Hurricanes want their own Yellow Fever

can always count of J82 for comedy


is anyone on here a member, I've heard they've got over 250 and plenty on twitter and facebook. 

So did anyone go to the game? How did they do? Did the manage to get 'stand up for the hurricanes' sung to the right tune?

You know, that scans so much better than our one.

Junior822012-03-17 23:24:21

I heard they just sat down all game and didn't make a sound.

Cane Tards

Couldnt't hear a thing on TV

LOL at you FM having a crack at their name,and your rather lame reason for yellow fevers name. Good on them for having a crack,see nothing wrong with $30 charge some of you  make it sound like they get nothing for it. Bloody hell some football supporters get paranoid at the thought another code might do something that has been used by us.As if all the stuff YF does is origional.

According to twitter they did sing and they've got tshirts coming.

http://twitter.com/#!/flying_squadron

Retro Mark?

YF would still win in a chant off

Of course not. The Tards did it all first.

Good on them.Its taken the YF to open people's eyes and ears here in Wellington and consider that it's okay to express your passion creatively and humorously when you support your favorite team.Not that we're any benchmark btw..always room for improvement

Actually I could see a "chant off" happening at a neutral event eg cricket where a YF section might sling a few pointed taunts..in good humour of course..at the Cane Squad supporters across the park. RedGed2012-03-18 12:20:42

what ever happened to Citizen Cane?

Muttered something about "Rosebud"

To be honest I think the Fever should be flattered. Seems to be an attempt to copy us, which rather than take offence at I think we should appreciate. Don't know if they'll actually pull it off, but good luck to them.

There should be no mystery about their name. Captain Hurricane, a old fight pilot with all the palaver, has been the Hurricanes mascot since about day 1 (the mystery is more about why Capt Hurricane, but that is explained above, and I guess that's the best you can do in creating a mascot out of a wind).

It will be interesting to see how they do, but I found their video a tad excruciating.

I suspect they'll struggle in rugby-land as a centre of passion and chanting, and end up as part of a "look at how ridiculously I am dressed this week" cult a la Sevens. No harm in trying.

I just wanted an excuse to post the BoB vid and the info about the 303 Squadron.

I just wanted an excuse to use the phrase: "Gave Jerry the what-for"

Anyone else waiting for Stevo to wade in here and divert this to Commando comic discussions...

I'm refreshing the page every 3 seconds in anticipation.

This so-called 'Flying Squadron' will start off , but in the end, will be during the  that is rugby and its atmos.

If they keep winning,
They may win back the Hammit haters

Hurricanes? I think you mean the "Hurricances"

...are they saying they are a bunch of Cance?

Actually, I'm with Mr Positivity with this one.  Good on them for trying to inject a bit of passion and atmosphere into their game/team. Junior822012-04-02 09:37:35

Worth noting that the Phoenix do have an alright relationship with the Hurricanes, so it starting a war between fan groups wouldn't be smart.

Note I qualified my statement with "too much"!

http://www.3news.co.nz/Hurricanes-Flying-Squad-takes-off/tabid/317/articleID/248886/Default.aspx

300 members * $30

Extra tax money for the IRD.

Having seen them at the Cheetahs match - good numbers but very much an uphill battle. They really seemed separated from the crowd. One of the best things about the Fever is that the passion carries like a Domino affect - Aisles 21/22 sing, chant and clap... 23 join in... 24 join in... and so forth. For the Flying Squadron... Aisle 33 does their thing... nobody sitting in aisle 32.... aisle 31 does nothing... aisle 30 does nothing... and so forth. I found the atmosphere incredibly dull - perhaps it'd be better if I sat near aisle 33 instead of halfway, but for the one Nix match where I sat at halfway instead of standing in the zone, the atmosphere was still fantastic.

I'm pretty sure it's a cultural thing. I've been to rugby matches with great atmospheres - All Blacks-Canada in Hamilton a few years ago, the Bay's shield defences in Tauranga, any Crusaders/Canterbury home match in Wellington... but they weren't the kind of active support you get at football matches here. That's not a bad thing, just a different experience. Bopman is right on the money in his earlier post (although I can't speak on the Beige Brigade).

The only other thing I can really say is that the Flying Squadron seems astroturfed compared to Citizen Cane and the Fever. I'll still wish them all the best though, may even join them for a match sometime.

Eejit - I friended Citizen Cane on Bebo, but never got around to joining them at any of the matches. Same with Flying Squadron, except replace Bebo with Twitter/Facebook.

Stefan - GGF

My gf and I decided to go to the basketball tonight.  Flying Squadron were there and trying to get a few songs going, but didn't really work.  What I really noticed is that there were quite a few people wearing their flying squadron tshirts that weren't sitting with them.  Only spotted one dude wearing nix related attire.  Though there were still kids there wearing an epl team shirt.

Was also at the basketball, and also noticed the flying squadron, but did you realise that the Hurricanes were playing at the exact same time? What kind of half-ass fan goes to watch another sport at the same time that their team is playing?!