{"id":569441,"date":"2026-03-28T06:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:44:12","slug":"hurricanes-blow-away-reds-to-snap-four-game-super-run-eastern-riverina-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569441\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes blow away Reds to snap four-game Super run | Eastern Riverina Chronicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Hurricanes have continued their impressive form in Super Rugby Pacific, by thumping the Reds.
\n Photo: Elias Rodriguez\/AAP PHOTOS<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have run rampant in Wellington to extend their dominance over the Queensland Reds and justify their top Super Rugby Pacific billing.<\/p>\n

Reds turnovers in attack and the midfield were punished by the free-wheeling hosts in Saturday’s 52-14 win.<\/p>\n

It was the Hurricanes’ 11th successive win over the Reds and 12th consecutive as hosts, dating back to 1998.<\/p>\n

\"BillyBilly Proctor and the Hurricanes have continued to punish teams on the counter-attack. (Elias Rodriguez\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

The bonus point result snapped a four-game Reds (4-2) winning streak and pushed the Hurricanes (5-1) further ahead at the top of the ladder.<\/p>\n

And it left coach Les Kiss with plenty to ponder, given the fourth-placed side will need to find joy in New Zealand this season to be any hope of a top-three finish to earn a home final.<\/p>\n

“The scoreboard is the reality of that performance,” Reds captain Fraser McReight said, admitting there would be plenty of homework ahead of next Saturday’s home clash with the Western Force.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We were great in that 15 minutes after conceding early points, then went against our game plan and a good team is going to hold you to it.”<\/p>\n

Winger Fehi Fineanganofo had a hattrick inside the hour as the Hurricanes ran in eight tries, often from Reds turnovers when they were pushing for points.<\/p>\n

A disallowed runaway Jordie Barrett try and Reds centre Isaac Henry’s juggling effort from a lineout set piece soon after created a 14-point swing that kept the Reds in it, trailing 24-14 at halftime.<\/p>\n

\"JapanJapan captain Warner Dearns is making a big impact in Super Rugby Pacific. (Elias Rodriguez\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

But the Hurricanes, who had already rung up three 50-plus scores this season, were unrelenting.<\/p>\n

Warner Dearns plucked a pass and surged over to complete an opportunistic play down the sideline from a loose ball from the lineout.<\/p>\n

Then Fineanganofo iced the contest with his second and third tries in quick time, both from midfield Reds turnovers, with 20 minutes still to play.<\/p>\n

Vernon Bason’s rolling maul try with five minutes to play brought up the half century, the hosts mixing it up in attack to carve up what has been a tidy Reds defence this season.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes cult hero and captain Du’Plessis Kirifi was instrumental in his first start of the season after recovering from a calf injury.<\/p>\n

The flanker was ecstatic when he pilfered to stop a near-certain Reds try when the game was already won late in the second half.<\/p>\n

“We knew they’d be fast and physical and move us around the park … we used our shoulders to do the talking tonight,” Kirifi said.<\/p>\n

\"Du'PlessisDu’Plessis Kirifi provided plenty of impact, with and without the ball. (Elias Rodriguez\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

“We want that (defence) to be a cornerstone of our game.<\/p>\n

“We all have the ability to change the game with our shoulders, then we get the ball in hand.”<\/p>\n

Wallabies flyhalf Tom Lynagh was unable to make an impact in his first action of the season, replacing Harry McLaughlin-Phillips after 62 minutes.<\/p>\n

Australian Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hurricanes have continued their impressive form in Super Rugby Pacific, by thumping the Reds. Photo: Elias Rodriguez\/AAP…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-569441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569441","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=569441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}