HURRICANES 34 WARATAHS 17
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FULLTIME
80min - Waratahs win back-to-back penalties right on the tryline, but the Hurricanes do well to get over the ball to get the turnover and boot it into touch! That's fulltime!
78min - Savea loses the ball in contact and Donaldson kicks, finding touch just outside the Hurricanes 22m. He would have definitely preferred for that to have stayed in.
76min - Moorby fails to read the kick and the ball collects him on the head on its way to the tryline, but he combines well with Morgan to eventually clear.
74min - WARATAHS TRY - GLEESON
Hurricanes happy to play with width still. Barrett fires a flat pass in the midfield but it's straight to Gleeson and he races away 50 metres to score the try! A deserved try from the Waratahs' best player today.
72min - HURRICANES TRY - COLES
Hurricanes win their own lineout just 10 metres out, they get set and begin their maul...they're making good metres, before Coles breaks away and dives over for the try!
70min - Hurricanes look to break from inside their own 22m, with Naholo in the thick of it again. They turn it over but are awarded the penalty.
68min - Perese makes half a break, beating one tackle, but Hooper can't bring in the offload off the ground and knocks on, and the Hurricanes will have the scrum.
66min - Waratahs crash their way into the Hurricanes 22m, but the referee gets in the way and calls for a scrum for the visitors.
64min - Waratahs win their own lineout, but it's scrappy. Hurricanes looked to have pounced on the ball but Kirifi is penalised for being offside.
62min - Hurricanes just five metres out from the tryline, but the Waratahs come up with it at the breakdown, before Gordon clears up near his own 10m.
60min - Hurricanes do well to force the Waratahs wide, before Barrett shows great strength to rip the ball back and they clear to Jorgensen to return.
58min - Waratahs win the penalty and Donaldson finds touch about 10 metres out from the tryline. Can the Aussies hit back? They trailed by five points just minutes ago.
56min - HURRICANES TRY - NAHOLO
Moorby commits a few players, getting through a couple, before popping an offload to Naholo, and he beats four tackles to go over for his second try! What a finish! Hurricanes on fire!
54min - Hurricanes taking their time to clear the ball, as the Waratahs look to pressure them into a turnover, before Cameron clears long and finds touch just before halfway.
52min - HURRICANES TRY - ROIGARD
A Waratahs pass falls to the ground, Flanders picks up and puts the kick through for Roigard to chase with nobody home and he wins the race and wrestles his way over for a try-double!
50min - Hurricanes win another scrum, but Numua is penalised straight away and Donaldson finds touch inside the opposition half for a lineout.
48min - Hurricanes switch direction from the scrum for Proctor to charge onto it, but Blackwell knocks on. Both teams making plenty of errors to start the second half.
46min - Gordon makes a good tackle on Moorby and the Waratahs look to pressure the ruck once more but this time they're penalised, but Aumua's throw from the lineout isn't straight.
44min - Waratahs overthrow their own lineout, gifting the Hurricanes the ball just inside their own half, but again, the visitors counter-ruck and win it right back.
42min - Waratahs fail to control the second half restart, giving the Hurricanes the ball, but the visitors do enough to pressure the breakdown and win the scrum.
HALFTIME
40min - Waratahs get the ball with just seconds left in the half, but Nadolo's grubber is well looked after by Moorby who goes into touch and that's halftime!
38min - Moorby lucky to get the kick away and even luckier it took a touch off a Waratahs player with Jorgensen breathing on him. Hurricanes knock on inside their own half.
36min - Waratahs do enough to force the error and win the penalty at the breakdown. The vistors clear downfield, before Julian Savea runs it back hard at the defence.
34min - Hurricanes put a massive shove in at the scrum, and walk right over it before being awarded the penalty. Savea tells Cameron to go to the corner for a lineout.
32min - Waratahs playing with real enterprise, with Nawaqanitawase making half a break, before a good covering tackle on Gordon dislodges the ball.
30min - HURRICANES TRY - NAHOLO
Savea makes a strong run, before the Hurricanes put it through the hands on the left. Naholo gets it on the backfoot, steps back inside and dives over for a try on his debut!
28min - Vailanu looks to have won the ball back for the Waratahs at the breakdown, but Lambert is penalised for laying all over the ball. Hurricanes find touch inside the Waratahs' 22m.
26min - Donaldson just manages to hold onto a pass on his bootlaces, and gets the kick away inside the Hurricanes half. Barrett was charging at him!
24min - WARATAHS TRY - JORGENSEN
Seu somehow pops an offload to Jorgensen, he doesn't have much room and is pushed to the corner and over the tryline! Oh my word, he's got it down and stayed in field! What a finish.
22min - Kirifi tries to win another turnover but he's penalised for not supporting his own bodyweight. Donaldson finds touch for an attacking lineout.
20min - HURRICANES TRY - ROIGARD
Hurricanes turn down the shot at goal and opt for the scrum. Roigard picks up the ball after a rocky shove, puts his head down and bumps off two defenders and he's over for the try!
18min - After a scrum reset, the Hurricanes switch direction and they're just 5m out with the advantage. Flanders is over the tryline but he's held up. We're going back for the penalty.
16min - Gordon looks to clear from the base of the ruck from the restart on his own 22m, and knocks on, giving the Hurricanes an attacking scrum.
14min - WARATAHS TRY - NADOLO
Oh no, Julian Savea has gifted Nadolo the try! Savea drops the restarts cold, Nadolo scoops up the loose ball and he dives over in the corner! Waratahs hit right back!
12min - Hurricanes look to free up Flanders on the left wing and he's tackled into touch, but it doesn't matter, we'll come back for the penalty. Barrett lines up the easy shot and puts the Hurricanes up against the run of play.
10min - Waratahs with all the possession, as they make their way into the Hurricanes half, but Kirifi gets over the ball and wins the ruck penalty. He's pumped!
8min - Hurricanes win the scrum penalty just metres out from their own tryline, with Johnson-Holmes the guilty party for the Waratahs and the hosts can clear.
6min - Savea tries getting over the ball to make the steal but is penalised for not releasing and the Waratahs opt for the lineout - just less than 10 metres out. Hurricanes defence up to the maul and force the turnover.
4min - Hooper grubber kicks after a nice catch by Nawaqanitawase, and the Hurricanes get back to clear for a Waratahs lineout just inside the Hurricanes half.
2min - Gleeson makes a break for the Waratahs up the middle! The visitors are on the 22m, but a couple of big tackles force them back 10 metres.
7pm - Thank you for joining us! Tonight's game marks Ardie Savea's return to the Hurricanes, as they tackle the Waratahs at Wellington.
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Kia ora, good evening, and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of this Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Hurricanes and Waratahs at Wellington's Sky Stadium.
The Hurricanes have been boosted by the return of captain Ardie Savea, who missed last week's defeat to the Blues through suspension for his throat-slitting gesture.
Winger Kini Naholo and lock Dominic Bird will make their Hurricanes' debuts, with Salesi Rayasi dropping out of the match-day squad.
Meanwhile the Waratahs sit three places below the Hurricanes in seventh, with their only win coming against the Fijian Drua in round two.
But with Wallabies star Michael Hooper and Fijian powerhouse Nemani Nadolo at their disposal, the visitors could prove stiff competition.
Hurricanes: 1-Xavier Numua, 2-Asafo Aumua, 3-Tyrel Lomax, 4-James Blackwell, 5-Isaia Walker-Leawere, 6-Devan Flanders, 7-Du'Plessis Kirifi, 8-Ardie Savea (c), 9-Cameron Roigard, 10-Brett Cameron, 11-Kini Naholo, 12-Jordie Barrett, 13-Billy Proctor, 14-Julian Savea, 15-Josh Moody
Reserves: 16-Dane Coles, 17-Pouri Rakete-Stones, 18-Pasilio Tosi, 19-Dominic Bird, 20-Brayden Iose, 21-Jamie Booth, 22-Aidan Morgan, 23-Bailyn Sullivan
Waratahs: 1-Tom Lambert, 2-Mahe Vailanu, 3-Harry Johnson-Holmes, 4-Ned Hanigan, 5-Taleni Seu, 6-Charlie Gamble, 7-Michael Hooper, 8-Langi Gleeson, 9-Jake Gordon, 10-Ben Donaldson, 11-Nemani Nadolo, 12-Lalakai Foketi, 13-Izaia Perese, 14-Mark Nawaqanitawase, 15-Max Jorgensen
Reserves: 16-Tolu Latu, 17-Sateke Latu, 18-Daniel Botha, 19-Lachlan Swinton, 20-Will Harris, 21-Harrison Goddard, 22-Tane Edmed, 23-Mosese Tuipulotu
TAB odds: Hurricanes $1.16, Waratahs $5, draw $26
