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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 his home ground at McLean Park, Napier, to face the Western Force after playing 30 minutes off the ben...

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 for his career, past Cullen and Perenara’s mark of 56 as the Hurricanes scored five tries and ba...

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 Rugby's 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 scored by both teams in a Super Rugby match. There were 18 shared between the Chiefs and the Li...

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