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Mark Geenty05:00, May 28 2021 Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Gareth Evans returns to the Hurricanes No 8 jersey, under the captaincy of Reed Prinsep, right (file photo). Five months after undergoing an ankle reconstruction, and a year since his previous run-on start, Gareth Evans will don the Hurricanes No 8 jersey on Friday night with the nervous excitement of a debutant. The one-test All Black (against Japan in 2018) and Super Rugby title winner (with the Highlanders in 2015) will gallop onto hi...

Julian Savea has scored two tries to make him the Hurricanes all-time top scorer. Befitting a big Friday night out in Wellington, the Hurricanes sparked up, got the staggers, then rode the No 14 bus home. Led by a double from Julian ‘The Bus’ Savea which saw him overtake Christian Cullen and TJ Perenara as the Hurricanes’ record tryscorer, the hosts held off a feisty Melbourne Rebels by 35-13 at Sky Stadium. Savea’s fourth try in a fortnight of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman moved him to 57...

Their backs are against the walls after one round, but they're not as far off as some might believe.

Their points haul at the Sydney Cricket Ground is fifth on Super Rugbys list for most points scored in a match since its inception in 1996. Second, on 118, is the Sharks 75-43 demolition of the Highlanders in Durban in 1997; third, on 115, is the Crusaders 96-19 rout of the Waratahs in Christchurch in 2002; and fourth, on 114, is the Bulls’ 62-52 win over the Cats in Pretoria in 2005. The Hurricanes also scored 10 tries to the Waratahs seven, falling one short of the record for most tries ...

The result in the battle of the trans-Tasman wooden spooners could be an ominous sign for Australian sides.

All the action between the Waratahs and Hurricanes.

Remarkably, the Hurricanes led by just nine with 10 minutes left when Waratahs flanker Lachlan Swinton scored from a lineout, before quick tries from super subs Pepesana Patafilo and Asafo Aumua clinched it. To complete the madness, Tahs fullback Jack Maddocks ran nearly the length of the field on the siren, not enough to avert the hosts’ ninth straight loss in 2021. Unsurprisingly, it was a record score between the sides, the 112-pointer easily topping the 80 they combined for in 2004 when...

Share The Waratahs in a 17-try thriller on the opening day of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman on Friday. In an incredible clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Waratahs lost their ninth straight game in going down 64-48 to the Hurricanes, scoring seven tries but conceding 10. It was the highest aggregate score ever between the two teams and the most points the Wellington-based side have scored against them. "Didnt expect that scoreline," said Hurricanes skipper Dane Coles. "We got ...

Photo: PhotoSport / Andrew Cornaga The Highlanders trounced Australian champions the Queensland Reds 40-19 before the Hurricanes beat the NSW Waratahs 64-48 in a Sydney try-fest. Predictions that the six-week contest would be one-sided in favour of the New Zealand sides looked on the money when Highlanders centre Scott Gregory cantered over the line for the first try of the competition after just 35 seconds in Dunedin. Reds halfback Kalani Thomas made amends for the error that led to the first ...

Hurricanes down Waratahs in try-fest AAP 14/05/2021 Darren Walton © David Gray/AAP PHOTOS Julian Savea steps out of a Ben Donaldson tackle to score as the Hurricanes beat NSW in Super Rugby. It could be a long five weeks for Australias Super Rugby sides after the NSW Waratahs joined the Queensland Reds as first-round fodder for New Zealand opposition in the inaugural trans-Tasman tournament. Winless in the recently-completed Super Rugby AU competition, the Waratahs endure...