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<\/p>\nMATCH REPORT: The Hurricanes produced an attacking masterclass as they dismantled the Chiefs 60-5 in Saturday\u2019s Super Rugby Pacific Final in Wellington.<\/p>\n
The home side scored nine tries on their way to victory to cap off a brilliant season.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the Hurricanes\u2019 second Super Rugby title. Their only previous title came in 2016 when they beat the Lions from South Africa in Wellington.<\/p>\n
For the Chiefs, it was more heartbreak as they notched up an unwanted record. It was their fourth consecutive defeat in a Final.<\/p>\n
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The Chiefs couldn\u2019t get out of their own half after relentless pressure from the Hurricanes in the opening minute. The visitors also struggled with the gusty conditions, with a number of their kicks going wayward.<\/p>\n
The wall eventually broke with Hurricanes wing Josh Moorby weaving his way over the tryline.<\/p>\n
With momentum on their side, the Hurricanes were running the Chiefs ragged, and they were in again when Ruben Love picked up a loose ball after a kick before sprinting in for the five-pointer.<\/p>\n
Perfect set-piece execution and transition play led to some great passing, and it was Fehi Fineanganofo who raced away for his team\u2019s third try in the 24th minute.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs had their opportunities, but they lacked the composure to convert them.<\/p>\n
Instead, it was the Hurricanes, who breached the defence again with Callum Harkin finishing off a period of sustained pressure with a try.<\/p>\n
To rub salt into the Chiefs\u2019 wounds, Love landed a long-range penalty goal to make it 29-0 at half-time.<\/p>\n
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Despite playing into the wind, it was more of the same for the home side at the start of the second half, with Moorby sprinting down the touchline for his second try after a superb set-piece play.<\/p>\n
There was just no stopping the home side, with Devan Flanders and Jordie Barrett also adding their names to the try list after some impressive phase play.<\/p>\n
With 20 minutes left on the clock, the scoreline was already 48-0 in the \u2018Canes favour.<\/p>\n
There was some more exceptional play in the 66th minute when Peter Lakai powered his way down the field before the ball went wide to Love, who produced an incredible finish in the corner to score his second try.<\/p>\n
Seuseu Naitoa Ah Kuoi managed to get the Chiefs on the board with a try. However, the Hurricanes had the final say in the Final with Jone Rova running in for the Hurricanes\u2019 ninth score after another great play by Moorby.<\/p>\n
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Man of the match: The award goes to Hurricanes flyhalf Ruben Love, who scored the most individual points (25) ever in a Super Rugby Final<\/p>\n
The scorers:<\/p>\n
For Hurricanes:
Tries: Moorby 2, Love 2, Fineanganofo, Harkin, Flanders, Barrett, Rova
Cons: Love 5
Pen: Love<\/p>\n
For Chiefs:
Try: Ah Kuoi<\/p>\n
Teams:<\/p>\n
Hurricanes: 15 Callum Harkin, 14 Josh Moorby, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Jordie Barrett (co-captain), 11 Fehi Fineanganofo, 10 Ruben Love, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Du\u2019Plessis Kirifi (co-captain), 6 Devan Flanders, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 3 Pasilio Tosi, 2 Asafo Aumua, 1 Xavier Numia.
Replacements: 16 Jacob Devery, 17 Siale Lauaki, 18 Tyrel Lomax, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Brayden Iose, 21 Ereatara Enari, 22 Jone Rova, 23 Kini Naholo.<\/p>\n
Chiefs: 15 Liam Coombes-Fabling, 14 Leroy Carter, 13 Kyle Brown, 12 Quinn Tupaea, 11 Kyren Taumoefolau, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Simon Parker, 7 Luke Jacobson (captain), 6 Samipeni Finau, 5 Tupou Vaa\u2019i, 4 Josh Lord, 3 Sione Ahio, 2 Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, 1 Ollie Norris.
Replacements: 16 Brodie McAlister, 17 Jared Proffit, 18 George Dyer, 19 Seuseu Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 20 Kaylum Boshier, 21 Xavier Roe, 22 Josh Jacomb, 23 Reon Paul.<\/p>\n
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: Reuben Keane (Australia), Louis Trisley (Australia)
TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATCH REPORT: The Hurricanes produced an attacking masterclass as they dismantled the Chiefs 60-5 in Saturday\u2019s Super Rugby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-748612","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\/748612","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=748612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}