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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
56 mins – HURRICANES 28 BLUES 17
ERROR! Julian Savea hits the ball from the bottom of the goal and the Blues now have a chance to try a scrum series on the 22m line. NOT TRYING! Akira Ioane comes out of the back of the scrum and drops a shot at Augustine Pulu, but he can not hold it back. He had no one in front of him
54 mins – HURRICANES 28 BLUES 17
TRY IT! Beauden Barrett leaves the fray and carries Augustine Pulu over the line of the test. His brother Jordie Barrett converts his essay
48 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 17
TRY IT! Rieko Ioane is about to attempt his second try of the night – great patience on the part of the visitors who keep the ball after 10 phases
Stephen Perofeta is in line with his conversion attempt.
43 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
ERROR! The throwing of the Blues at the lineup is not straight and the Canes receive a half-time advance in the scrum.
40 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
And we're back! [19659007] HALFTIME – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10
This was all the Hurricanes in the first half, mistakes cost the Blues. The visitors made two massive 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 pass when it is not
38 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 10 [19659006] TRY! 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 superb 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 OUT! Ngani Laumape is back! The defenders of the Blues make another bad interpretation and the midfielder Canes is able to score. Jordie Barrett unloads the extras
33 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
NO TRIALS! Ngani Laumape crosses the goal line but is retained by Stephen Perofeta, the Hurricanes have another scrum five meters out of 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 inside 22.
28 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
After an excellent first break from Matt Duffie, the team was able to play the ball. Blues back, he hits the ball just outside the 22 Hurricanes Sam Lousi picks up the ball and sabotages it on the court. It's a good pursuit of the Canes and Julian Savea and TJ Perenara is dragging winger Blues on the sideline.
23 mins – HURRICANES 14 BLUES 3
TRY IT OUT! Nehe Milner-Skudder throws a short ball to Ngani Laumape off-line midway 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! The Blues stole another line and Hurricanes' # 8 Blade Thompson was penalized for an intentional hit on.
18 mins – HURRICANES 7 BLUES 3
SCRUM – Has A penalty kick and Stephen Perofeta kicked the ball – the Hurricanes have a scrum inside their own 22. [19659007] 12 mins – HURRICANES 7 BLUES 3
TRY IT OUT! Blade Thomson throws the ball to TJ Perenara and passes the pass to a charge Ngani Laumape who is in a huge gap. He is tackled by Melani Nanai, but Laumape is relaunched by Julian Savea and he is eliminated 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 a perfect attack position.
5 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 3
THREE! Sam Henwood was penalized for leaving his feet in the fray and slowed the game for the Blues. Augustine Pulu points to the sticks and Stephen Perofeta places his 40m kick to the goal and the visitors lead 3-0
4 mins – HURRICANES 0 BLUES 0
A disrupted start of the two teams – Brad Shields attempts an interception on his own has a 40m line, but he can not hold up and the Blues have a scrum just outside the 40m line of the Hurricanes
KICK-OFF! Stephen Perofeta starts things off with a shot at the Canes
The Hurricanes are losing three straight games after coming down to the Brumbies last weekend in Canberra 24-12. Fortunately for the Canes, who occupy the second place at the New Zealand conference, they welcome the stars of All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Vaea Fifita in their XV of departure.
The Blues sit at the bottom of the New Zealand Super Rugby Conference
Tana Umaga's men will take confidence in tonight's clash after defeating the Reds 39-16 at Eden Park in Auckland last Friday.
Ben Lam was left on the bench for the Cannes with Julian Savea named to start on the left wing while Nehe Milner-Skudder will start on the right flank. Wes Goosen collaborates with midfielder Ngani Laumape with Jordie Barrett
Rieko Ioane, the All Blacks winger, was named fifth-fifth for the Blues and will have a tough night against Laumape. 19659046] Augustine Pulu will lead the Blues to the half-defender with Akira Ioane, Jerome Kaino and Ofa Tu & ungafasi who complete the starting XV forward
Hurricanes: 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
48 mins – HURRICANES 21 BLUES 17
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