FULLTIME: HURRICANES 43 - 15 SUNWOLVES: Well, a comfortable win in the end. The Sunwolves threw everything they had, but struggled to convert their many chances. They dominated the stats, but they just ran out of puff in the end, and the Hurricanes showed their class to finish strong. Thanks for joining us.
79mins: HURRICANES TRY - ASO: Jordie's busted clean through from the kick-off, he races 30 metre before firing a long pass to Savea who takes some stopping. Aso's free on the outside, he gets it, and dives over for another Hurricanes try. What a finish.
77mins: HURRICANES TRY - SHIELDS: Jordie's taken in the air and the Hurricanes win the penalty. Garden-Bachop finds touch on the Sunwolves 10m for the lineout. Ardie is put into space on the left, he finds Shields who sees Aso on his outside, he find contact before offloading back to his captain who goes over for the try.
75mins: HURRICANES TRY - ASO: Aso and Prinsep take it up before Savea is well and truly looked after on the left wing by the Sunwolves defence. They're just a metre out and it's a simple case of putting it through the hands and Aso is in for the try.
73mins: Khatiashvilli is offside and the Garden-Bachop finds touch just inside the Sunwolves 22m. They'll want to hit back straight away. They've had no ball this half.
71mins: SUNWOLVES TRY - FUKUOKA: Nagare sees space behind the Hurricanes defence, puts the little dink over the top for the chasing Fukuoka and he shows great pace to get the bounce and score the try in the corner.
69mins: Sunwolves try to drive but break away and are just a couple of metres out. Hurricanes again show great defence on their own try line and force the knock on. Oh so close once again.
67mins: Masiwera again proves difficult to bring down and the Sunwolves again look good to score. Ardie guilty of playing the ball at the ruck and the Sunwolves will have the lineout just five metres out. They need to make something finally count.
65mins: Hurricanes botch another lineout but they somehow get it back. Booth clears but it doesn't go very far and it'll be a Sunwolves lineout around the 22m.
63mins: Hurricanes looked to counter but the Sunwolves are penalised down the left wing and they'll have a lineout on their own 10m. Booth puts the kick up from the lineout and Saumaki runs it back. Little with a powerful surge, bumping two off. Millar is put into a hole from Little's pass and the Sunwolves are up to the 22m but a grubber kick through can only roll into touch.
61mins: Fatialofa tackled a Sunwolves player without the ball and the Sunwolves win the penalty. They'll have the lineout about seven or metres out from the try line. Hattingh tapes the throw back and they look to attack. They're just a metre short from the try line but they knock it on.
59mins: There's no hook from the Sunwolves and it's a Hurricanes free-kick. Beaudie clears up to his own 10m. And the time has arrived! Nehe Milner-Skudder has taken the field! The crowd giving him a proper welcoming.
57mins: Hurricanes front-row go early and the Sunwolves take the quick-tap from the free-kick. Saumaki could be over and they're going to ask the TMO to have a look. He dived over from the base of the ruck and the ball looks to have touched the chalk. Nope, they say he was short. Close call. It'll be a Sunwolves scrum.
55mins: Hattingh wins another lineout and they're just inches short of the try line! The ball is unplayable and it'll be a Sunwolves scrum. Good result for the Hurricanes.
53mins: Sunwolves win the lineout through Hattingh and begin to drive. They're five metres out and go right to Masirewa who does well to bump off one. Sunwolves building the phases but not going anywhere and Douglas is penalised for being offside. We'll have a lineout.
51mins: Proctor takes the ball into contact just over halfway and the Hurricanes are going backwards right now but Lam cleans up. Big Julian gets it out wide, fends one and cracks on the pace to race 40 metres before finding Aso on the inside who runs it in under the sticks for the try. Hold the phone. Ardie could be in trouble for a dangerous clean out in the lead up. And it's just that, no try, and a Sunwolves penalty.
49mins: Sunwolves steal the ball back and they're up to the 22m. Hurricanes win the penalty after Parker tackled Beaudie high. Hurricanes find touch around halfway.
47mins: The Sunwolves look to go through their big men and could well be over! Himeno looks to have got over the white line for the try. They're going to check upstairs. He's short and it's a Hurricanes penalty. Poor decision. Not a try, but they've decided it's double movement, which it wasn't, he was pushed ove.r
45mins: Sunwolves win the ball from their own kick-off and Douglas is ruled offside. Parker finds touch for an attacking lineout just five metres out.
43mins: HURRICANES TRY - J.BARRETT: Barrett gets it on a wrap around and runs between a prop and Fatialofa before racing away 40 metres to score the try in the left corner. Hint of obstruction there but the try stands. Beaudie can't convert.
41mins: Beaudie tries a short kick-off and Little grabs it and immediately the Sunwolves break out through Labuschagne. The brilliant skipper guilty of trying too hard and loses it forward before they're penalised for being offside.
HALFTIME: HURRICANES 21 - 10 SUNWOLVES: And that's halftime as Beaudie sends the conversion straight down the middle. It's a fairly comfortable margin, but the Sunwolves have been impressive and perhaps, a little unlucky. Stay tuned for the second half.
39mins: HURRICANES TRY - PRINSEP: Front-rows again go down and the Sunwolves are penalised. Hurricanes call? Another scrum of course. Prinsep picks it up at the base of the scrum, goes right, and basically just dives over for the try. Too easy.
37mins: This time Ricky finds his jumper and the Hurricanes drive but the Sunwolves do well to sack it. Hurricanes still have it, but the ref calls "too messy" and it's a scrum to the home side.
35mins: Hurricanes scrum demolish the Sunwolves pack and the win the penalty. They'll have a lineout just five out from the try line.
33mins: Little plays the ball at the ruck and Beaudie finds touch around halfway for the lineout. Another overthrow by Ricky and the Sunwolves have it. Van der Walt makes a great run, finds Hattingh, offloads to Millar but he knocks on and Aso is away! He races away 50 metres before linking up with Savea, he gives it to Barrett but his kick over the top goes into touch on the full. Phew. That was end-to-end stuff.
31mins: Lam takes it in from the kick-off and Christie puts the box kick up and it doesn't go too far before the Hurricanes go high in the tackle and are penalised. Tanaka takes the quick-tap and the Sunwolves are away down the left, Little finds Lafaele, he offloads but the ref calls it forward and that ends the play. Fukuoka looked to be in for the try.
29mins: HURRICANES TRY - CHRISTIE: Canes go left through Christie, he passes to Barrett, steps on and offloads in the tackle back to the halfback who beats a couple on his way to his first try for the Hurricanes. Beaudie converts.
27mins: Barrett finds Lam ranging down the left and the big winger takes a couple of players with him as he powers it up towards the Sunwolves 10m. Millar is penalised for being offside yet again and the Hurricanes call for a scrum just inside the 22m.
25mins: Fukuoka tries to step a couple but he's well looked after before knocking it on. Hurricanes have it but a poor pass from Christie turns it over. Sunwolves look to attack but it's their turn again to knock it on. Scrum Hurricanes.
23mins: They're going backwards and the Hurricanes look to counter-ruck and Riccitelli picks the ball up illegally and it's another Sunwolves penalty. They want the lineout inside the 22m.
21mins: Another poor throw from Riccitelli and it's a scrum for the Sunwolves. They shift left and Lafaele kicks the ball along the ground for Lam to take it back up. Hurricanes cough it up and the Sunwolves now look to counter near the 22m.
19mins: The Sunwolves go through a couple of phases inside their own 22m before Parker finds touch around their own 10m. Great attacking lineout for the Hurricanes.
17mins: SUNWOLVES PENALTY: Parker looks for the kick over the top and Jordie covers it well, but the Hurricanes are offside and the Sunwolves win the penalty. Parker will line up a shot at goal from about 40 metres to the left. Easy as you like and the Sunwolves are back in front.
15mins: HURRICANES TRY - J.SAVEA: This time Riccitelli finds Douglas and the Hurricanes drive before Christie tries to break off from the maul. They're just five metres out. Barrett finds Procter on the outside of his opposite, he passes to Julian with a back-handed offload and the 'Bus' picks the ball up on the bounce and is in for the try.
13mins: Riccitelli badly overthrows his jumper and the Sunwolves have it with Horrie. Nevermind, Savea has stolen it right back before the Sunwolves win it back and clear through Parker.
11mins: Parker clears from the kick-off and the Hurricanes look to hit back. They're up over halfway and switch direction to Savea and he runs over the top of Fukuoka but the little winger does to bring him down. Millar is offside and the Hurricanes win the penalty. Lineout about seven out.
9mins: SUNWOLVES TRY - LABUSCHAGNE: It's messy but the Sunwolves get the ball back from the lineout and look to launch. They're up over the 22m and now they're just five metres out. Labuschagne puts Ardie on his bum with a great fend off and the Sunwolves skipper is in for the try. What a try. What a name. What a man.
7mins: Sunwolves win the lineout and drive. Both May and Ardie are penalised for being offside and Parker will look to touch. They'll have the lineout around the 22m.
5mins: Tanaka makes an exciting run off the back of the scrum towards halfway. Parker puts boot to ball and the Barrett's combine to send the ball into touch around halfway.
3mins: Procter and Beaudie decide to play by themselves and pass it up towards the Sunwolves 10m with good effect. Hurricanes building the phases now and theres's space on the left, Aso gets the ball from Barrett, throws the dummy, puts the foot down and races away 30 odd metres to score the try. Hold up, they've gone upstairs and an earlier pass has been deemed forward. Good call.
1mins: Beauden clears long and the Sunwolves run it back through Tupou before Parker decides to start a game of forceback between the teams.
7:35pm: Alright, just moments away. Parker about to get us underway.
7:33pm: Labuschagne leads out the Sunwolves. What a name. What a player. Expecting another great performance from Little. The Blues could sure use him right about now.
7:30pm: We're about five minutes away from kicking off. Players doing their usual cuddles in the dressing room before they make their way out.
7:26pm: Weather doesn't look like it's going to play as big of a part as it did in the Sunwolves' loss to the Crusaders last week. They're gutsy, but they're going to have to be even better.
7:20pm: Thanks for joining us. Really excited to see Nehe get back on the park. He's been out of action since October. Hurricanes are blessed with wingers.
Kia Ora and welcome to Westpac Stadium as the Hurricanes host the Sunwolves in round 11 of Super Rugby.
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Lineups
Hurricanes
15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Julian Savea, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Vince Aso, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Finlay Christie, 8 Brad Shields (c), 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Reed Prinsep, 5 Murray Douglas, 4 Michael Fatialofa, 3 Ben May, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 1 Toby Smith.
Replacements: 16 James O’Reilly, 17 Chris Eves, 18 Jeff Toomaga-Allen, 19 Sam Lousi, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Jamie Booth, 22 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 23 Nehe Milner-Skudder.
Sunwolves
15 William Tupou, 14 Hosea Saumaki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Labuschagne (c), 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Craig Millar.
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Shintato Ishihara, 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili, 19 Wimpie van der Walt, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Yo Tamura, 23 Semisi Masirewa.
Match officials
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown
Assistant Ref 1: Mike Fraser
Assistant Ref 2: Nick Briant
TMO: Ben Skeen
Previous meetings
Sat, 25 Feb 2017 Hurricanes v Sunwolves 83-17 Tokyo
