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New Zealand Super Rugby 2025 Squad Announcements (lemmy.nz)

submitted 5 days ago by TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz to c/rugby@sh.itjust.works

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The NZ based franchises & Moana Pasifika are all announcing their squads for the 2025 season today. On the hour, in NZDT:

Hurricanes 10am
Crusaders 11am
Chiefs 12pm
Moana Pasifika 1pm
Highlanders 2pm
Blues 3pm

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[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Hurricanes Squad for 2025

Props: Siale Lauaki, Tyrel Lomax, Tevita Mafileo, Xavier Numia, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Pasilio Tosi

Hookers: Asafo Aumua, Jacob Devery, Raymond Tuputupu

Locks: Tom Allen, Caleb Delany, Zach Gallagher, Josh Taula, Will Tucker, Isaia Walker-Leawere

Loose forwards: Devon Flanders, Brayden Iose, Du’Plessis Kirifi, Peter Lakai, Arese Poliko, Brad Shields

Halfbacks: Cam Roigard, Ereatara Enari, Jordi Viljoen

First five-eighths: Brett Cameron, Lucas Cashmore, Riley Hohepa

Midfielders: Billy Proctor, Riley Higgins, Ngane Punivae, Bailyn Sullivan, Peter Umaga-Jensen

Outside backs: Kade Banks, Tjay Clarke, Fehi Fineanganofo, Harry Godfrey, Ruben Love, Kini Naholo, Daniel Sinkinson

In: Tom Allen, Kade Banks, Lucas Cashmore, Tjay Clarke, Ereatara Enari, Fehi Fineanganofo, Zach Gallagher, Riley Hohepa, Arese Poliko, Will Tucker

Out: Jordie Barrett, Ben Grant, TK Howden, Richard Judd, Josh Moorby, Aidan Morgan, James O’Reilly, TJ Perenara, Salesi Rayasi, Justin Sangster, Ardie Savea, James Tucker

[–] TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 days ago

Brett Cameron will be out with injury for most of the season, Hohepa looked reasonable with the Crusaders last year without stamping a mark (the whole team failed) and Cashmore has been playing off the bench for BoP in the NPC so not a nailed down starter.

Enari & Viljoen for Perenara & Judd means they don't have a lot of backup behind Cam Roigard at halfback as well.

Setting aside the big names like Barrett, Perenara and Savea leaving, its the loss of very good Super Rugby players Moorby, Rayasi, Sansgter that will hurt on top of losing Morgan and having to rely on two much more unproven 10s.