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October 29, 2014 at 12:17 pm #16089
Some of the media are saying is Boyd the right coach for the Canes after Wgtn’s appalling season, what bloody idiots ! Wgtn were decimated with injury, missing most of their first choice players & the Canes are a different team, there’s only a handful of players from that Wgtn team that have made the squad of 38, surprised Otere Black is only in the wider training group, would of had him as the backup to Barrett.
Hurricanes 2015 Super Rugby squad :
Ben Franks, Mark Abbott , Geoffrey Cridge* (Hawke’s Bay), Dane Coles, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Jeremy Thrush, Brad Shields, Ardie Savea, Victor Vito, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Cory Jane, Jason Woodward*, Reggie Goodes, Motu Matu’u, John Schwalger, Christian Lloyd*, Matt Proctor (Wellington), Callum Gibbins, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Chris Eves, (Manawatu), James Broadhurst, Beauden Barrett, Iopu Iopu-Aso*, Blade Thomson, James Marshall, Chris Smylie (Taranaki), Vince Aso* (Auckland), Reynold Lee-Lo (Counties Manukau), Willis Halaholo* (Southland).Wider training group :
Mike Kainga (Bay of Plenty), Leni Apisai*, Frae Wilson, Adam Hill (Wellington), Otere Black* (Manawatu), Hugh Renton* (Hawke’s Bay).Coaching staff :
Head coach : Chris Boyd
Assistant coach : John Plumtree
Technical advisors : Clark Laidlaw, Richard WattOctober 29, 2014 at 12:51 pm #16090CRUSADERS SQUAD : Scott Barrett, Dominic Bird, Dan Carter, Wyatt Crockett, Ryan Crotty, Israel Dagg, Mitchell Drummond, Andy Ellis, Kieron Fonotia, Robbie Fruean, Owen Franks, Ben Funnell, Willi Heinz, Nepo Laulala, Richie McCaw, Johnny McNicholl, Jone Macilai, Joe Moody, Nemani Nadolo, Tim Perry, Kieran Read, Ged Robinson, Luke Romano, Colin Slade, Jordan Taufua, Codie Taylor, Tom Taylor, Matt Todd, Nafi Tuitavake, Jimmy Tupou, Luke Whitelock, Sam Whitelock.
Wider training squad : Richie Mo’unga, David Havili, Nathaniel Apa, Alex Hodgman, Tom Sanders, Jed BrownBLUES SQUAD :
Forwards : Josh Bekhuis (Southland), Luke Braid (Auckland), Joe Edwards (Auckland), Charlie Faumuina (Auckland), Blake Gibson (Auckland), Jerome Kaino (Auckland, captain), Will Lloyd (Auckland), Steven Luatua (Auckland), Keven Mealamu (Auckland), Matt Moulds (Northland), Brendon O’Connor (Hawkes Bay), James Parsons (North Harbour), Greg Pleasants-Tate (North Harbour), Sam Prattley (Auckland), Culum Retallick (Bay of Plenty), Peter Saili (Auckland), Angus Ta’avao (Taranaki), Hayden Triggs (North Harbour), Patrick Tuipulotu (Auckland), Ofa Tu’ungafasi (Auckland), Tony Woodcock (North Harbour).
Backs : Pita Ahki (North Harbour), Dan Bowden (Northland), Jimmy Cowan (Tasman), Jamison Gibson-Park (Taranaki), Frank Halai (Counties Manukau), Bryn Hall (North Harbour), Simon Hickey (Auckland), Ben Lam (Auckland), Tevita Li (North Harbour), George Moala (Auckland), Melani Nanai (Auckland), Hamish Northcott (Manawatu), Charles Piutau (Auckland), Francis Saili (Auckland), Matt Vaega (North Harbour), Lolagi Visinia (Auckland), Ihia West (Hawkes Bay)HIGHLANDERS SQUAD :
Forwards : Kane Hames, Pingi Tala’apitaga, Ma’afu Fia, Ross Geldenhuys, Josh Hohneck, Brendon Edmonds, Liam Coltman, Ash Dixon, Tom Franklin, Joe Wheeler, Alex Ainley, Mark Reddish, Dan Pryor, Gareth Evans, John Hardie, Shane Christie, Nasi Manu, Elliot Dixon
Backs : Aaron Smith, Fumiaki Tanaka, Marty Banks, Lima Sopoaga, Hayden Parker, Trent Renata, Shaun Treeby, Jason Emery, Malakai Fekitoa, Richard Buckman, Waisake Naholo, Patrick Osborne, Ben Smith, Kurt Baker
Wider training squad : Sam Anderson-Heather, Joe Latta, Lee Allan, Josh Renton, Tei Walden, Ryan TongiaCHIEFS SQUAD : (W denotes wider training group) :
Outside backs : Tom Marshall, Tim Nanai-Williams, Hosea Gear, James Lowe, Bryce Heem, Toni Pulu (W).
Midfield backs : Sonny Bill Williams, Charlie Ngatai, Andrew Horrell, Seta Tamanivalu, Anton Lienert-Brown (W).
First five-eighths : Aaron Cruden, Marty McKenzie (W), Damian McKenzie
Halfbacks : Augustine Pulu, Brad Weber, Leon Fukofuka (W).
Loose forwards : Liam Messam, Sam Cane, Liam Squire, Tevita Koloamatangi, Sean Polwart, Michael Leitch, Johan Bardoul, Maama Vaipulu (W).
Chiefs Locks : Brodie Retallick, Mike Fitzgerald, Matt Symons, Michael Allardice.
Props : Ben Tameifuna, Pauliasi Manu, Jamie Mackintosh, Mitchell Graham, Siate Tokolahi, Ben Afeaki (W).
Hookers : Nathan Harris, Rhys Marshall, Quentin MacDonald.-
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October 29, 2014 at 1:13 pm #16092Once again the Hurricanes fail to deliver. Not only have they picked or stuck with QUOTE Wellington Talent UNQUOTE once again they fail to pick players that have shown real form over the past two years, those being from Manawatu and Hawkes Bay. How a former Premiership team manages to hog the playing roster when the two form teams in the region have consistently performed is begging belief. A slap in the face for both provinces.
Thankfully I have never been a Hurricanes Supporter and likely never will be if this shemozzle continues. Wellington, Otago and Southland are now consigned to Championship rugby, such is their lot. Does this mean, especially come end of 2015 SupeRugby Season and lack of performance, the redrawing of the Franchise boundaries and NZRU acknowledgment things are not well in the Cities. (Remember Aucklands last season too!!)
October 29, 2014 at 1:40 pm #16093SSMO said :
Once again the Hurricanes fail to deliver. Not only have they picked or stuck with QUOTE Wellington Talent UNQUOTE once again they fail to pick players that have shown real form over the past two years, those being from Manawatu and Hawkes Bay. How a former Premiership team manages to hog the playing roster when the two form teams in the region have consistently performed is begging belief. A slap in the face for both provinces.signman said :
Most of the wgtn players are AB’s, you’d have to pick them & the ones that are not are very good players, haven’t heard of Christian Lloyd though… on Manawatu { 3 } & Hawkes Bay { 6 } you make a fair point but those teams looked to have got more players in the 2015 squad compared to other years.What other players do you think deserve to be there ?
October 30, 2014 at 12:45 am #16094Fraser Stone (Lock), Northcott (2nd Five) and all three front rowers (Manawatu demolished all but one teams packs this year, the exception was Auckland)
On AB’s. Vito is too old, Conrad in probably his last year of top rugby, and Nonu should be put out to pasture. Perenara is lucky to be an AB, so not rated. Any team with a Franks Brother in it deserves all it gets.
If Hurricanes want support in the provinces they need to embrace those provinces. Imagine a backline with A Smith, A Cruden, Northcott, Emery, Jane, Savea, and Milne-Skudder playing in Wellington, Palmerston North, and Napier. The crowds would come back.
October 30, 2014 at 2:27 pm #16095Is Fraser stone a big power lock ? could of done with another 125kg lock like Broadhurst in the squad.
Yeah, your tight five were very impressive, Canes starting tight five are pretty good, but off the beach we’ve never had much depth there, tend to agree some of those players in your tight five would of made our forward squad stronger, don’t really rate the Frankenstein { Franks } brothers either.
Vito is only 27, hardly old, the Smith/Nonu is clearly our best combo going into the WC.
Totally disagree about Perenara, after getting stuff all game time for the AB’s he played brilliantly for wgtn in our last game, the bloke made a huge diff in helping us win our only match of the season… I have no doubt whatsoever that Perenara is the best all-round half back in NZ, how the hell can he make an impression for the AB’s when most times he comes on with 20 minutes to go or less, on quite a few occasions the last 5 minutes of the match ?
Aaron Smiths running game has improved, as has Perenara’s passing game, but like SBW with his off-loading Smith’s passing game is easily the strongest part of his game, so being behind a Rolls-Royce AB pack he looks a million dollars, what concerns me is when we play a team like S.A.& things get really tight Perenara needs to come on a lot earlier, he’s a much bigger about 95kg, very quick, has all the skills, scores quite a few tries close to the line, probably more than any other halfback… point is we have two very good halfbacks, so we should be using both, not just one, also if Aaron Smith gets injured at the WC Perenara would of had stuff all time to get his combo going with the 1st-five.
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