Hurricanes 2026
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Good to see some key players back early for the Canes.
Riley Higgins and Asafo Aumua pictured back at training (finally), as well as Jordie Barrett.
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@Canes4life Riley Higgins looking fucking huge, meanwhile Will Cole looks like a teenage soccer player
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@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes 2026:
@Canes4life Riley Higgins looking fucking huge, meanwhile Will Cole looks like a teenage soccer player
Yeah he looks ready to go for sure. 2026 is the year of Riley.

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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2026:
@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes 2026:
@Canes4life Riley Higgins looking fucking huge, meanwhile Will Cole looks like a teenage soccer player
Yeah he looks ready to go for sure. 2026 is the year of Riley.

I hope Billy Proctor isn't reading this
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Ownership change now announced.
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@MN5 said in Hurricanes 2026:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2026:
@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes 2026:
@Canes4life Riley Higgins looking fucking huge, meanwhile Will Cole looks like a teenage soccer player
Yeah he looks ready to go for sure. 2026 is the year of Riley.

I hope Billy Proctor isn't reading this
Riley has the much higher ceiling in my view.
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See Hurricane's latest news - I'm too incompetent to try and link it.
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Hurricanes' ffs.
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Good of NZR to bail out the basket case WRU and Canes.
NZR will become a minority investor in the Hurricanes as part of a comprehensive re-financing of both the Hurricanes and WRFU. The refinancing package includes loan arrangements for both organisations and a new capital raise by the Hurricanes’, in which NZR will participate
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Lomax back also.
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Anyone know who this guy is?

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@Canes4life From the post looks like Zach Taulapapa is tagged. Wonder if hes a relation of Jack Taulapapa who played a fair bit of club footy in wellies and played for Samoa i believe
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@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes 2026:
Zach Taulapapa
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@MacDazzler said in Hurricanes 2026:
A former veteran (much older than Laidlaw) head coach becoming one of the 'assistants'? Hopefully this arrangement works out for the Hurricanes, it didn't work well for the Chiefs when Gatland was alongside McMillan in 2022, Chiefs finished 5th, then vastly improved the following season finishing 1st & losing a one-sided refereed final (2023) after Gatland left.
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@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes 2026:
@Canes4life From the post looks like Zach Taulapapa is tagged. Wonder if hes a relation of Jack Taulapapa who played a fair bit of club footy in wellies and played for Samoa I
He looks quite big for a winger !
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If you want to hear more about the Malcolm Gillie's takeover of the Hurricanes, visit the link below. Sounds like he wants to bring a fresh approach to the team moving forward and thinks the Canes have missed the mark in the last ten years in terms of fan engagement etc. Great to hear.