Billy Proctor interview: Why the Canes Are On Fire π₯πͺοΈ
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What are the Hurricanes' current strengths and recent performance?
Well the Hurricanes are going all right at the moment and it's great to welcome on to the show their center Billy Proctor. Billy thanks so much for joining us. Been a nice couple of days of getting the body back in place after a really good win on Friday.
Yeah it's nice to be in the position where we are in and you know we're lucky enough to get the eight day turnaround and have the weekend off to recover and look after our bodies after And yeah, after that quarterfinal on the weekend, so yeah, enjoyed the last couple of days. Yeah, just recovering and taking a bit of a breath and step back.
What was the team's sort of discussion as there's pretty much torrential rain all Friday? You guys have obviously attacked the house down, but the mindset and the skill execution seemed to not change. Was that always the case or did you just play it what you saw on the night?
a few discussions on Friday around our game and things that could change. And, you know, we had a meeting in the change room and talked about our kicking game and ways that, yeah, that we might have to play considering the weather. But once we got out there and And, you know, felt that it was good enough to throw the ball around and, you know, ball in hand wasn't actually too bad. It was just quite windy and the rain stopped for the most part. So that just allowed us to play our game and do what we've been doing all season. And yeah, as I said, use the ball and go to the air when we needed to.
When you guys trained at Rugby League Park back in the day, you basically lived in those conditions. Now that you're up on the hut and you've got the ability to use an indoor facility too, are you still spending a lot of time outside in those conditions and it helps get you into that place?
We're definitely outside, still getting used to the weather. So the boys are still no strangers to the weather that Wellington provides, whether that be the rain and wind. But as you said, we're lucky enough to be able to go outside and get through our detail, which is nice. Our specs aren't out there freezing.
You talk about the detail. What is the balance between that for you guys and attack? Because it looks like there's a lot of instinct in the way you play and the way that the yellow jerseys sort of flood the space once there's sort of a chink in the defender's armor. Do you guys have a license and do you train that license to just play what you see? Or is there a little bit more structure to it than what it looks like?
Yeah, there's definitely a structure put in place. You know, we have, I guess, systems to fall into when we get into certain areas and, you know, once certain things happen. But they've always, the coaches have always backed us to play what we see. You know, if there's, you know, a half gap or an opportunity that we think's the best one, you know, You know, we have the full license to take it and the boys do that and the boys back each other. You know, whether it's the right decision or wrong, it doesn't matter too much for us. We, you know, all just commit to whatever, you know, the game drivers or whoever's on the ball decides to do. go with so I think that's an area that we've been really good at is trusting each other and backing the boys and you know as you said playing with instinct and and yeah just fully committing to it.
One of the most amazing things I think about that is that there has been through the season a lot of change in the back line depending on injuries or whoever's coming in and out but you've managed to maintain that same approach which must take a lot of work.
you know, a testament to the work that we've done starting in November last year, you know, throughout the preseason.
How does weather impact the Hurricanes' game strategy?
You know, they've put in structures and, I guess, the system that has allowed us to play like that. And, you know, obviously all the boys have bought into it and, you know, everyone sort of has an understanding of that as a full collective. And I think that's why, you know, we're able to jump in and out of it
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