Hurricanes 2020
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Apparently Canes training cancelled yesterday and today due to a player showing 'symptoms'.
Gee the top brass will be on tenterhooks waiting on the results!!@Nogusta looks like the Canes trained today from their Insta feed.
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This sounds like James Marshall is out for the season.
Excited to be giving this a crack while I rehab for the next 9 months. Heaps of amazing people in sport with unreal stories to be told. #podcast #whatalad
"This" is the podcast he's working on.
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@Stargazer What really? Not that I’m disappointed quite the opposite...is that the injury he carried over from Japan?
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I think there will be some flexibility with contracts given the Top 14 and the Japanese Top League have been suspended/cancelled.
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@Duluth OK, I hadn't read that.
Cruden has got an extension so it seems to be on a case-by-case basis depending on the overseas club.
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@Duluth OK, I hadn't read that.
Cruden has got an extension so it seems to be on a case-by-case basis depending on the overseas club.
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Does anyone know when Kobus van Wyk's contract expires? He was the one who was signed to fill Rayasi's spot.
@Stargazer He was signed only on a one year deal
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@Stargazer why not?
@Canes4life Because the Canes don't need him. He isn't exactly a star player who adds a lot to the squad. I'd prefer a young NZ player who can be developed over a foreigner, who turns 29 before the 2021 season starts.
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@Stargazer they don't need him? Lam won't be around for the whole comp, Lowe is pretty much always broken and Rayasi wasn't even meant to be in the Canes this year. Apart from Goosen, what other wing options do we have now that Vince Aso is at centre?
This is professional rugby, obviously the Canes didn't see anyone worthy enough in the NPC so they went for experience off-shore. Their faith has been rewarded with some quality shifts from Van Wyk pre covid so I don't see the big deal in them wanting to extend his stay.
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@Stargazer they don't need him? Lam won't be around for the whole comp, Lowe is pretty much always broken and Rayasi wasn't even meant to be in the Canes this year. Apart from Goosen, what other wing options do we have now that Vince Aso is at centre?
This is professional rugby, obviously the Canes didn't see anyone worthy enough in the NPC so they went for experience off-shore. Their faith has been rewarded with some quality shifts from Van Wyk pre covid so I don't see the big deal in them wanting to extend his stay.
@Canes4life This article isn't about extending van Wyk's contract for SR Aotearoa only. It says "beyond the 2020 season", so I assume they want him for the 2021 season.
Also, I'm pretty confident that Billy Proctor, Danny Toala and Chase Tiatia, who are in the 2020 squad, could do a pretty good job on the wing, if they had to, especially the first two. Edited to add your beloved Peter U-J.
Van Wyk's major shift was against ... the Sunwolves.
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@Canes4life This article isn't about extending van Wyk's contract for SR Aotearoa only. It says "beyond the 2020 season", so I assume they want him for the 2021 season.
Also, I'm pretty confident that Billy Proctor, Danny Toala and Chase Tiatia, who are in the 2020 squad, could do a pretty good job on the wing, if they had to, especially the first two. Edited to add your beloved Peter U-J.
Van Wyk's major shift was against ... the Sunwolves.
@Higgins Plumtree swooped because Van Wyk found himself behind the two Springbok wingers at the Sharks. I understand a mix of South African rugby political BS and a fresh change was the reason he packed his bags
@Stargazer he was strong against both the Chiefs and Blues aswell. If he's good enough to be in the Canes in 2021 then good on him. NZ has lost far too much IP, why not get some back. The rugby landscape is changing and I expect these contracts to come up more frequently to prevent Super Rugby from becoming, well, not so Super. Or are we too late for that already?
