Hurricanes 2024
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@mikey07 not necessarily, I think Bird may have made a last-minute decision to retire at the end of the NPC and because of that we ended up having to sign Ben Grant. Bird would surely have been selected before an MLR player if he was available.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@mikey07 not necessarily, I think Bird may have made a last-minute decision to retire at the end of the NPC and because of that we ended up having to sign Ben Grant. Bird would surely have been selected before an MLR player if he was available.
Could be wrong, but I think it is more likely the Canes selected Grant over Bird, so he was left considering his options. With the way it is worded, I think he probably had an offer to go to another NZ Super side (Presumably the Highlanders as an injury replacement) and he decided he didn't want to do that, so hung up the boots?
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@mikey07 not necessarily, I think Bird may have made a last-minute decision to retire at the end of the NPC and because of that we ended up having to sign Ben Grant. Bird would surely have been selected before an MLR player if he was available.
Could be wrong, but I think it is more likely the Canes selected Grant over Bird, so he was left considering his options. With the way it is worded, I think he probably had an offer to go to another NZ Super side (Presumably the Highlanders as an injury replacement) and he decided he didn't want to do that, so hung up the boots?
@frugby I guess we'll never know unless someone can actually confirm. Anyway, I hope he enjoys his retirement, seems like a top bloke.
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@frugby I guess we'll never know unless someone can actually confirm. Anyway, I hope he enjoys his retirement, seems like a top bloke.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@frugby I guess we'll never know unless someone can actually confirm. Anyway, I hope he enjoys his retirement, seems like a top bloke.
Absolutely. It was just the way he noted that he didn't want to have a rugby future away from Wellington (or words to that effect)... Canes signing Grant though, might be the most bizarre move in NZ Super Rugby History.
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@cgrant yeah, really odd IMO. Plummer or even Cridge would have been better selections.
Atleast Grant has height and who knows he may surprise us.
Maybe Mafileo sung his praises at Harbour. I know Judd also played with him in the US so he knows a few of the boys.
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Kemara Hauiti Parapara won the annual Surf to Peak race today going from the pics below.
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Anyone know much about Benet Kumeroa?. I understand he's another player who's been training with the Canes.
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Anyone know much about Benet Kumeroa?. I understand he's another player who's been training with the Canes.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
Anyone know much about Benet Kumeroa?. I understand he's another player who's been training with the Canes.
This highlights where we're at when you exclude all the players who have signed to play in MLR. Kumeroa wasn't always in the BOP 23. The commentators always talked up his strength as he has a weightlifting background.
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Full Canes training squad (minus All Blacks) here - https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/editorial-images/sport/event/hurricanes-2024-super-rugby-headshots-session/776072697
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Full Canes training squad (minus All Blacks) here - https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/editorial-images/sport/event/hurricanes-2024-super-rugby-headshots-session/776072697
@Canes4life You can work out the NDC players from those images. Wallace and Coles were reported. Add in Allen, Bason and Newland.
There's also Tuputupu, Viljoen and Ropeti.
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Love was great for Wellington in 2022. Disappointing in 2023.
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Love was great for Wellington in 2022. Disappointing in 2023.
@Winger how can you call someone disappointing when he missed the whole season? He had a quiet NPC compared to 2022 but he wasnt exactly going to set the house on fire after being on the sidelines for such a long stint.
Hopefully this year he can kick on. He’s probably worked the hardest out of any player this off season, training twice over in Australia when not required by the Canes so is primed for a big year.
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@Winger how can you call someone disappointing when he missed the whole season? He had a quiet NPC compared to 2022 but he wasnt exactly going to set the house on fire after being on the sidelines for such a long stint.
Hopefully this year he can kick on. He’s probably worked the hardest out of any player this off season, training twice over in Australia when not required by the Canes so is primed for a big year.
@Canes4life He was also impressive when he played for NZ A against the Japanese teams.
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@Winger how can you call someone disappointing when he missed the whole season? He had a quiet NPC compared to 2022 but he wasnt exactly going to set the house on fire after being on the sidelines for such a long stint.
Hopefully this year he can kick on. He’s probably worked the hardest out of any player this off season, training twice over in Australia when not required by the Canes so is primed for a big year.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
how can you call someone disappointing when he missed the whole season
Disappointing for Wellington
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