Richard Judd of the Hurricanes passes during the 2019 Super Rugby season. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Super Rugby: Hurricanes 43-13 Brumbies – highlights as it happened [video]
The Hurricanes ran riot against a poor Brumbies outfit in the opening Super Rugby clash of the weekend on Friday, winning 43-13.
Richard Judd of the Hurricanes passes during the 2019 Super Rugby season. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
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The hosts were quick to meet the expectations of the eager Palmerston North crowd, running in two converted tries in the opening 16 minutes. A returning Dane Coles – who was superb all evening – opened the scoring while the backline showed slick hands to put centre Ngani Laumape away.
The Brumbies finally struck back with one of their best weapons, the lineout drive, to open their account midway through the half.
Coles then dotted down for his brace in the dying members of the opening half as the Hurricanes again showed excellent handling skills to send the hooker over the line in the corner.
Aided by some poor Brumbies kicking, the game opened up in the second stanza and the Hurricanes took full advantage.
Laumape continued his sublime form, running in two more tries in seven minutes. The All Black centre showed great strength to shrug off two tackles for the first, while he showed his pace to run 60 metres for his hat-trick.
The Brumbies managed a consolation try with eight minutes left on the clock after some enterprising backline play. Irae Simone drew the defence and put fellow centre Tevita Kuridrani in space, who eventually offloaded to debutante Tom Wright who scored with his first touch in Brumbies jersey.
With time up and the visitors looking for more points,
Hurricanes vs Brumbies highlights
Super Rugby: Hurricanes vs Brumbies – as it happened
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Teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Chase Tiatia, 14 Vince Aso, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Thomas Perenara, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Liam Mitchell, 4 James Blackwell, 3 Ben May, 2 Dane Coles (captain), 1 Chris Eves.
Replacements: 16 Ricky Riccitelli, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Jeff To’omaga-Allen, 19 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 20 Reed Prinsep, 21 Richard Judd, 22 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 23 Wes Goosen
Brumbies: 15 Tom Banks, 14 Andy Muirhead, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Chance Peni, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Joe Powell, 8 Lachlan McCaffrey, 7 David Pocock, 6 Pete Samu, 5 Blake Enever, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Josh Mann-Rea, 17 James Slipper, 18 Leslie Leauluaialii-Makin, 19 Darcy Swain, 20 Tom Cusack, 21 Matt Lucas, 22 Wharenui Hawera, 23 Tom Wright
