Hurricanes

Aisle be Back – the bye week

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By Kevin McCarthy  What are those stages of grief? Denial, bargaining, acceptance. Works pretty well with the Hurricanes this year, particularly those forwards. I think we’re now pretty much at acceptance. Denial was thinking the coaches could take a pack lacking stars and turn it into a solid unit. Yeah well injuries haven’t

Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders (2)

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By Kevin McCarthy Photos by Hugh Pretorius The knives are out for the coaches, at least for some fans. That won’t be news to them.  Coaching the Hurricanes has always been a juggling act of an often erratic team measured against what potentially that team could do. If you haven’t noticed,

Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Crusaders #2

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Above: Ardie Savea with Isaia Walker-Leawere in support in last week's win against the Stormer. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. By Kevin McCarthy I don’t think anyone thinks the timing of the Hurricanes v Crusaders derby is ideal. No wonder the Kiwi sides are looking forward to the Super Rugby rejig and having