Hurricanes 2024

george33

@Canes4life well all of them really,good luck hurricanes

Canes4life

Lol @george33 the man that offers nothing valuable to any thread. Jog on.

Canes4life

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.

Duluth

This was in an ODT article:

Levi Aumua (Moana Pasifika to Crusaders) and Billy Proctor (Hurricanes to Rebels) would have been welcome additions had they not chosen alternative destinations

Is that correct about Proctor? I thought he re-signed?

Bovidae

Matt to the Rebels isn't it?

Duluth

@Bovidae ahh that’s right. Bad typo from the ODT

Mr Fish

@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.

mikey07

Franks is currently with Toulouse according to his Instagram account so doubt it’s him.

Yeetyaah

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

Canes4life

Canes4life

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.

foobaNZ

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.

Canes4life

@foobaNZ I'd say Godfrey will be on the pine covering 10/15 anyway.

Canes4life

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

Stargazer

I'm not too optimistic we'll see McClutchie in Super Rugby again. I don't expect him to be signed by another squad (unless it's the Force), so he'll now probably go overseas. :disappointed_face:

Chris

I have this feeling Bird and Prinsep maybe at the Crusaders.
Bird would be an ok pick up but Prinsep I will hate Penny straight away if we have

Canes4life

@Chris who would they be in replace of? I can't see Prinsep getting a contract, has he even played?

Canes4life

@Stargazer The annoying thing about this squad is the amount of locks we've signed. We could have signed one less lock and signed up McClutchie instead. Just seems so odd.

I wonder who's in the wider squad? Maybe he's in there potentially with a promise that he will have a full contract in 2025.

Chris

Bird would take Dunshea spot
Prinsep would take Havilis

Cahill will probably replace Whitelock

Canes4life

@Chris makes sense.

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