Hurricanes 2024
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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 -
@Canes4life well all of them really,good luck hurricanes
Lol @george33 the man that offers nothing valuable to any thread. Jog on.
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Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.
Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.
Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.
Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).
Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.
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Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.
Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.
Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.
Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).
Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
Based on the above updated squad list, the following positions have yet to be announced - 1x prop, 1x lock, 2x loose forwards, 1x centre. These will be announced in tomorrow's squad naming.
Prop: I have no idea who the last prop will be but I assume it will be a tight-head, I wonder if they will go with Pasilio Tosi or try and sign Owen Franks again.
Lock: I'm assuming the last locking positon will go to Justin Sangster. We need experience and he's been around for a few years now.
Loose forwards: I'm picking the last two loose forward positions to go to Brayden Iose and Caleb Delany (who can also cover lock).
Centre: no surpises here, I think we'll keep Peter Umaga-Jensen.
Think you've nailed it, with Tosi over Franks.
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https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-2024-dhl-super-rugby-pacific-squad-named
FORWARDS
Props
Siale Lauaki – Wellington
Tyrel Lomax – Ta$man
Tevita Mafileo – Bay of Plenty
Xavier Numia – Wellington
Pouri Rakete-Stones – Hawke’s Bay
Pasilio Tosi – Bay of Plenty
Hookers
Asafo Aumua – Wellington
Jacob Devery – Hawke’s Bay
James O’Reilly – Wellington
Locks
Caleb Delany – Wellington
Ben Grant – North Harbour
Justin Sangster – Bay of Plenty
Josh Taula – Manawatū
James Tucker – Waikato
Isaia Walker-Leawere – Hawke’s Bay
Loose Forwards
Devan Flanders – Hawke’s Bay
TK Howden – Manawatū
Brayden Iose – Manawatū
Du’Plessis Kirifi – Wellington
Peter Lakai – Wellington
Brad Shields – Wellington
BACKS
Halfbacks
Richard Judd – Bay of Plenty
TJ Perenara – Wellington
Cam Roigard – Counties Manukau
Five-eighths
Brett Cameron – Manawatū
Aidan Morgan – Wellington
Midfield
Jordie Barrett – Taranaki
Riley Higgins – Wellington
Billy Proctor – Wellington
Bailyn Sullivan – Waikato
Peter Umaga-Jensen – Wellington
Outside Backs
Harry Godfrey – Hawke’s Bay
Ruben Love – Wellington
Josh Moorby – Northland
Kini Naholo – Taranaki
Ngatungane Punivai – Canterbury
Salesi Rayasi – Auckland
Daniel Sinkinson – Waikato
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So so so glad we've re-signed Delany and Sangster. I'm so much happier about this side now knowing those two have been signed up.
Shame Morgan is still there, would have loved to sign McClutchie.
Interesting that on the Instagram post they've lumped Jordie with the inside backs.
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McClutchie is unlucky, you'd have to think if Morgan wasn't under contract he'd have got a spot.
Cameron with Godfrey or McClutchie on the pine is a lot more compelling.
@foobaNZ I'd say Godfrey will be on the pine covering 10/15 anyway.
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Post squad thoughts on the Canes strongest 23 I would actually go with the following:
- T Mafileo
- A Aumua
- T Lomax
- C Delany
- J Sangster
- T Howden / B Shields
- D Kirifi
- D Flanders
- C Roigard
- B Cameron
- K Naholo
- J Barrett
- B Proctor
- B Sullivan
- R Love
- J O'Reilly
- X Numia
- S Lauaki
- I Walker-Leawere
- P Lakai
- T Perenara
- H Godfrey
- R Higgins
