HURRICANES

LOCATION: Wellington, New Zealand

COACH: Mark Hammett

2011 RESULT: 9th

TEAM RUNDOWN: Plenty of pride needs to be restored in New Zealand’s capital this year following a dreadful 2011 under new coach Mark Hammett. Hammett’s highly-disciplined approach alienated several big-name Canes stalwarts and he must now rebuild with a team of young underdogs who have already been written off.

SQUAD: Michael Bent, Reggie Goodes, Ben May, Tristian Moran, Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen, Dane Coles, David Hall, Motu Matu’u, James Broadhurst, Jason Eaton, Mark Reddish, Jeremy Thrush, Jack Lam, Faifili Levave, Karl Lowe, Brad Shields, Victor Vito, Chris Eaton, TJ Perenara, Chris Smylie, Beauden Barrett, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Tusi Pisi, Tim Bateman, Jayden Hayward, Charlie Ngatai, Conrad Smith, Richard Buckman, Alapati Leiua, Julian Savea, Andre Taylor, Cory Jane