Hurricanes 2024

[SouthernMann]

Punivai looking to collect all the kits?

[Grooter]

@foobaNZ for the 3rd halfback spot I'm surprised the Canes didn't try and sign Adam Lennox from Taranaki who looks very promising

[Bovidae]

So a replacement for Savea. You would think that the Canes could find someone better. I'm happy that the Chiefs weren't committed to Punivai for longer than 1 year.

[Canes4life]

My god these are some average signings.

We are starting to look like an NPC team.

Just goes to show there is no quality depth in NZ rugby anymore.

[mikey07]

@foobaNZ I knew O’Reilly would get the 2nd/3rd hookers spot.

[mikey07]

@Canes4life Punivai? I knew Judd and O’Reilly would get back in the team, was kinda hoping Vijoen would get the 3rd HB spot. Though I’m glad regarding Naholo if this years anything to go by.

[Canes4life]

Updated squad list: we still need 1x prop, 1x lock, 3x loose forwards, 1x centre
Props:
T Mafileo
X Numia
S Lauaki
T Lomax
P Rakete-Stones
? TBC

Hookers:
A Aumua
J O'Reilly
J Devery

Locks:
I Walker-Leawere
B Grant
J Tucker
J Taula
? TBC

Loose forwards:
T Howden
D Flanders
D Kirifi
B Shields
P Lakai
? TBC
? TBC

Halfbacks:
C Roigard
T Perenara
R Judd

First Fives:
B Cameron
A Morgan
H Godfrey

Centres:
R Higgins
J Barrett
B Proctor
B Sullivan
? TBC

Outside backs:
R Love
J Moorby
D Sinkinson
K Naholo
S Rayasi
N Punivai

[foobaNZ]

PUJ must be on the move? He's a long term Cane so you'd think they'd have announced it by now if he was staying.

[Chris]

@Canes4life

You have a squad of 40 there, only 38 players are officially in the squads.

[Canes4life]

@Chris I’ve got 39, so maybe we are in need of one less loosie.

[mikey07]

@foobaNZ He an assistant coach to the premiers here in Wainui which makes me wonder if he’s staying as I doubt he’d commit if he went somewhere else. I saw him today but forgot to ask him.

[Chris]

@Canes4life

Yeah I think so

[Billsy111]

@Chris They could do a lot worse by signing Joel Hintz. I never saw the man bettered in a scrum this year.

[frugby]

The Canes seemed to be building something promising but are now basically this meme. Shocking up front, but good out back.

[Canes4life]

@frugby I argue that we are strong up front, shit through the middle and strong out the back. Assuming we are talking about the forwards.

The backs are a bit hit and miss tbh.

[frugby]

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:

@frugby I argue that we are strong up front, shit through the middle and strong out the back. Assuming we are talking about the forwards.

The backs are a bit hit and miss tbh.

The Canes tight five outside of the starting front row looks diabolical to me. Good batch of loosies, but lacking a superstar (Could yet be Flanders or Lakai) in the absence of Savea. The starting backline should be a good one, but very little depth. The squad is so imbalanced, cracking midfield, but you wonder whether they would have been better served chucking the bag at a top quality lock.

[george33]

Bottom feeders

[Canes4life]

@frugby I feel like this is a trend across all our Super sides. The lack of depth is massively worrying and continues to get worse every year with competing comps draining our talent pool.

There are no signings that will entice extra bums on seats, that’s for sure.

[Canes4life]

@frugby it seems to me the Canes just don’t have money to throw around. Why would they go for a guy like Grant who is in the MLR instead of investing in a top class lock from somewhere else…

[Stargazer]

@Canes4life They could have signed someone like Geoff Cridge. He's better than Grant and won't expect the big money of someone in the NH.