CRUSADERS 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 Brown

BLUES 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 Tongia

CHIEFS 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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SSMO 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 ?

Is 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.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by  signman.