Hurricanes 2024
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Ben Grant, an Aussie who did not set the world on fire during the NPC, selected but Dom Bird left outside the squad, that's weird.
@cgrant selecting an Aussie over a Kiwi aswell is questionable in my book. Ben Grant has the height but he seems to be too skinny for Super. He’ll need to put on a few kegs.
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Seems the Canes are hogging too many good midfielders, that is a lot of talent there that could be sitting on the bench or not at all.
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@Stargazer The annoying thing about this squad is the amount of locks we've signed. We could have signed one less lock and signed up McClutchie instead. Just seems so odd.
I wonder who's in the wider squad? Maybe he's in there potentially with a promise that he will have a full contract in 2025.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Stargazer The annoying thing about this squad is the amount of locks we've signed. We could have signed one less lock and signed up McClutchie instead. Just seems so odd.
I wonder who's in the wider squad? Maybe he's in there potentially with a promise that he will have a full contract in 2025.
Pretty meh about whether we got McClutchie (just me,I think he ok but....), an guess they risking Cameron, Morgan staying fit, with Love and Godfrey maybe getting a run if needed
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Looks like a few of the Canes boys have started pre season early. This off TJ Perenara's Insta.
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So the Canes will again play a game in that hellhole in Palmerston North in 2024. Meaning that we will at best get a preseason game, unless another franchises gives us one of their home games (MP?). :angry_face:
@Stargazer they've already announced the pre season games. We are playing the Highlanders in Queenstown and Moana Pasifika at the training base in Upper Hutt.
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@Stargazer they've already announced the pre season games. We are playing the Highlanders in Queenstown and Moana Pasifika at the training base in Upper Hutt.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Stargazer they've already announced the pre season games. We are playing the Highlanders in Queenstown and Moana Pasifika at the training base in Upper Hutt.
Pre season games are dead to me since they dropped Mangatainoka, fuck that rocked
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Stargazer they've already announced the pre season games. We are playing the Highlanders in Queenstown and Moana Pasifika at the training base in Upper Hutt.
Pre season games are dead to me since they dropped Mangatainoka, fuck that rocked
@Machpants I thought that place burnt down? Or am I confusing it with another venue?
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Stargazer they've already announced the pre season games. We are playing the Highlanders in Queenstown and Moana Pasifika at the training base in Upper Hutt.
Pre season games are dead to me since they dropped Mangatainoka, fuck that rocked
@Machpants I went to the last one there. The old Tui Cup, bring it back I say.
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@Machpants I thought that place burnt down? Or am I confusing it with another venue?
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Machpants I thought that place burnt down? Or am I confusing it with another venue?
The stands did but who cares, it is about the location, just import some temp ones
That happened after they stopped it there tho -
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Machpants I thought that place burnt down? Or am I confusing it with another venue?
The stands did but who cares, it is about the location, just import some temp ones
That happened after they stopped it there tho@Machpants said in Hurricanes 2024:
but who cares,
A lot of locals care. That grandstand had a huge historical meaning to them. And it's not up to the Hurricanes to decide what happens to that ground as they don't own it. That's up to the people who manage the Mangatainoka Domain.
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@Machpants said in Hurricanes 2024:
but who cares,
A lot of locals care. That grandstand had a huge historical meaning to them. And it's not up to the Hurricanes to decide what happens to that ground as they don't own it. That's up to the people who manage the Mangatainoka Domain.
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2024:
@Machpants said in Hurricanes 2024:
but who cares,
A lot of locals care. That grandstand had a huge historical meaning to them. And it's not up to the Hurricanes to decide what happens to that ground as they don't own it. That's up to the people who manage the Mangatainoka Domain.
Not the way I meant it but OK.
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So the Canes will again play a game in that hellhole in Palmerston North in 2024. Meaning that we will at best get a preseason game, unless another franchises gives us one of their home games (MP?). :angry_face:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2024:
So the Canes will again play a game in that hellhole in Palmerston North in 2024. Meaning that we will at best get a preseason game, unless another franchises gives us one of their home games (MP?). :angry_face:
We can’t have you non important provinces getting more then 1 game out of Wellington…Napier and Palmy being in yearly rotation seems utterly stupid why can’t they take two games to the provinces would more then likely make a bigger profit then a mediocre turn out in Wellington.
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After missing most of 2023 with injury, Ruben Love has just come back from an extended pre-season in Australia looking in great nick. Hoping he has a massive season for us in 2024.
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@mikey07 Apparently, Jason Holland is still the head coach and Chris Gibbes the forwards coach.
https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/about-us/staff
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@Stargazer I’m really looking forward to see how Holland goes with the Canes next year
@mikey07 he’ll manage to pick Prinsep, JSav and Blackwell aswell.
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A few wider squad members spotted in the below post that I’ve noticed include:
Sam Coles (Manawatu)
Vernon Bason (Manawatu)
Kyle Preston (Wellington)
Kemara Hauiti-Parapara (Wellington)
Konrad Newland (Hawkes Bay)Looks like TJ Perenara is hugging what looks like Chris Boyd. I wonder if he’s involved as an assistant.
