Does Jesse have an "I'll only play if you pick my brother clause" in his contract? Otherwise, how is he starting?

Not a bad lineup really. Stoked for Benji, he really deserved more caps over the past few years, hopefully his old man body is up to it. Crazy that we can select a team with a fit Foran (in decent form) available and he can't make the 17.

NAS isn't going anywhere:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/league/nz-gave-my-family-safe-place-stay-kiwis-prop-vows-never-switch-allegiances-despite-samoan-lineage

@Higgins said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Nepia said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Canes4life You provided 4 names after claiming HB had been taking the best of Wellington’s talent. They’re clearly not the best of Wellington’s talent if they left the Canes home province and are struggling to get starts for the Magpies.

Maybe the best of the hitherto unproven (or should that read as anwanted) young talent coming out of the Bay is better than that coming out of Wellington?

Yeah, those three Wellingtonians seem to have been surpassed by young HB talent already.

@Machpants said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:

Yeah he seems to be stuck in 15 behind Cruden in the 1st XV, so make sense to try somewhere else. And moving to the big smoke is pretty cool when you're that age- even if Palmy to Welly isn't exactly life shatteringly different!

He’ll yes it is!

@Canes4life You provided 4 names after claiming HB had been taking the best of Wellington’s talent. They’re clearly not the best of Wellington’s talent if they left the Canes home province and are struggling to get starts for the Magpies.

@Canes4life It will be awesome if the Canes do have that many Magpies on their books, but it will be an anomaly.

No one expects the Magpies to have more players than Wellington, we just expect Magpies players to get a fair go, which arguably they haven't in the past.

@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Nepia the majority were all promising players out of St Pats Town. Probably says alot about Hawkes Bay and their inability to develop players properly more than anything. No wonder you guys fail to attract talent.

What's the point in discussing this with you as you're just flat out trolling now.

@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Nepia the NOBM four of Jack Nelson Murray, Zach Donaldson, Michael Buckley and Hanon Brighouse are all from Wellington.

Those were your star schoolboys?
Buckley looks a decent prospect but the others haven't made a dent.

@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

I think you just like having a whinge.

What a stupid comment, you only have to look at how many Magpies make various Super squads to see why Hawkes Bay fans might get the pip with the Canes selectorial policies rather than just whinge for the sake of whingeing.

@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:

@Stargazer Interesting, I guess we will see how he develops.

Rich coming from Hawkes Bay who signed nearly every promising Wellington school kid a couple of years back.

Can you give us this list? They made such an impact I can't think of any.

@Jaguares4real said in Super Rugby News:

Nevertheless they'll pose a threat but Jaguares have played & beaten better teams than Chiefs this season

Except they have played and not beaten the Chiefs. The Chiefs have also played and beaten a better team than the Jaguares too.

@Sneakdefreak I would have thought they wouldn’t have named RTS if he want going to play?

Apparently it’s going to be Benji and Johnson in the halves and Hughes on the bench which would make Foran the unlucky one.

I’m still pinching myself we’ve named a Kiwis team with more than two halves to chose from. Lucky since our back up half Harris is only fit for games in Warriors jerseys and not in a Kiwi jersey.

@MN5 said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:

@Paekakboyz said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:

For such an articulate guy he still had to throw in a 'guttered'!!

Was it SBW that really intro'd that to NZ rugby parlance? or is some other mofo to blame.

All the best for your rehab NMS, sucks things haven't gone well with his rehab.

It’s a shame his initials are NMS and not SBW otherwise I’m sure he’d be straight back in the ABs

I think he does alright with his current initials, got him undeserved AB matches last year.