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Welcome to the LIVE coverage of 1 NEWS NOW of the Super Rugby clash tonight between the Hurricanes and the Blues at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
Brad Shields of the Hurricanes in action against the Blues
Source: Photosport
43 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
ERROR! The throwing of the Blues to the lineup is not direct and the Canes receive a lead in the scrum halfway.
40 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
And we're back!
] HALFTIME – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
That was all the Hurricanes in the first half, mistakes cost the Blues. The visitors made two mbadive errors in defense, which allowed Ngani Laumape to score two tries. The Blues have made a good late comeback, but they need to reduce the mistakes they want to steal from the side of the house. Stephen Perofeta has been a good offensive threat to the Blues but both visitors and Canes are guilty of doing too much and forcing a pbad when it is not
38 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10 [19659006] TRYING! And the Blues have finally entered! Rieko Ioane sees acres of space and no one can catch it, Ioane gets up and gives Jordie Barrett an unpleasant look to scrub the salt into the sore. It was a beautiful ball from Stephen Perofeta who put Ioane in the hole.
Perofeta gets his conversion kick from the sideline.
35 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 3
TRY IT! Ngani Laumape is back! The defenders of the Blues make another bad interpretation and the midfielder Canes is able to score. Jordie Barrett disembarks extras
33 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
NO TRIALS! Ngani Laumape crosses the goal line but he is retained by Stephen Perofeta, the Hurricanes have another five-meter scrum off the line of the test.
29 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
PENALTY! The Blues are penalized for coming to the side of a line maul. Beauden Barrett kicks the ball and the Canes have an offensive lineup at the bottom of the Blues 22.
28 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
After an excellent first break against the back of the Blues Matt Duffie, he hits the ball just outside the 22 Hurricanes Sam Lousi picks up the ball and sabotages it on the ground. It's a good pursuit of the Canes and Julian Savea and TJ Perenara are dragging the Blues winger on the sideline.
23 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
TRY IT! Nehe Milner-Skudder throws a short ball to Ngani Laumape off a midway line and Laumape is gone! A bad defensive play of the Blues and Canes is in their second try
Jordie Barrett nails his kick at the goal of the easy range.
20 mins – HURRICANES 7 BLUES 3
PENALTY! Blues stole another line and Hurricanes' # 8 Blade Thompson was penalized for an intentional hit on.
18 mins – HURRICANES 7 BLUES 3
SCRUM – The have a penalty and Stephen Perofeta kicked the ball – the Hurricanes have a scrum inside their own 22
12 mins – HURRICANES 7 BLUES 3
TRY IT! Blade Thomson sends the ball to TJ Perenara and pbades it to a charge Ngani Laumape who is in a huge gap. He is tackled by Melani Nanai, but Laumape receives a benefit from Julian Savea and he is back for the first five-point of the match.
Jordie Barrett is online with his conversion attempt.
10 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 3
SCRUM – Stephen Perofeta strikes the ball just outside his 22 and the Hurricanes are in perfect attack position
5 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 3
THREE! Sam Henwood was penalized for leaving his feet in the fray and slowing the game for the Blues. Augustine Pulu points to the sticks and Stephen Perofeta places his 40-meter kick at goal and the visitors lead 3-0.
4 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 0
A loose start to both teams – Brad Shields tries a interception on his own 40m line but he can not hold and the Blues have a scrum just outside the 40m line of the Hurricanes
KICK-OFF! Stephen Perofeta gets things started with a kick-off to the Canes
The Hurricanes are in the middle of a three-game losing streak after coming down to the Brumbies last weekend in Canberra 24-12. Fortunately for the Canes, who are in second place at the New Zealand conference, All Black stars Beauden Barrett and Vaea Fifita are back in their starting XV.
The Blues dwell at the bottom of the New Zealand Super Rugby Conference "
Tana Umaga's men will take confidence in tonight's clash after beating the Reds 39-16 at Eden Park in Auckland last Friday.
Ben Lam was dropped on the bench for Cannes with Julian Savea appointed to start on the left wing while Nehe Milner-Skudder will start on the right flank. Wes Goosen collaborates with Ngani Laumape in midfield with Jordie Barrett appointed to the back-end position
Rieko Ioane, the All Blacks winger, was named in the fifth five-eighth for the Blues and will be in a tough evening against Laumape. 19659039] Augustine Pulu will captain the Blues to the half-defender with Akira Ioane, Jerome Kaino and Ofa Tu 'ungafasi who complete the starting XV forward
Hurricanes: 15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Nehe Milner-Skudder , 13 Wes Goosen, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Sam Henwood, 6 Brad Shields (c), 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Vaea Fifita, 3 Ben May, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 1 Toby Smith
Reserves: 16 James O'Reilly, 17 Fraser Armstrong, 18 Jeff To- Omaga-Allen, 19 Michael Fatialofa, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Jamie Booth, 22 Ihaia West , 23 Ben Lam.
Blues: 15 Matt Duffie, 14 Melani Nanai, 13 Michael Collins, 12 Rieko Ioane, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Stephen Peroffe, 9 Augustine Pulu (c), 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Blake Gibson, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Matiaha Martin, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 3 Ofa Tu Ungafasi, 2 Matt Mussels, 1 Alex Hodgman.
Reservations: 16 James Parsons, 17 Pauliasi Manu, 18 Sione Mafileo, 19 Ben Nee-Nee, 20 Murphy Taramai, 21 Sam Nock, 22 Bryn Gatland, 23 TJ Faiane.
4 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 0
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