Hurricanes 2021

[Canes4life]

Haha McClutchie hasn’t done it for years, not from what I’ve seen anyway. You do realise if he was as good as he’s made out to be another franchise would have snapped him up in a heart beat but the guy can’t even get a WTG position anywhere. Isn’t that saying something?

It’s fine, I know you lot are passionate about Hawkes Bay and the players that come from there, rightfully so. If he’s good enough he will make it, but right now I think he needs to have a big year this year to prove his doubters wrong.

I don’t blame Wellington and the Canes for signing Love. He looks like a player that ticks all the boxes of a future star. He’s the right size, he’s a smart footballer, he’s got an outstanding set of skills and his peers are raving about him. I’m not saying he too needs to prove himself but I have been impressed with what I’ve seen so far.

You don’t see me going on about certain Wellington players missing the cut at the Canes, it’s part and parcel of the professional footy landscape. Guys like Plumtree, Umaga-Jensen, Ah Koui, Garden-Bachop are all guys from Wellington that have had to look elsewhere for opportunities so suck it up fellas.

[Canes4life]

If anyone has access to the Canes Facebook page they’ve just posted pics of today’s training session and it looks like either Ben May or Craig Miller has joined the squad, or it could be someone else but I can’t make out who it is. Possibly for Mafileo or Armstrong who I believe are injured atm...

Update: here is the post from their Insta account:

[Stargazer]

@canes4life It's Ben May. Craig Millar was named in the Japanese National WTG, just a week ago, btw. He could never be here.

They must be pretty desparate to pick him after professional retirement. I assume he's been playing club rugby in Taranaki?
Who's gone down? Fidow and Rakete-Stones are still there, by the looks of it. I assume we'd have heard it if Lomax was injured, because he's an All Black. Armstrong? Mafileo?

[Canes4life]

@stargazer that’s interesting. I’m assuming it’s Mafileo that’s injured. He took a heavy hit in that Tahs game but haven’t heard anything since. Also haven’t seen Armstrong for a while so it could also be him.

If they’ve brought in Ben May surely it’s just to have a big body to train against.

[Stargazer]

Hurricanes playing club rugby on Saturday, 5 June

Wellington
Pepesana Patafilo (Tawa)
Peter Umaga-Jensen (Wainuiomata)
Danny Toala (Wellington)
Vaea Fifita (Wellington)

By the way, I've noticed that Murphy Taramai is back playing in Wellington (Upper Hutt Rams). Could that mean he'll move from North Harbour to the Wellington Lions for NPC? That's assuming he's no longer in the Hurricanes' frame.

Auckland
Lolagi Visinia (Suburbs)

Manawatu
Liam Mitchell (Te Kawau)

[Canes4life]

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

By the way, I've noticed that Murphy Taramai is back playing in Wellington (Upper Hutt Rams). Could that mean he'll move from North Harbour to the Wellington Lions for NPC? That's assuming he's no longer in the Hurricanes' frame.

Hopefully not.

[Stargazer]

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[sparky]

Massive opportunity now for the Canes to secure a home Grand Final and to lift the trophy in front of the best Rugby fans in the world.

[ARHS]

@sparky Is it being played in Napier if they host the final? I would have thought Wellington. First they need to win their next 2 matches.

[Yeetyaah]

@sparky yeah the kind of fans who are stoked with the signing of an old man as a winger.

[Canes4life]

@yeetyaah I don’t think any Canes fan was stoked?

[Stargazer]

@canes4life Not on the Fern, but you should have seen the comments on Hurricanes social media!

[Canes4life]

@stargazer 99% of the comments were probably from his other half defending him.

[Stargazer]

@canes4life

[Yeetyaah]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:

@stargazer 99% of the comments were probably from his other half defending him.

Hahahah comment of the year. There were a few screaming about how good he is and how he'll be back in the AB's. When you say he's not that great they'll be like "BETTER THAN U "

[Chris B.]

@sparky said in Hurricanes 2021:

Massive opportunity now for the Canes to secure a home Grand Final and to lift the trophy in front of the best Rugby fans in the world.

Massive opportunity to be as bad as the Chiefs and actually lose a game in SRTT!

[Nepia]

@chris-b said in Hurricanes 2021:

@sparky said in Hurricanes 2021:

Massive opportunity now for the Canes to secure a home Grand Final and to lift the trophy in front of the best Rugby fans in the world.

Massive opportunity to be as bad as the Chiefs and actually lose a game in SRTT!

Are you predicting a red card for Jordie?

[Chris B.]

@nepia Someone else is going to lose a game - red card or not!

[Stargazer]

@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:

Hurricanes playing club rugby on Saturday, 5 June

Wellington
Pepesana Patafilo (Tawa)
Peter Umaga-Jensen (Wainuiomata)
Danny Toala (Wellington)
Vaea Fifita (Wellington)

By the way, I've noticed that Murphy Taramai is back playing in Wellington (Upper Hutt Rams). Could that mean he'll move from North Harbour to the Wellington Lions for NPC? That's assuming he's no longer in the Hurricanes' frame.

Auckland
Lolagi Visinia (Suburbs)

Manawatu
Liam Mitchell (Te Kawau)

Peter Umaga-Jensen scored a try, kicked 4 conversions and a penalty.
Danny Toala kicked 2 conversions and a penalty.
Vaea Fifita scored a try.

Their clubs will be happy to have their SR players.

[Nepia]

@stargazer What they hey, how is PUJ playing club rugby (and why is Danny playing in Wellington)?