Hurricanes 2021

Canes4life

@bobily2 I think you’re right. With J Barrett hopefully our long term option at 15, they may see Love as our longer term 10 moving forward, therefore giving him the reigns now against lesser opposition is important.

Winger

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/124580450/its-not-really-what-super-rugby-was-built-on-lucrative-player-payments--under-microscope

mikey07

@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:

@mikey07 Yet another perplexing selection at 15 there from the selectors. A Morgan has only ever played at first five in the games he has played at Premier level for his club during his time in Wellington.

http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/clubs-teams-people.php?person_id=11461

Maybe he is being picked after a scintillating display at 15 whilst playing at Premier Reserve level?

Yeah I agree with what everyone else has said Morgan is simply there because they want to use Love at 10had JGB not been injured id imagine it would be Morgan/Leger at 10 and love at 15.

Stargazer

Half time:
Hurricanes Hunters 45 - 0 Hurricanes U20s

Winger

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

Half time:
Hurricanes Hunters 45 - 0 Hurricanes U20s

Are you watching it?

Canes4life

Anyone had a chance to see Love in action?

Winger

@canes4life

I would like anyone's view on the HB 1st 5 and 2nd combination

And a bit pointless at 45-0 HT though. Surely they could have set up more evenly matched teams

Canes4life

Full time: Hunters 64 Hurricanes Under20 Contenders 19

Stargazer

@winger Nope. From Hurricanes twitter.

sparky

Not sure we're going to win a single game this year. Side a bit shit and no depth. Tough season ahead. But Yellow & Black till I die!

Gunner

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

Anyone had a chance to see Love in action?

Has porn hub re-branded?

mikey07

@canes4life Would’ve been better off doing what the Chiefs and Blues do with provinces playing each other this seems pointless.

Stargazer

@mikey07 I think that game was a trial game for the U20s; they still have to trim the squad. Also good to give those young lads a run ahead of the tournament in Taupo, although the difference in strength may have been too big.

mikey07

@stargazer I understand the U20s having a run but think the other members of the Canes squad should be playing county cups like the Chiefs.

Stargazer

@mikey07 Yep, but the Chiefs have 4 NPC provinces; the Canes only 3. So you'd only have one game per weekend.

I don't think it's feasible to form a Heartland team from Wai-Bush, Poverty Bay, East Coast, Whanganui and Horo-Kap to make it four, and I don't think one of those provinces on their own would be good enough, even if you'd add non-playing Hurricanes from outside the catchment.

One game could still be useful though.

mikey07

@stargazer I think it might be able to work as it’s only about getting the players match fitness aswell as bringing the younger players through.

bobily2

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

@mikey07 Yep, but the Chiefs have 4 NPC provinces; the Canes only 3. So you'd only have one game per weekend.

I don't think it's feasible to form a Heartland team from Wai-Bush, Poverty Bay, East Coast, Whanganui and Horo-Kap to make it four, and I don't think one of those provinces on their own would be good enough, even if you'd add non-playing Hurricanes from outside the catchment.

One game could still be useful though.

Could do a game of three halves. You could even do a mini tournament between HB, Manawatu, and Wellington and the Hurricane U20s. It'd be a more even competition then the Hunters game

Bovidae

The teams that played in the Chiefs Centurion Country Cup at Hautapu today were a mixture of everything. Some current Chiefs squadies, NPC players, U20 players and even some in their first year out of school.

Snowy

@gunner said in Hurricanes 2021:

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

Anyone had a chance to see Love in action?

Has porn hub re-branded?

Read my mind.

Stargazer

That means he'll also miss the Mitre 10 Cup. Good opportunity for Love to take the reins for Wellington (and Morgan on the bench or at fullback).

The Silver Fern

Hurricanes 2021