{"id":398604,"date":"2026-01-08T00:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/398604\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:15:08","slug":"jerry-collins-stadium-to-host-hurricanes-and-chiefs-in-super-rugby-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/398604\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Collins Stadium to host Hurricanes and Chiefs in Super Rugby preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Super Rugby Pacific preseason is headed for Porirua, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricanes<\/a> confirming a fixture against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/chiefs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chiefs<\/a> on Saturday, February 7.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off at 1 pm, the game is to be played at the home of Northern United Rugby Football Club, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/jerry-collins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Collins<\/a> Stadium. The ground will also host an open training session on the Thursday before the game and a captain\u2019s run on the eve of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The contest concludes the confirmed slate of 2026 preseason fixtures, which include the Hurricanes\u2019 visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/auckland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Auckland<\/a> to face the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/blues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blues<\/a> and the Chiefs hosting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/fijian-drua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fijian Drua<\/a> in Tauranga, both on Friday, January 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally excited to be able to play at Jerry Collins Stadium here in Porirua. He played a massive role in the club, and it\u2019s awesome to be able to repay that in some way,\u201d Hurricanes midfielder and local resident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/riley-higgins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Higgins<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s special to play in a community like Porirua, and we know the fans will be there in full force. We can\u2019t wait to see everyone there and mix and mingle after the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/super-rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> preseason fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Friday 23 January<br \/>\u2013 Western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/force\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Force<\/a> vs Queensland Reds \u2013 Scotch College, Perth<\/p>\n<p>Friday 30 January<br \/>\u2013 Western Force vs ACT Brumbies \u2013 Scotch College, Perth<br \/>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/crusaders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crusaders<\/a> vs Highlanders \u2013 Fraser Park, Timaru<br \/>\u2013 Blues vs Hurricanes \u2013 Sacred Heart College, Auckland<br \/>\u2013 Chiefs vs Fijian Drua \u2013 Sir Gordon Tietjens field, Blake Park, Tauranga<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 31 January<br \/>\u2013 Queensland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/reds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reds<\/a> vs NSW Waratahs \u2013 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 5 February<br \/>\u2013 ACT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/brumbies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brumbies<\/a> vs NSW Waratahs \u2013 Marist College, Canberra<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 6 February<br \/>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/highlanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Highlanders<\/a> vs Moana Pasifika \u2013 Queenstown Events Centre<br \/>\u2013 Blues vs Crusaders \u2013 Takapuna Rugby Club, Onewa Domain, Auckland<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 7 February<br \/>\u2013 Hurricanes vs Chiefs \u2013 Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua, Wellington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super Rugby Pacific preseason is headed for Porirua, with the Hurricanes confirming a fixture against the Chiefs on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-398604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}