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Will Cam Roigard’s Injury Derail the Hurricanes' Season? | DSPN
07 May 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Something good is happening at the Forst. They've clearly got some good confidence going into this one and so they should because they are a reasonably stacked team. They showed enough against the Hurricanes that they can win this game, I think against the Blues. The sixth spot is wide open because the Brumbies are in absolute free fall.
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And we'd love you to be a part and support us with that. It does cost two bucks a week. All right. Lachlan has left the building and we wish him all the very best. He's off to Sky TV. Very proud of him. Jamie Wall's been a great mate for well over a decade and has come and worked for free for us for at least a couple of years during this, mate. And now you're on full time.
So congratulations on that. We're going to be working side by side. We've got a whole lot of plans. Jamie, of course, is at every press conference, every game. So the live content is going to ramp up. Us being on the ground and everything is going to ramp up as well. I really appreciate you jumping on board, mate.
Mate, it's great to be here and thanks very much. I just feel like I've been sitting on the bench for a while and getting the call up to the starting team just feels great. It's a massive, massive season coming up for the All Blacks and it's been a great rugby season so far and I think we've done some cool stuff and it's only going to get better.
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Chapter 2: What impact does Cam Roigard's injury have on the Hurricanes' season?
Go back to Eden Park and that clash where the second half they blanked the Crusaders and that was their best performance of the year.
Well, it was the best defensive performance. Like I said before, they've found it hard to score a lot of points in games unless it's been against the bunny teams. And so to be able to do it against a Reds team that came in pretty confident and at the moment it's clearly the best Australian team. That's... That's significant.
So I just think that maybe that was a little bit of a turning point in this season as they sort of move towards the playoffs because what we talked about before about the Hurricanes, I feel like that game at Eden Park is going to be really important in terms of who finishes first and second.
And then also on Friday night, I mean, there's a couple of bangers on Friday night, Reds versus Chiefs. And this is the great thing about this competition. I mean, I've really enjoyed the competition. I enjoyed it last year. I enjoyed it this year.
And now when you look at these fixtures, especially for round 13, as we head into the last three or four rounds and then the playoffs, this is a red side. And again, I'm going to go back. Round nine, they beat the Crusaders 31-26 in an absolutely terrible game. They had a bye after that. They lost to the Blues in extra time. Then they bounced back and they beat the Brumbies.
and that's a really significant win.
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Chapter 3: How is the Hurricanes' depth tested without Roigard?
The Brumbies have lost six of eight. Now they play the Chiefs. This is the Chiefs' side that round 10, they beat the Hurricanes, their most significant win of the year. They then had a bye, and then last week they, no, sorry, they beat the Druar round 11. Last week they had the bye, and now they go into this game, away the Reds and then their final games are Landers, Crusaders and Blues.
This game here is a really tricky fixture for the Chiefs, isn't it? I would expect them to win, but I don't think it's an easy game at all.
Not really, no. And they're coming in with a really not that experienced team either. I would look at the way that the Reds have been playing at home to sort of gauge this one. And the fact that they managed to knock off the Crusaders not that long ago, that would give them a bit of confidence. They are sitting, what, fourth on the table now?
Six and four, the only Aussie team that's over the 500.
And they are, if they, this would be not a, oh no, they're still going to stay in fourth if they win this game. It's not going to alter the table.
No, the top three stay regardless of the results.
Yeah, but it is an important one for them to build some momentum because they're going to want to get up into the top three just to give themselves. I can't see them breaking into the top two because I think the Blues and the Hurricanes and the Chiefs would probably just clear out.
But I think that, you know, consolidating, staying there so at least they're in a handy position coming into the playoffs because it would be really good to see an Australian team other than the Brumbies because this would be the first time in a long time that the Brumbies haven't been the best finishing Aussie team in the comp. So this is really important for them.
You know, there's an opportunity here, people, as well. This is what I love about the points table at the moment. The Reds are on 27. You go all the way down to the force on 18. That's seven teams there who are all effectively, or after this weekend, could be within a win of each other. So you've got the top three broken away.
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