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Hurricanes 2020

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  • HigginsH Higgins

    At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

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    @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

    At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

    Jordie will get a run at this rate

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      @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

      At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

      Jordie will get a run at this rate

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      @canefan I'd have him over the other 2

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        @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

        At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

        Jordie will get a run at this rate

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        @canefan God lord, just as well they are catholic so perhaps they can enlist the help of their boss who must have very high connections as the Pope must surely sit on the Board of Directors for Christianity and Co Ltd. Somehow I think we might need even higher intervention that that.

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        • canefanC canefan

          @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

          At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

          Jordie will get a run at this rate

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          @canefan said in Hurricanes 2020:

          @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

          At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

          Jordie will get a run at this rate

          Story is that his run at 10 at the RWC excited the Canes. Don’t be surprised to see him there as first choice

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          • CrucialC Crucial

            @canefan said in Hurricanes 2020:

            @Higgins said in Hurricanes 2020:

            At a first quick glance it looks like there are just two first fives named JGB and Fletcher Smith (unless I have missed something obvious). Can any Hurricanes supporters with connections to heavenly bodies please start praying for some sort of devine miracle if this is the case?

            Jordie will get a run at this rate

            Story is that his run at 10 at the RWC excited the Canes. Don’t be surprised to see him there as first choice

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            @Crucial interview was all about him at 15, then the team list showed him as a midfield back. But had no outside backs listed at all lol

            Looking at the PDF of all the teams, only 4 outside backs listed (and one's in the 7s), so there is Def some flexibility in the squad

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              Weird to see Devan Flanders listed as a lock. He can play lock, but his best position is 8, followed by 6.

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                Yeah a lot of talk on the breakdown about how most players cover lots of positions now

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                • StargazerS Stargazer

                  Weird to see Devan Flanders listed as a lock. He can play lock, but his best position is 8, followed by 6.

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                  @Stargazer Its Plumtree mate why are u surprised you know what he’s like when it comes to locks

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                    Pisses me off taking a kiwi place for such a nobody

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                    @Machpants to be honest ,I am on the opposite view, for all we know this South African player could work out in the same way both Tyler Ardron for the chiefs and Nemani Naholo did for the Crusaders...there selections once people saw what they bought to the table were never questioned..
                    I just think adds a bit of a point of difference to the comp..there will be plenty of young players that will be in wider training groups , and you bet they are only an injury away from joining the big time.

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                      @Jonty-lean No, he'll play in Japan. I saw a post on his instagram; he stepped on the plane on Sunday.

                      I'm pissed off about it. He'd never gone to Japan if he'd been offered a SR contract.

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                      @Stargazer makes two of us is he going just for there season or permanently?

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                        @Machpants to be honest ,I am on the opposite view, for all we know this South African player could work out in the same way both Tyler Ardron for the chiefs and Nemani Naholo did for the Crusaders...there selections once people saw what they bought to the table were never questioned..
                        I just think adds a bit of a point of difference to the comp..there will be plenty of young players that will be in wider training groups , and you bet they are only an injury away from joining the big time.

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                        @Steven-Harris I would rather of them looked at some up and coming outside back from the pacific Islands there’s got to be heaps that would be a better fit then Van Wyk

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                          @Steven-Harris I would rather of them looked at some up and coming outside back from the pacific Islands there’s got to be heaps that would be a better fit then Van Wyk

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                          @mikey07 I would imagine Plumtree would have had a hand in this selection, but also imagine he would have done some due diligence on this guys selection...hey if this guy has a stellar season , everyone will be lauding this selection..🤞

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                            @mikey07 I would imagine Plumtree would have had a hand in this selection, but also imagine he would have done some due diligence on this guys selection...hey if this guy has a stellar season , everyone will be lauding this selection..🤞

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                            @Steven-Harris haha isn’t that part of being an arm chair selector. I’m not doubting he won’t be good but just rather something from closer to home got a chance.

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                              @Stargazer makes two of us is he going just for there season or permanently?

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                              @mikey07 I think it's only for one season, like Tom Parsons, so back in May for the second round of club rugby in Hawke's Bay and then the Mitre 10 But you never know; if they like him, they may try to lure him there, permanently. Hopefully, that won't happen.

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                                Canes4life
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                                Devan Flanders has been listed as a loose forward here so I'm hoping that was someone not doing their job properly. Apart from the obvious release of Beaudy and the lack of depth at 10, I think the Canes look stronger than they did last year. Finally we have some good looking depth in the tight five and good depth in most areas. I expect us to push for the title.

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                                  Phew, maybe they wanted to give him another year at Mitre 10 level before he gets a contract for the Canes next year.

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                                    Devan Flanders has been listed as a loose forward here so I'm hoping that was someone not doing their job properly. Apart from the obvious release of Beaudy and the lack of depth at 10, I think the Canes look stronger than they did last year. Finally we have some good looking depth in the tight five and good depth in most areas. I expect us to push for the title.

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                                    @Canes4life Flanders as a loosie makes way more sense!

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                                      Devan Flanders has been listed as a loose forward here so I'm hoping that was someone not doing their job properly. Apart from the obvious release of Beaudy and the lack of depth at 10, I think the Canes look stronger than they did last year. Finally we have some good looking depth in the tight five and good depth in most areas. I expect us to push for the title.

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                                      Machpants
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                                      @Canes4life I admire your positivity, but I'd like to point you too the oft repeated phrase 'you don't win the comp/cup without a stellar ten'

                                      I hope I'm wrong

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                                      • StargazerS Stargazer

                                        @Canes4life Flanders as a loosie makes way more sense!

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                                        @Stargazer He is our future no 8 IMO. Has all the hallmarks of a future captain. Just hope he lives up to the billing.

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                                          Flanders as a lock would mean the Hurricanes coaches have the intelligence of a biscuit.

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