Hurricanes 2024

[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.

[Canes4life]

@Stargazer could have also signed Sangster, Bird and Delany but they haven’t yet.

I’m pretty worried that we may lose Delany and Sangster who I saw as two keys to our pack going forward.

[Cpt Kumera]

Think sangster is back

[Winger]

@Cpt-Kumera said in Hurricanes 2024:

Think sangster is back

Its Delany I'm hoping will be re-signed.

[Canes4life]

Sweet so the Canes should have a really decent top 23 and then not much depth under that. Bloody hope we can keep players fit next year.

If we sign Delany and Sangster then this is my 23 now. Even though I think Mafileo should start at loose-head I have him as the reserve tight-head to fit both Numia and Rakete-Stones into the 23, plus Mafileo is also a decent loose-head aswell.

1. Numia
2. Aumua
3. Lomax
4. Sangster
5. Walker-Leawere
6. Delany
7. Kirifi
8. Flanders
9. Roigard
10. Cameron
11. Naholo
12. Barrett
13. Proctor
14. Sullivan
15. Love
16. O’Reilly
17. Rakete-Stones
18. Mafileo
19. Howden (Delany to cover lock)
20. Lakai
21. Perenara
22. Godfrey (covers 10/15)
23. Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)

[Winger]

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[Winger]

@Canes4life

Looks a lot better than OK side. In fact, if Laidlaw is any good, a top quality head forwards coach is or has been signed (assume they have found someone but can't announce yet) and not too many injuries, then this side could do (much) better than last year

Other options are

Shields at6
Delany at lock
Sangster or maybe Taula at 19
Barrett covers first
Moorby at 22 or starting on the wing

Sullivan either starting or at 22

Or Moorby on the wing

[frugby]

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:

Sweet so the Canes should have a really decent top 23 and then not much depth under that. Bloody hope we can keep players fit next year.

If we sign Delany and Sangster then this is my 23 now. Even though I think Mafileo should start at tight-head I have him as the reserve loose-head to fit both Numia and Rakete-Stones into the 23, plus Mafileo is also a decent loose-head aswell.

1. Numia
2. Aumua
3. Lomax
4. Sangster
5. Walker-Leawere
6. Delany
7. Kirifi
8. Flanders
9. Roigard
10. Cameron
11. Naholo
12. Barrett
13. Proctor
14. Sullivan
15. Love
16. O’Reilly
17. Rakete-Stones
18. Mafileo
19. Howden (Delany to cover lock)
20. Lakai
21. Perenara
22. Godfrey (covers 10/15)
23. Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)

Mafileo over Lomax?

[george33]

@Canes4life take Lomax , Barrett, and possibly Roigard out of the mix it's gonna b along season , loose forwards very average as are locks , backs maybe but won't mix it with the big boys

[foobaNZ]

@george33 take your 3 best players out and it'll be a long season? Well, yea. Thanks for that observation.

[Canes4life]

@foobaNZ lol if any team did this it would be a long season. Classic @george33 comment.

[Canes4life]

@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.