{"id":363217,"date":"2026-04-04T09:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363217\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:01:08","slug":"super-rugby-pacific-chiefs-v-nsw-waratahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363217\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Rugby Pacific &#8211; Chiefs v NSW Waratahs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4JQOS8J_260404ChiefsWaratahs_004_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Chiefs' Leroy Carter during the Chiefs vs Waratahs, Super Rugby Pacific match at FMG Stadium, Hamilton.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nLeroy Carter claims the ball for the Chiefs against Waratahs.<br \/>\nPhoto: DJ Mills\/Photosport\n<\/p>\n<p>Try doubles from Quinn Tupaea and Kyren Taumoefolau have spearheaded the Chiefs to a 42-14 Super Rugby Pacific rout over NSW Waratahs.<\/p>\n<p>Leading 23-7 at halftime, the Chiefs ran away with the match, outscoring the Aussie side six tries to two.<\/p>\n<p>The Waratahs looked threatening early, but the Chiefs forward power and attacking flair extinguished their hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Recording their fifth win of the season, Johnno Gibbes&#8217; side sit third on the Super Rugby Pacific standings, behind the Hurricanes and Blues halfway through the season.<\/p>\n<p>First-five Josh Jacomb had an off night with the boot at FMG Stadium, missing three conversions in an otherwise seamless showing from the home side in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the live action here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leroy Carter claims the ball for the Chiefs against Waratahs. Photo: DJ Mills\/Photosport Try doubles from Quinn Tupaea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":["post-363217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}