{"id":522040,"date":"2026-03-06T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522040\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:37:09","slug":"nsw-waratahs-look-to-continue-unbeaten-start-against-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522040\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Waratahs look to continue unbeaten start against Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The NSW Waratahs are hunting for three straight wins to start the year as they face the Hurricanes in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Waratahs are fresh off the bye after back-to-back victories to start the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Wallabies Andrew Kellaway and Folau Fainga&#8217;a have been named for their first starts of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Hurricanes are desperate to bounce back after a tense loss to the Fijian Drua in Lautoka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">They are boosted by the return of All Black and co-captain Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi, named at back-row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/205\/2026\/949224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NSW WARATAHS v HURRICANES TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">WARATAHS (1-15):\u00a0Tom Lambert, Folau Faingaa, Daniel Botha, Matt Philip (c), Miles Amatosero, Leafi Talataina, Charlie Gamble, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Lawson Creighton, Max Jorgensen, Joey Walton. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Triston Reilly, Andrew Kellaway<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Ioane Moananu, Isaac Kailea, Siosifa Amone, Angus Blyth, Clem Halaholo, Teddy Wilson, Jack Debreczeni, Sid Harvey<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">HURRICANES (1-15):\u00a0Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Pasilio Tosi, Warner Dearns, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Devan Flanders, Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi (co-c), Peter Lakai, Cam Roigard, Callum Harkin, Fehi Fineanganofo, Jordie Barrett (co-c), Billy Proctor, Bailyn Sullivan, Josh Moorby<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Jacob Devery, Siale Lauaki, Tevita Mafileo, Brad Shields, Brayden Iose, Ereatara Enari, Lucas Cashmore, Jone Rova<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Referee:\u00a0James Doleman<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Assistant Referees:\u00a0Fraser Hannon, Dan Moore<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">TMO:\u00a0James Leckie<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH NSW WARATAHS v HURRICANES<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Waratahs&#8217; clash with the Hurricanes will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 7:00 pm with kickoff expected at 7:35 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NSW Waratahs are hunting for three straight wins to start the year as they face the Hurricanes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,10569,32951,760,85,48013],"class_list":["post-522040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-hurricanes","tag-nsw-waratahs","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522040","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=522040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}