Super Rugby Aupiki 2024
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Each club will contract 30 players (an increase of two players per squad) who will take part in an eight-week individual paid preparation window before a four-week pre-season that will include two matches.
The season will kick off in March with six weeks of round robin action before the top two teams play off for the title in a final. Matches will be a mix of standalone fixtures and double-headers with their DHL Super Rugby Pacific counterparts.
With the increased time commitment, non-Black Ferns players who are contracted will see payments more than doubling to a minimum of $17,000 for the season.
This format will be in place for the 2024 and 2025 seasons in the build up to Rugby World Cup 2025 in England.
https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/news-and-events/latest-news/sky-super-rugby-aupiki-2024-format-confirmed
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The Hurricanes Poua have locked in their coaching group for Super Rugby Aupiki 2024.
The coaching set up needed to be tweaked for 2024 with regular Head Coach Victoria (Tors) Grant stepping down for the upcoming season as she will be away on maternity leave but will still have a lens over the team as Director of Rugby. She will return as Head Coach for the 2025 season.
In the interim, Ngatai Walker will step into the Head Coaching position. He will be joined by Assistant Coaches Melodie (Mel) Bosman and Emma Jensen.
Hurricanes Poua coaches, management and support staff are well into their planning and preparations for Super Rugby Aupiki.
They will all be gathering for a connection camp in December and will return for pre-season camps in January-February, after the Christmas break.
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The full nib Blues squad will be named in the coming weeks with pre-season starting on February 1.
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Great to see Kahlia Awa has been picked up. Typical that it's not by the Canes.
She and Aldora Itunu will play for the Blues in 2024.
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There is definitely more cross-code movement for the women, Niall Williams-Guthrie being the latest to switch back.
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Media release:
https://www.blues.rugby/blues-rugby-news/williams-guthrie
Also in the Blues' squad:
Krysten Cottrell (first five-eight, HAwke's Bay)
Kerri Johnson (winger, Northland/Melbourne Rebels)
Angelica Mekemeke Vahai (winger, Auckland)https://www.blues.rugby/blues-rugby-news/youth-experience
https://www.blues.rugby/blues-rugby-news/flyers-for-nib-blues
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Moomooga Palu (prop, HAwke's Bay) has re-signed with Matatū.
https://www.matatu.co.nz/news/moomooga-palu-back-for-matatu-in-2024
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More player movement.
https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/grace-steinmetz-secured-by-chiefs-manawa
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