{"id":9122,"date":"2024-02-01T05:20:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9122"},"modified":"2024-02-01T05:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:20:46","slug":"shields-to-lead-hurricanes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9122","title":{"rendered":"Shields to lead Hurricanes again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former England international Brad Shields will captain the Hurricanes in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition.<\/p>\n

The experienced loose-forward and Hurricanes centurion takes over the captaincy duties from All Black Ardie Savea who will miss this year’s competition having taken up a sabatical with Japanese club Kobelco Kobe Steelers.<\/p>\n

Shields, played 103 games for the Hurricanes between 2012 and 2018, before heading off shore to play in England and France.<\/p>\n

He played nine times for England but returned to New Zealand last year.<\/p>\n

Shields has previously captain the Hurricanes, leading them during 2018 when Dane Coles suffered a season-ending injury.<\/p>\n

He was also skipper of the side when they drew 31-all against the British and Irish Lions in 2017.<\/p>\n

All Blacks midfielder Jordie Barrett and hooker Asafo Aumua have been named as vice-captains.<\/p>\n

“I admit, after Clarky (coach Clark Laidlaw) told me I was really stoked, but I did feel a little apprehensive given I had been away for a few years… (but) what makes it more exciting is there is a handful of guys here with so much experience who I know I will turn to for support,” said Shields.<\/p>\n

\"Brad<\/p>\n

Brad Shields\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Grant Down \/ www.photosport.nz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At 32 years of age Shields knows his leadership style well.<\/p>\n

“Actions. Always by actions is how I like to lead.”<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a really young team this season so anywhere I can help and encourage and bring the best out of some of the young guys, and the players who have been here for a while, is what I aim for.<\/p>\n

Laidlaw said he had been impressed by Shields attitude the moment he stepped back into camp and became an obvious choice as the right man to lead the side.<\/p>\n

“The coaches and I do a lot of observing around leadership of the team, and it became reasonably apparent that we have several players that want to lead which is really exciting,” said Laidlaw.<\/p>\n

“But with Brad, he leads really well every day. He’s a great role model around how we want to train. He’s competitive as hell. He’s won Super Rugby. He’s a test match player and he’s bigger and stronger than he’s been before.”<\/p>\n

\"Jackie<\/p>\n

Jackie Patea-Fereti.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Chris Symes \/ www.photosport.nz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile former Black Fern Jackie Patea-Fereti will lead the Hurricanes Poua in Super Rugby Aupiki.<\/p>\n

Layla Sae and Iritana Hohaia have been named as vice-captains.<\/p>\n

“I won’t lie, I wasn’t expecting it,” said Patea-Fereti.<\/p>\n

“Captaincy isn’t a position that anyone should take lightly. It’s a position that holds a lot of Mana and responsibilities. For me, I carry my Faith, Aiga and Province.”<\/p>\n

“I am not a captain who talks a lot. I will speak if I need to, but I prefer to lead through my actions.”<\/p>\n

She was named skipper last year but suffered a season-ending injury in the first round of the competition.<\/p>\n

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Former England international Brad Shields will captain the Hurricanes in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition. The experienced loose-forward and Hurricanes centurion takes over the captaincy duties from All Black Ardie Savea who will miss this year’s competition having taken up a sabatical with Japanese club Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Shields, played 103 games for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9124,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9122\/revisions\/9124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}