Hurricanes 2021

[mikey07]

I have a sneaking suspicion it’s Blake Gibson coming to the Canes just the rumours I’m hearing..of course is rather it not be him

[Toddy]

Blake Gibson! Wahoo. Can't wait to see another average sized loosie playing for the Canes.

[Yeetyaah]

@toddy said in Hurricanes 2021:

Blake Gibson! Wahoo. Can't wait to see another average sized loosie playing lock playing for the Canes.

FIFY

[mikey07]

@toddy Can join Prinseep and Blackwell in the average category.

[Canes4life]

@mikey07 can’t see it happening. We’ve already got Iose and Kirifi and I will be annoyed if we sign him over Evans. Unless Savea shocks everyone and decides not to re-sign.

[Tim]

Openside flanker Gibson, meanwhile, is heading to another New Zealand franchise, having been forced out of the matchday 23 by the likes of Dalton Papalii, Tom Robinson, Akira Ioane and Hoskins Sotutu..

[Stargazer]

@tim With the loosies that the Canes already have, I can hardly see him make the Canes' 23.

Although, with this coaching staff, you never know.

[mikey07]

@canes4life conspiracy theory time maybe Ardie is going to Moana Pacific

[Canes4life]

@stargazer our top three loosies in my view are Flanders, Savea & Evans and then Brayden Iose as I really enjoyed what he offered from the bench this year. Two of those guys haven’t signed on yet though so who knows. I just can’t see Ardie leaving

[African Monkey]

Strange signing is Gibson imo, unless someone is leaving?

[Tim]

@african-monkey Maybe a replacement for Boshier? He's better than Karpik, even after all the injuries.

[Stargazer]

@tim I think he was talking about the Canes ...

[Canes4life]

@african-monkey that’s the only way he gets a contract IMO. I wonder how accurate this Gibson source is? Seems like a very odd signing, but I wouldn’t count it out with the selections we’ve made previously.

[Tim]

Is Fifita leaving the Canes?

[Stargazer]

@tim The rumours around that in Welly are strong, but haven't seen any real news about it.

[Canes4life]

@tim I hope so but haven’t seen anything official.

[Nepia]

@tim said in Hurricanes 2021:

@african-monkey Maybe a replacement for Boshier? He's better than Karpik, even after all the injuries.

That's debatable I'd say. Plus, he is injured all the time.

[African Monkey]

@tim I just assumed he was signing for the Canes haha after what @Nogusta said.

[Tim]

Jun 20, 2021  /  Sport, Rugby

'They've seen a lot of pain': MacDonald reveals personal significance of Blues' title

Blues coach Leon MacDonald opens up on the personal significance of the transtasman title.

Loose forward Blake Gibson, who scored the crucial 76th minute try, is shifting to another New Zealand team believed to be the Hurricanes.

[mikey07]

@tim Paywalled