Hurricanes (38) 66 / Rebels (17) 24 (Final Score)

The Hurricanes and Melbourne Rebels did battle in Super Rugby at Westpac Stadium, Wellington at 07:30 SA Time (17:30 NZ Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Hurricanes:

• Penalties – Beauden Barrett (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Andre Taylor (2), Alapati Leiua (2), Julian Savea (3), Jack Lam (1), Chris Eaton (1)
  
• Conversions – Beauden Barrett (9)

Rebels:

• Penalties – Kurtley Beale (1)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Cooper Vuna (2), Adam Fryer (1)
  
• Conversions – Kurtley Beale (2), Richard Kingi (1)
  

Teams:

Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13  Conrad Smith (captain), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben May.
Replacements: 16  Motu Matu’u, 17 Reg Goodes, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Tusi Pisi, 22 Jayden Hayward.

Rebels: 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Lachlan Mitchell, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve (captain), 7 Tim Davidson, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Cadeyrn Neville, 3 Jono Owen, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Tom Chamberlain, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Stirling Mortlock, 22 James Hilgendorf.

Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Richard Kelly (New Zealand)
TMO: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)