You have not seen the last of Barrett's crosskick in Barrett

Get used to the crosskick from Beauden Barrett to Jordie Barrett.

Already a useful weapon, as evidenced by the kick of Beauden Barrett, his brother Jordie turned into a try for the All Blacks against Italy, the Hurricanes are hoping to make the tactic even more deadly.

The coaches of Super Rugby embark each year on "professional development" trips. The idea is worth it, but the reality can be quite different. Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland traveled to formations as diverse as the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal at the time, where he had to choose something else.

But for 2019, he is confident and has collected something from the Melbourne Demons AFL club to improve the "10%" of the Hurricanes. In a game of fine margins, it's a bit.

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The Hurricanes' attackers have been accused of reinforcing their scrum and scrum work when their pre-season Super Rugby started this week. The 23-member team not involved in the All Blacks or Maori tours of New Zealand all met Thursday in Wellington, in anticipation of a short camp at Featherston.

While the attackers are supposed to run out of steam during a meticulous job, the backs have more AFL – inspired postings.

"You can make them really useful, you have to make sure not to do it for the sake of it, but if you can find something you think is easily transferable, I think it's great," he said. declared Holland. off-season trips.

"I look at some of our kicks and catches and our hunt for some of our kettling kicks and if we can get 10 percent more of our outside back catching more of these it's a great swing in our game, so I put a little importance on it. "

Holland is confident that a small nugget can make all the difference to the performance of a team.

"Heck, yeah, it's just about where you're going to find them and who will give you transferable stuff to rugby, if you go to other sports. can be gold, even if it's just different focus points for boys around some kind of skill rather than hearing my voice and my philosophy.

"Just maybe having some tweaking still helps."

The Hurricanes kick match was a bit of a hit this year. Beauden Barrett often tried shallow blows near the 22nd where his outside backers fought to argue – let alone win – to give the opposition ball back into a dangerous zone.

Since then, we have seen the All Blacks ask him to play a little more on the field, with varying results.

But if much of Beauden Barrett's help for his brother in Rome is substantial, kicking could really become an important part of the Hurricanes arsenal.