’t the best with injuries, the Crusaders were better with 15.

• Zach Gallagher
• Daniel Sinkinson
• Riley Higgins
• Ruben Love
• Lucas Cashmore
• Brett Cameron
• Asafo Aumua
• Tyrel Lomax
• Billy Proctor
• Devan Flanders
• Tjay Clarke
• Isaia Walker-Leawwre

[Bones]

@Canes4life opinion doesn't equal fact fella.

[Canes4life]

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Canes4life opinion doesn't equal fact fella.

The facts are there. 12 injured to start the year, most of them only back recently. Oh but apparently that’s an opinion…

[Bones]

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

Canes were by far the worst hit

Opinion.

[Canes4life]

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Bones said in Hurricanes 2025:

Canes were by far the worst hit

Opinion.

Quoting half of what I said to make your argument legitimate is classic stuff.

[Canes4life]

Listening to Beaver and Kirstie’s podcast tonight and Beaver named his all time Canes XV, most of which I agree with aside from a couple positions.

His all time Canes team is

1. Bull Allen
2. Dane Coles
3. Neemia Tialata
4. Jason Eaton
5. Paul Tito
6. Jerry Collins
7. Ardie Savea
8. Filo Tiatia
9. Piri Weepu
10. Beauden Barrett
11. Jonah Lomu
12. Ma’a Nonu
13. Conrad Smith
14. Tana Umaga
15. Christian Cullen

I’ve also put a 2nd XV together based on some of the names he mentioned

1. Reggie Goodes
2. Andrew Hore
3. Tyrel Lomax
4. Jeremy Thrush
5. James Broadhurst
6. Victor Vito
7. Chris Masoe
8. Rodney So’oialo
9. TJ Perenara
10. David Howell
11. Julian Savea
12. Jordie Barrett
13. Alama Ieremia
14. Cory Jane
15. Nehe Milner-Skudder

[Grooter]

@Canes4life was more of a Thrush man myself than Eaton but yeah looks

[Canes4life]

@Grooter said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Canes4life was more of a Thrush man myself than Eaton but yeah looks

See I would have gone Eaton and Thrush personally.

My dark horse lock is Michael Fatialofa. He was the perfect lock for the Canes but didn’t stay for long and then suffered that career ending injury playing overseas.

[Crazy Horse]

I would have Lomax in the front row.

But that is one hell of a backline.

[Bones]

Alatini should piss it in over Jordie.

Who was that crusader fullback that went to the canes and killed it?

[pakman]

@booboo said in Hurricanes 2025:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2025:

Good tight-head props are a dime a dozen

Umm... really? Not sure that's what you meant.

Rare as rocking horse [teeth], surely?

[cgrant]

Schwalger instead of Goodes and Billy Cavubati instead of Tialata. Big Billy Cavubati was fun to watch.

[sparky]

Sparky's ultimate Hurricanes team

1. Bull Allen
2. Dane Coles
3. Tyrell Lomax
4. Jason Eaton
5. Jeremy Thrush
6. Jerry Collins
7. Ardie Savea
8. Victor Vito
9. Piri Weepu
10. Beauden Barrett
11. Jonah Lomu
12. Ma'a Nonu
13. Conrad Smith
14. Tana Umaga
15. Christian Cullen

[mikey07]

Aidan Morgan leaving Ulster a year early return to the Canes maybe
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/irish-qualified-ex-new-zealand-u20-no-10-exits-ulster-a-year-early/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4F5GDKfICWtM5eZdYyXu1v5j6PQIPB-6xzkJJM_wu4xWHmfEg0DNtr9hGLcw_aem_mcxjFy-b7UZeLTxMlXzeeA

[Darren]

@mikey07

Nah we are good, thanks though.

[DurryMexted]

@mikey07 Yeah i kept half an eye on the Ulster team sheets throughout the year to see how he went. He seemed to get a few starts early on by faded away to the bench or not selected as the season progressed. Think Ulster struggles in general. Always though he was a tidy NPC player, but just not quite there with any traits required at next level, same sort of ceiling as a Mitch Hunt.

Surely no space at canes. I'd say Pro D2, Japan or lets say Western Force