Hurricanes 2018
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@nepia said in Hurricanes 2018:
@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2018:
@higgins No good news for Renton, unfortunately.
Nuts, he's injured for two years and picks up a WTG and then a full contract. Is uninjured for nearly a whole season, plays some good rugby and doesn't get one. Weird.
You could say the same about Geoffrey Cridge.
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2018 Hurricanes squad:
PROP
Chris Eves
Alex Fidow
Reg Goodes
Ben May
Toby Smith
Jeffrey To'omaga-AllenHOOKER
Asafo Aumua
Dane Coles
Ricky RiccitelliLOCK
James Blackwell (also loose forward)
Murray Douglas
Michael Fatialofa
Sam Lousi
Isaia Walker-LeawereLOOSE FORWARD
Gareth Evans
Vaea Fifita (also lock)
Sam Henwood
Reed Prinsep
Ardie Savea
Brad Shields
Blade ThomsonHALFBACK
Jamie Booth
Finlay Christie
TJ PerenaraFIRST-FIVE EIGHTH
Beauden Barrett
Jackson Garden-Bachop (also fullback)
TJ Va'a
Ihaia WestMIDFIELDER
Wes Goosen
Ngani Laumape
Jonah LoweWING
Vince Aso
Ben Lam
Matt Proctor (also fullback)
Julian SaveaFULLBACK
Jordie Barrett (also midfield)
Nehe Milner-Skudder
Peter Umaga-JensenSo they signed Evans to replace Gibbins earlier this year, and now they've apparently picked Henwood over Renton? Ridiculous.
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@tim Assuming Goodes is fit (I don't like the LH alternatives):
1 Goodes
2 Coles
3 JTA
4 Fatialofa
5 Lousi
6 Fifita
7 A Savea
8 Shields
9 TJP
10 BB
11 J Savea
12 Laumape
13 Lowe
14 Proctor
15 Jordie16 Aumua
17 May
18 Fidow
19 Blackwell
20 Evans
21 Christie
22 West
23 AsoObviously, I have taken the opportunity to ensure sufficient Bay representation.
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Just the three midfield backs named, looks like they are going to be rather busy. Having said that Vince Aso and Matt Proctor have been listed as wingers so in reality there are five midfielders and just two wingers, including Ben Lam who must be one of the luckiest in the country to get a contract.
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"It may be Vaea is better served in the locks where Izzy [Isaia Walker-Leawere] has had a shoulder reconstruction and won't partake in the first part of the season. Michael Fatialofa's still coming back from a knee injury, so we're a little bit lighter in the locks."
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@cgrant said in Hurricanes 2018:
T. Smith
Coles
JTA
Fatialofa
Lousi
Fifita
Savea
Shields
TJP
BB
Savea
Laumape
Proctor
NMS
JBAumua
Eves
Fidow
Thompson
Evans
Christie
Garden-Bachop
Goosen / AsoIt would be interesting to look back at the end of next season and see if that 23 ever made the teamsheet.
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@stargazer and here I was thinking that team looked bloody sharp and you did the Lowe thing. Procter to centre, Aso on the wing and Goosen on the bench looks very tidy indeed.
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@bones said in Hurricanes 2018:
@stargazer and here I was thinking that team looked bloody sharp and you did the Lowe thing. Procter to centre, Aso on the wing and Goosen on the bench looks very tidy indeed.
Haha, you read my last sentence, didn't you? It was tongue in cheek. I hope and expect Lowe will manage to get into the 23 a few times this season, but probably later in the season when injuries strike, and from the bench. There's no reason why he wouldn't get/deserve that opportunity.
