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Hurricanes partner with Canadian club
By Online Editors
The Hurricanes have announced their partnership with newly established Canadian professional rugby club the Ontario Arrows.
The two clubs have formed a working relationship aimed to assist each other with both high-performance initiatives and marketing and media opportunities.
The partnership comes after the Crusaders announced their minority ownership stake in American professional side, the Seattle Seawolves.
The Arrows, not yet included in the recently formed US-based Major League Rugby competition, are Canada’s first privately-funded high-performance rugby team, and compete against top-tier North American club teams.
“We are very pleased to be able to work with one of the top global rugby brands as we get started ourselves” Arrows co-founder Bill Webb said. "They have a couple of decades of pro rugby knowledge and best practice to share and we are very positive about where our relationship with the Hurricanes might take us”
Hurricanes chief executive Avan Lee believes the partnership has the potential to be beneficial for both clubs.
"We are looking forward to assisting the Arrows with their entry into professional rugby whilst growing our own brand in North America," he said.
The Hurricanes will take on Canadian Tyler Ardron if he suits up for the Chiefs on Friday night. The industrious forward has impressed and helped raise the profile of Canadian rugby with a string of strong performances.
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SCW really dislikes Eddie, doesn't he?
His words in 2019 before the RWC final that he now says should have resulted in Eddie's firing:
"Was Saturday’s sensational World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand England’s greatest ever performance? Yes, unquestionably, would be my answer."
So let's fire the coach one game later? Duh!
Go to commentsIreland have every right to back themselves for a win. But the key variable has little to do with recent record etc.
The reality is that Ireland are a settled team with tons of continuity, an established style, and a good depth chart, whereas NZ are fundamentally rebuilding. The questions are all about what Razor is doing and how far along he is in that program.
NZ are very close to really clicking. Against England all of the chatter is about how England could have closed out a win, but failed to do so. This has obscured the observation that NZ were by far the more creative and effective in attack, beyond the 3-1 try differential and disallowed tries. They gave away a lot of unnecessary penalties, and made many simple errors (including knock-ons and loose kicks). Those things are very fixable, and when they do so we are once again going to be staring at a formidable NZ team.
Last week we heard the England fans talking confidently about their chances against NZ, but England did not end up looking like the better team on the field or the scoreboard. The England defense was impressive enough, but still could not stop the tries.
Ireland certainly has a better chance, of course, but NZ is improving fast, and I would not be surprised at a convincing All Black win this week. It may turn on whether NZ can cut out the simple mistakes.
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