Hurricanes 2024
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@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.
@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.
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@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.
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@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…
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@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.
@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.
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Think sangster is back
@Cpt-Kumera said in Hurricanes 2024:
Think sangster is back
Its Delany I'm hoping will be re-signed.
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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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
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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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
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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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
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 wingSullivan either starting or at 22
Or Moorby on the wing
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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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
@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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
Mafileo over Lomax?
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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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
@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
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@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
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@george33 take your 3 best players out and it'll be a long season? Well, yea. Thanks for that observation.
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@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.
- Numia
- Aumua
- Lomax
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Delany
- Kirifi
- Flanders
- Roigard
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Sullivan
- Love
- O’Reilly
- Rakete-Stones
- Mafileo
- Howden (Delany to cover lock)
- Lakai
- Perenara
- Godfrey (covers 10/15)
- Higgins (covers 12/13/11/14)
Mafileo over Lomax?
@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.
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@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
@george33 our depth in the loose fowards is up there with the best. Who is average from the below? Locks is by far our biggest weakness.
Flanders
Kirifi
Lakai
Delany
Shields
Howden -
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 wingSullivan either starting or at 22
Or Moorby on the wing
@Winger our best side (if selected) can match it with anyone IMO. The test will be when some of those guys are rested or are injured. I feel like this is the case with most teams now though. There doesn’t seem to be the strong underbelly of depth anymore. Which is why a team like the Crusaders are having to sign the likes of Leigh Half-Penny and Ryan Crotty for example.
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@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.
You said start Mafileo at tighthead?
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby over Lomax? Lomax is the starting AB tight-head haha.
You said start Mafileo at tighthead?
@frugby sorry meant loose-head. Fixed above.
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@george33 our depth in the loose fowards is up there with the best. Who is average from the below? Locks is by far our biggest weakness.
Flanders
Kirifi
Lakai
Delany
Shields
Howden
