The Silver Fern

I thought so, but maybe he has an NPC season left?

A Ieremia I thought he could move onto bigger things, might have been a very good 6, seemed to be pretty talented.

Taylor, Tuipolotu, Roigard. S Barrett is going to have a hard job getting back into the starting lineup.

So just watched the highlights above, how good is that No 8..... damm.

Well thats a bummer then, was hoping for better from LF
Any standouts?

@brodean

If those stats are correct, thats a pretty massive tight 5

All their locks are above 2.00m

Correct, just for 1 year

@sparky said in 2025 All Blacks Squad v France:

@Bones Hard to know. He's not prime Joe Rokocoko fast, but I'd have thought he was slightly quicker than those two.

Basically I want more pace out wide, but I'm not sure who?

Id play Jordan on the wing, he has looked great there in the past, and have Love at 15. Tangitau when fit. That would provide 2 pacey wings and Love to hopefully help put them in space.

I was just catching up on this, I would never listen to some 3rd rate Journo saying he knows Hoskins said no to the selectors. I hate people spreading these kind of rumors. When things get posted here, then tend to make it into the media and it just spreads.

I'm actually fine with it.
Means he is still available to the AB's if selected.
I don't care who he plays for next super year, after he left the Canes anyway. Play for Moana or some team in Japan, better than the alternative which is packing his bags and leaving and being unavailable.
Does it relieve salary pressure for NZRU? Don't know how that works.

@Landers92 said in Hurricanes 2026:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2026:

@Dan54 said in Hurricanes 2026:

Sorry ,I missed the rumour, has Naholo lost or pulled out of his Japan contract. As a Naki man, I would be extremely happy if he did.

Yeah, after he was injured, the team he had signed for pulled his contract and now he has an offer on the table from the Canes again.

Unlikely he will play for Taranaki this year and might even miss a big chunk of the Super campaign pending on the extent of his injury.

Naholo accepted the offer. He’s a cane through 2027.

Thanks for always bringing us the scoop

Hate to say it but I’d give that a red.
No excuse for head contact there.
But I bet that will stay yellow.

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2026:

Wellington have also shifted all their games for this year to Porirua park which is interesting. The price point for tickets is still far too high at around $24. Should be $15 max in my view.

Oh wow, I used to live in walking distance, bit further now.
Thats a pretty solid decision to keep costs down.

Why do they report on these 2 every few days. Just leave them alone and find a more interesting story.

I might be the only person that wants them to send a sub par team so we can beat the hell out of them.
Last time they beat us by a point, if they send a full strength team, while it would be a great series, I'd be afraid of losing.

@canefan said in All Blacks 2025:

Razor has to stop thinking in the past and focus on the talent he has right in front of him. There is no one playing overseas that deserves an automatic spot in the team (Jordie doesn't count because he's on sabbatical)

I'm no Razor defender, but in the interview he was asked if you would like to see xyz come back, and he just said - you want to see all your best players available.

I think it is more of a more of a media thing harping on about it than Razor. What is he supposed to say, no door is closed, don't come back.

@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:

Based on training footage it looks like Harkin was training in green which means he’s in the 23. Because Laidlaw has mentioned already he doesn’t see Harkin as a bench option, this likely means Love will start at 10, Harkin at 15 and Cameron on the bench.

Fingers crossed. Be a shame to play him up to the playoffs and then don't select him.
He has been a huge attacking threat for us.

@canefan said in NRL 2025:

@1kiwi said in NRL 2025:

Not a Warriors supporter but the Warriors need to move on from DWZ. He's no longer the player he once was and it's time they give someone else an opportunity.

They should have never rushed him back from injury. The kids were playing great

Yep, put the experienced guys back in and start losing. Just seems mental to me.

He is for sure the form 13, but I do see him drop off a couple tackles a game.
Way better than Reiko on attack, but a little behind defensively. I'm sure he can work on it.
And I wouldn't consider Love as a winger, he really lacks enough pace to play there, from what I have seen.

Got up at 3am to watch. Really good game to watch. Great intensity
Procter and Kirifi good as usual.
Scrums starting to look better but lineouts pretty bad.
Hopefully Love is ok.