May 15, 2026 • 8 mins
A milestone at the Hurricanes in Saturday's Super Rugby derby against the Blues in Auckland.
Cory Jane becomes the first person to both play and coach 100 matches for the franchise.
He speaks to Adam Cooper about his transition from player to coach, and how the Hurricanes are preparing for the business end of the season.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
News talks there be let's chat Super Rugby and we
are underway in the third to last rounds of the
regular season already. It's a tough final three games for
the Hurricanes and that starts tonight against the Blues at
Eden Park. Hurricanes top of the table of course, and
the Blues in third place. But a milestone being celebrated
by the Canes alongside the derby tonight, Corey Jane club
(00:23):
legend of course, becoming the first person to both play
one hundred games and coach one hundred games for the Hurricanes,
so to mark milestone. Thought it was great to catch
up with Hurricanes assistant coach Corey Jane. Congratulations on the milestone.
Cory will chat more about that in just a moment.
Let's look at the Hurricanes performances so far this season though,
(00:43):
top of the table as I mentioned, and the threats
you've been able to produce out wide has obviously been
a key part of that top place you find yourselves
in on the table. When you look at the tri
talies to the outside backs this season, is that still
going to be the way you think you can win
these important games and then the playoffs or does that
kicking game like what we saw against the Crusaders, come
(01:04):
into it a bit more.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, dollar each way. Really, you know, I think the
big boys up front, you know, even the middies and
there the way that they're running lines and they're carrying,
and their skill sets and they're putting you know, other
team's defense under pressure, getting one on one carries, doing
(01:28):
all that hard stuff allows the bats to you know,
the more the score tries and affas the score tries
and and get one on ones out wide, and that's
what you're after. And so as long as the big
boys up front understand their worth, and you know it's
always the old cliche, you know that they set it
up in the backs, go and finish it. But you know,
(01:49):
when you start getting into the playoffs and deepen the season,
the field shrinks. You know, every turnover, every mistake doubles.
So you still want to play, you still want to
play a tacking been in back yourself. I don't think
anyone wants to do what we did against the Crusaders.
And there's four hundred kicks in the first half, but
I think that was a good one for us. And
(02:10):
since you know, Crusaders looked like they wanted to turn
us into the Hurricanes of old and see if we'd
break and would hurt ourselves and would run from everywhere,
and we kind of decided that no, we weren't going
to do that and would pick and choose when we
do it. So that was good maturity of the men.
But it's good to see the boys scoring tries. And
I don't think I ever scored that new tries in
(02:31):
the season or in my career in scoring some good
ones out would He.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did score some pretty good ones and plenty of them. Corey,
don't be too hard on yourself. Kennen the Holo coming
back as well to create an extra option at wang
He burst onto the scene returning against Mowana last week
two tries and that half hour he got on the field.
How much of a selection debate has this created for
you and the coaches Fiji Finianngenov for Josh moreby having
standout seasons leading the competition's try scoring tallies and now
(02:59):
Knin Holo comes back in.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yep And I'm first of all just proud and so
excited for Kenney because you know, he went through you know,
a tough time with his knee. It was a second time,
a different knee. But you know, when you have a
long injury like that, there's some dark kids and trying
to get back. And he was available, you know, a
month and a bit ago, and then he hurt himself
a little bit more. So I'm just excited for him
(03:22):
to get out there. And you know, a couple of tries.
The first one will defend was they had me so excited.
But anyways, you know, it's just cool when I think
the conversations. You want you want that challenge, you want
everyone playing well, and then it becomes a headache to
you know, who do you put in the team? Which
one is going to be best for that game? And
(03:42):
you know Josh is playing awesome. He's playing awesome at
full back too, when he gets opportunity, and when hearts
wasn't there and so that's a that's a headache. And
then you know, fear he's been unbelievable and anyone's talking
about him, but you know, can he coming back in
the mix add something different? You know, there was a
stage there with a few injuries and I thought I
was coming out of retirement at forty three years old,
(04:03):
but no, it's just awesome. To have that that the
limma of you know, who's trying to suit the game
and help us win.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Well, we have seen some netballers come out of retirement
in their late forties these last couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nah, I couldn't do that because then I'd have to sprint,
I'd have to tackle, I'd have to be in a ruck,
and I can't jump because my knees are there no good,
So I'd be absolutely lib.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I back you, Corry. I'll back yard just on your
milestone this weekend though. One hundred matches as a coach now,
going with your centurion status as a player, you're the
first person to do that at the Canes. Is that
a special feat for you?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's cool. It's you know, like there's been other guys
that have coached one hundred, like Jason Holland would have
coached one hundred games for the Canes, and I just
happened to play them as well. I play one hundred
for them. But you know, it's an awesome milestone. You
know I can look back when you know, being fired
or go somewhere else, or don't coach anymore, retire and
and you know I'll get the coach and I get
(05:00):
to play for that long at a team that I
absolutely love, and I still love turning up to work
and you know, bringing energy and love coaching these these
men and trying to get them better and having banter
with them and made it's just been fun. And so
you know, it's cool that it's a cool little milestone.
It's also you know, I'm excited for Clorb Delaney because
(05:22):
he get the players fiftieth this week for for us
as well. So it's yeah, it's a cool weekend. It's
called little milestone, but it just means that I've probably
setting the coach's box for a long time watching rugby
and very well.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
You have to say the transition though, from player to coach.
Is it something you were confident doing when that all
sort of came about, or was it sort of giving
it a crack and seeing how it went. Your work
defensively with the Hurricanes has obviously been widely recognized, But
how was making that change to coaching at the start?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Uh? Yeah, I like to think that I knew rugby
good IQ and I watched it and I learned whatever
I was supposed to do around the field and offense
was my natural when I first started, and it wasn't
until twenty sixteen, in the year that the Canes one
and I was in a D group with TJ pen
andar Brad Shields Medipopter and John Pump. She was the
(06:13):
coach and we got to hide him against the Bumbies
and I said to myself, we need to change the
way with D. We need to get more aggressive and
get off the line. I said of the hold and push,
which every team in the world did, and I kind
of started bringing different ideas to how we could do it,
and that kind of got me really really intrigued around
the defense held to manipulate, dictate to the attack, and
(06:35):
through that whole year we started developing a system, the
two full back system. We had a ten and the
fifteen we're in the backfield, which every team in the
world does now, and just started developing different stuff and
it got me so excited. So when I retired, I
had a system defensively that I knew that if I
coached or got an opportunity, I could go in there
(06:57):
and start and Chris Gibbs, it was actually the line
coach who called me in as a resource coach, and
then I ended up getting the gig that year and
did a couple of years with the Lions, and Jason
Holland brought me in as the Hurricane, so I was
confident to put my system in. I was confident to
try to challenge players to what I thought I was
(07:19):
going to get them better and help and help us
win and help grow me. And I've just grown over
the years on different ways and different tools I can
use and present and help the players. And it's it's
an evolution and it will continue to grow and I'll
continue to grow. But yeah, that's how I've got the
opportunity and I absolutely love it. Great.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
And the Blues up there tonight a good win over
them at home not too long ago, but the Hurricanes
have a won at Eden Park since twenty nineteen. Is
there any reason for that?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Yeah, I'm not too sure. What am I expecting. I'm
expecting a big, physical game. I've named a team that's
going to get downhill. I don't assume that they'll want
to throw the ball around too much like they have
been trying to a little bit this year. I think
I'll go back to what they've done over the last
couple of years, where you know, one passes off the
ruck and get real physical and try to bring it
(08:12):
to our big boys and try to dominate there. So
it's a great challenge for us to stand up to
them and walk towards it. You know, they'll be hurting
after last week's you know, the Crusader game, and so
great challenge for us to go up there and yeah,
we you know, try and get a win, which, like
you said, it's been an interesting place for us.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
All right, Well, Corey, all the best for that. Congrats
on your milestone one hundred games as a player and
now one hundred as a coach with the Canes. All
the best, celebrate hard and hope they can get the
win for you tonight, Corey Jane, absolute legend and more
of humble, humble legends of the game here in our
region bringing up a special milestone with the Hurricanes tonights.
For more from News Talks, the'd be listen live on
(08:51):
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
News talks there be let's chat Super Rugby and we
are underway in the third to last rounds of the
regular season already. It's a tough final three games for
the Hurricanes and that starts tonight against the Blues at
Eden Park. Hurricanes top of the table of course, and
the Blues in third place. But a milestone being celebrated
by the Canes alongside the derby tonight, Corey Jane club
(00:23):
legend of course, becoming the first person to both play
one hundred games and coach one hundred games for the Hurricanes,
so to mark milestone. Thought it was great to catch
up with Hurricanes assistant coach Corey Jane. Congratulations on the milestone.
Cory will chat more about that in just a moment.
Let's look at the Hurricanes performances so far this season though,
(00:43):
top of the table as I mentioned, and the threats
you've been able to produce out wide has obviously been
a key part of that top place you find yourselves
in on the table. When you look at the tri
talies to the outside backs this season, is that still
going to be the way you think you can win
these important games and then the playoffs or does that
kicking game like what we saw against the Crusaders, come
(01:04):
into it a bit more.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, dollar each way. Really, you know, I think the
big boys up front, you know, even the middies and
there the way that they're running lines and they're carrying,
and their skill sets and they're putting you know, other
team's defense under pressure, getting one on one carries, doing
(01:28):
all that hard stuff allows the bats to you know,
the more the score tries and affas the score tries
and and get one on ones out wide, and that's
what you're after. And so as long as the big
boys up front understand their worth, and you know it's
always the old cliche, you know that they set it
up in the backs, go and finish it. But you know,
(01:49):
when you start getting into the playoffs and deepen the season,
the field shrinks. You know, every turnover, every mistake doubles.
So you still want to play, you still want to
play a tacking been in back yourself. I don't think
anyone wants to do what we did against the Crusaders.
And there's four hundred kicks in the first half, but
I think that was a good one for us. And
(02:10):
since you know, Crusaders looked like they wanted to turn
us into the Hurricanes of old and see if we'd
break and would hurt ourselves and would run from everywhere,
and we kind of decided that no, we weren't going
to do that and would pick and choose when we
do it. So that was good maturity of the men.
But it's good to see the boys scoring tries. And
I don't think I ever scored that new tries in
(02:31):
the season or in my career in scoring some good
ones out would He.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Did score some pretty good ones and plenty of them. Corey,
don't be too hard on yourself. Kennen the Holo coming
back as well to create an extra option at wang
He burst onto the scene returning against Mowana last week
two tries and that half hour he got on the field.
How much of a selection debate has this created for
you and the coaches Fiji Finianngenov for Josh moreby having
standout seasons leading the competition's try scoring tallies and now
(02:59):
Knin Holo comes back in.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yep And I'm first of all just proud and so
excited for Kenney because you know, he went through you know,
a tough time with his knee. It was a second time,
a different knee. But you know, when you have a
long injury like that, there's some dark kids and trying
to get back. And he was available, you know, a
month and a bit ago, and then he hurt himself
a little bit more. So I'm just excited for him
(03:22):
to get out there. And you know, a couple of tries.
The first one will defend was they had me so excited.
But anyways, you know, it's just cool when I think
the conversations. You want you want that challenge, you want
everyone playing well, and then it becomes a headache to
you know, who do you put in the team? Which
one is going to be best for that game? And
(03:42):
you know Josh is playing awesome. He's playing awesome at
full back too, when he gets opportunity, and when hearts
wasn't there and so that's a that's a headache. And
then you know, fear he's been unbelievable and anyone's talking
about him, but you know, can he coming back in
the mix add something different? You know, there was a
stage there with a few injuries and I thought I
was coming out of retirement at forty three years old,
(04:03):
but no, it's just awesome. To have that that the
limma of you know, who's trying to suit the game
and help us win.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Well, we have seen some netballers come out of retirement
in their late forties these last couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nah, I couldn't do that because then I'd have to sprint,
I'd have to tackle, I'd have to be in a ruck,
and I can't jump because my knees are there no good,
So I'd be absolutely lib.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I back you, Corry. I'll back yard just on your
milestone this weekend though. One hundred matches as a coach now,
going with your centurion status as a player, you're the
first person to do that at the Canes. Is that
a special feat for you?
Speaker 2 (04:37):
It's cool. It's you know, like there's been other guys
that have coached one hundred, like Jason Holland would have
coached one hundred games for the Canes, and I just
happened to play them as well. I play one hundred
for them. But you know, it's an awesome milestone. You
know I can look back when you know, being fired
or go somewhere else, or don't coach anymore, retire and
and you know I'll get the coach and I get
(05:00):
to play for that long at a team that I
absolutely love, and I still love turning up to work
and you know, bringing energy and love coaching these these
men and trying to get them better and having banter
with them and made it's just been fun. And so
you know, it's cool that it's a cool little milestone.
It's also you know, I'm excited for Clorb Delaney because
(05:22):
he get the players fiftieth this week for for us
as well. So it's yeah, it's a cool weekend. It's
called little milestone, but it just means that I've probably
setting the coach's box for a long time watching rugby
and very well.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
You have to say the transition though, from player to coach.
Is it something you were confident doing when that all
sort of came about, or was it sort of giving
it a crack and seeing how it went. Your work
defensively with the Hurricanes has obviously been widely recognized, But
how was making that change to coaching at the start?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Uh? Yeah, I like to think that I knew rugby
good IQ and I watched it and I learned whatever
I was supposed to do around the field and offense
was my natural when I first started, and it wasn't
until twenty sixteen, in the year that the Canes one
and I was in a D group with TJ pen
andar Brad Shields Medipopter and John Pump. She was the
(06:13):
coach and we got to hide him against the Bumbies
and I said to myself, we need to change the
way with D. We need to get more aggressive and
get off the line. I said of the hold and push,
which every team in the world did, and I kind
of started bringing different ideas to how we could do it,
and that kind of got me really really intrigued around
the defense held to manipulate, dictate to the attack, and
(06:35):
through that whole year we started developing a system, the
two full back system. We had a ten and the
fifteen we're in the backfield, which every team in the
world does now, and just started developing different stuff and
it got me so excited. So when I retired, I
had a system defensively that I knew that if I
coached or got an opportunity, I could go in there
(06:57):
and start and Chris Gibbs, it was actually the line
coach who called me in as a resource coach, and
then I ended up getting the gig that year and
did a couple of years with the Lions, and Jason
Holland brought me in as the Hurricane, so I was
confident to put my system in. I was confident to
try to challenge players to what I thought I was
(07:19):
going to get them better and help and help us
win and help grow me. And I've just grown over
the years on different ways and different tools I can
use and present and help the players. And it's it's
an evolution and it will continue to grow and I'll
continue to grow. But yeah, that's how I've got the
opportunity and I absolutely love it. Great.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
And the Blues up there tonight a good win over
them at home not too long ago, but the Hurricanes
have a won at Eden Park since twenty nineteen. Is
there any reason for that?
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Yeah, I'm not too sure. What am I expecting. I'm
expecting a big, physical game. I've named a team that's
going to get downhill. I don't assume that they'll want
to throw the ball around too much like they have
been trying to a little bit this year. I think
I'll go back to what they've done over the last
couple of years, where you know, one passes off the
ruck and get real physical and try to bring it
(08:12):
to our big boys and try to dominate there. So
it's a great challenge for us to stand up to
them and walk towards it. You know, they'll be hurting
after last week's you know, the Crusader game, and so
great challenge for us to go up there and yeah,
we you know, try and get a win, which, like
you said, it's been an interesting place for us.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
All right, Well, Corey, all the best for that. Congrats
on your milestone one hundred games as a player and
now one hundred as a coach with the Canes. All
the best, celebrate hard and hope they can get the
win for you tonight, Corey Jane, absolute legend and more
of humble, humble legends of the game here in our
region bringing up a special milestone with the Hurricanes tonights.
For more from News Talks, the'd be listen live on
(08:51):
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
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