Hurricanes Name Side for Opening Pre-Season Match in Taranaki

Hurricanes Name Side for Opening Pre-Season Match in Taranaki

Hurricanes Head Coach Clark Laidlaw has named 47 players to meet the Chiefs in the squad's first pre-season hit out, which will be played as a game of three-halves.
 
“Pre-season games are our best chance at getting a real feel for where the team is at after a couple of months in the Hurricanes environment,” Laidlaw remarked, “I’m really happy with how the boys have thrown themselves into pre-season, there’s been a great energy on and off the field.”

“For some of our guys they’ve only been back in the environment for a few weeks which has allowed the new players in the squad to  get really  good opportunities in training. It’s important that we now take this opportunity to give most of the squad some game time and put ourselves in a good position as we gear up for Round 1.” 
 
Fresh from the squad's three-day camp in Whanganui, Laidlaw has mixed experience with some fresh faces to take on last year’s runners up.  
 
Laidlaw said the team had a great few days in Whanganui, getting some solid work done on things they want to focus on for the season, all while enjoying the hospitality of the local community.
 
There’s sure to be plenty of eyes on the performances of the new recruits this weekend, including former Blues back, Kade Banks, Olympic Seven's star Fehi Fineanganofo and Taranaki local Arese Poliko. 
 
Hurricanes squad to meet the Chiefs in a game of three-halves:


  1. Xavier Numia
  2. Raymond Tuputupu
  3. Tevita Mafileo
  4. Isaia Walker-Leawere
  5. Tom Allen
  6. Brad Shields
  7. Du’Plessis Kirifi
  8. Devan Flanders
  9. Jordi Viljoen
  10. Riley Hohepa
  11. Kini Naholo
  12. Peter Umaga-Jensen
  13. Bailyn Sullivan
  14. Kade Banks
  15. Harry Godfrey

Reserves:

  1. Nic Souchon
  2. Vernon Bason
  3. JJ Pokai
  4. Jacob Devery
  5. Pouri Rakete-Stones
  6. Joe Gavigan
  7. Logan Wallace
  8. Flyn Yates
  9. Siale Lauaki
  10. Caleb Delany
  11. Hugo Plummer
  12. Harry Irving
  13. Arese Poliko
  14. Mosese Bason
  15. Sione Halalilo
  16. Cooper Flanders
  17. Oscar Ritchie
  18. Brayden Iose
  19. Patrick Tuifua
  20. Nui Muriwai
  21. Ereatara Enari
  22. Jai Tamati
  23. Will Cole
  24. Fehi Fineanganofo
  25. Riley Higgins
  26. Liam O’Connor
  27. Billy Proctor
  28. Ngatungane Punivai
  29. Jone Rova
  30. Stanley Solomon
  31. Callum Harkin
  32. Sam Coles

Unavailable:
Asafo Aumua, Brett Cameron, Lucas Cashmore, Tjay Clarke, Zach Gallagher, Peter Lakai, Tyrel Lomax, Ruben Love, Cameron Roigard, Daniel Sinkinson, Josh Taula, Pasilio Tosi, Will Tucker


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