Hurricane supporters trying to emulate Ye

Hurricane supporters trying to emulate Ye

I read in the latest issue (1 April) of Citylife � South & East Edition an article regarding some Hurricane supporters have starting a supporters club along the lines of Yellow Fever.  They call themselves �Citizen Cane�.  They even have T-shirts printed.  One of the founders was quoted by the local rag as saying, ��we wanted to do for the Hurricanes what Yellow Fever were doing so well for the Phoenix.�  The article continues to say that, �While the membership of around 60 is a long way off the Yellow Fever numbers, the Citizen Canes make up for it with dedicated enthusiasm before & after the game at Thorndon�s Thistle Inn & in Aisle 2 at the Stadium.�  They even have a website which I have not seen.

I can�t imagine what their chanting & singing be like��Hurri�canes�Hurri�canes.  Doesn�t work.  I�ve gone along to the Stadium & watch a few Canes games, but after watching my first Nix game against Adelaide last year, I was hooked.  Can�t wait for season 2.

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5508348650

Here's their song, hmmmm


OUR SONG

We are part of the yellow Army
EH!!
The yellow army
EH!!
The yellow army
EH!!
The yellow army

If they are kicking

You know your going to choke
EH!!
you know your going to choke
EH!!
you know your going to choke
EH!!

Oh please.  No one likes copy cats.  Actually, does rugby union have an original cell in its body?

Spose they can always try and emulate YF.

I see our esteemed robbwatson has a foot in each camp

Haha no doubt they seem kind of lame, but eh good on them i guess...the atmosphere at rugby matches is rather lame

"you'll never beat the fever"

hmm, they have more girls in their one...i counted at least 4

Their all a bunch of cats!!

Seems they are Phoenix fans also. Good on them for trying. Won't amount to anything though.

Yeah good on them for trying to change crowd's. Hurricanes ain't gonna win though, team is overrated especially Mr Smith in the 13.

YF should book out Aisle 21 at the next Canes game & show the crowd what support really is.

YF are football supporters.  End Of.

I don't blame the rugby supporters from sitting rather than standing and chanting.  If I paid as much as they do for a season ticket, I'd want to get my moneys worth from my seat too.

This rugby bitching is getting so boring.

Has anyone else mentioned that they had more than 30,000 people to the game last week? No, no one has said a word, and when they get 15000 we get about 3 threads saying how rugby is dead.

Honestly, get over it.

I haven't posted it on here Harry, but I've certainly said to people over the weekend that it was an impressive number.

Don't let a few miserables get you down... give that Hurricanes 'involved' acquaintance of yours a well done for the crowd for me.

Id give more thanks to the travelling Cantabs who made up the numbers.

Ahh, sorry I just felt a rant coming on.

It just annoys me.

too right harry. i was at the game on friday night and thought it was a great crowd. too bad the hurricanes play dumb and the crusaders are so clinical theyre excruciatingly boring. for me even a phoenix game is yet to match the atmosphere from  the semifinal v the tahs a couple of years ago. that was amazing.

I certainly wasn't bagging rugby attendances.  It was great that they got 30k, it was to be expected for that game (maybe 20k for other other teams).  I put up the discussion of the for- mation of a Canes supporters club along the lines of YF & the comparison between the atmospere of a Canes game vs a Nix game.

Yeah, I didnt know they were trying to rip off YF and I thought it was all good, but for a member of the group to say they are trying to be like the Fever its pretty dumb of him.

the new rules seem to make the game a little too fast for the canes to handle (IMO)all those quick freekicks and stuff caught them out, that crusaders pack was pretty tight on friday but the canes looked out of their depth  again (IMO) our forward pack took a hammering

as for dumb hurricanes what are you refering too? if it was kicking the ball out on fulltime i thought seeing as they were going backwards keeping the bonus point was a safer option for the points tally rather than give up a dumb penalty and lose that point - again (IMO)

and good on the citizen canes  good luck to them.

Ohhh yeah I never thought of kicking it out as a way to get the bonus point.

Pretty smart when I think of it now.

i didnt mean the kicking it out no. i was screaming at them to kick it out, only smart play. dumb is in reference to the game plan and the way collins and soialo played. no structure all night. not how you beat the crusaders

Good to see them finally form a supporters group as such, Shame it wasn't running when the Cane's kicked off and that it's taken over 10 years to happen. But started they have and I wish them well. I try to go to Canes games, but i can assure you that 10k of Nix fans certainly make more noise than 34,500 Canes fans. Still they may yet convert to singing songs rather than that overloud and very annoying music during breaks in play. They must have a cd that they use every year as it's the same matierial EVERY game!

But LG...that outrageously loud music makes the atmosphere...all the drunks sing along to "why does love do this to me" over and over, and everyone goes home happy. (semi-sarcasm..)

I had a chat with one of the citizen cane guys at the Thistle after last Friday's game.
Nice chap - a little under the influence, so his thoughts may be a little off....-

I asked him where they got the idea from.
He advised it was from YF, who he feels are fantastic

Asked if he'd been to any Phoenix games
He said yep - most of them - he went on to say its all about supporting Wellington - regardless of code

Apparently the citizen canes people asked the WRFU for a place they could go to stand up and make noise during games (they were annoying old school rugby followers who like to sit quietly watching the game).

The WRFU gave them the area in aisle 2.

Good on them, and may they flourish.................

Good on them

 Doesn't matter where they get the inspiration from, they've seen that having a great atmosphere at a NZ sporting fixture is possible. Good on them for having the 'nads to admit that they can do it better. They should be encouraged,  rather than used as an excuse for us to indulge in a bit of rugby bashing.

Its a pity they weren't place in ailse 13, it is dedicated to the 'Canes hero (Tana)

I have never been.

neith

haven't seen the hurricanes play and can't see that changing anytime soon

"Asked if he'd been to any Phoenix games
He said yep - most of them - he went on to say its all about supporting Wellington - regardless of code" Too right mate!!!

They can try and emulate YF if they want, we can't stop them! They'll never be as good though.