HURRICANES 32 BRUMBIES 27
FULLTIME
80+2min - Hurricanes collapse the Brumbies maul and are penalised. Brumbies can grab a bonus point with a shot at goal, and Lonergan nails the penalty. And that's fulltime!
80min - Hurricanes keeping it tight, trying to close it out through their forwards but they're penalised and the Brumbies get the ball back just outside their own 22m.
78min - BRUMBIES TRY - TOOLE
Brumbies right on the Hurricanes tryline and try the cross-field kick for Wright, but he's forced to track back to claim it. They shift left to Toole and he shows quick feet to go over in the corner!
76min - Writght counters and he's free down the wing! He puts the grubber through for himself to chase but Hurricanes wins the race. Kirifi knocks on his own tryline to give it right back.
74min - Kirifi puts a nice kick in the corner, forcing Toole to rush his return into touch, but this time, Aumua overthrows in the resulting lineout and the Brumbies can clear.
72min - Brumbies overthrow their lineout and Aumua does brilliantly to dive on the loose ball, but the Hurricanes struggle to clear it and knock on around halfway.
70min - HURRICANES TRY - MORGAN
Hurricanes told to use it from the scrum, it's messy, comes to Morgan, he steps one, shows great strength to beat another and goes over for the try! Does that seal it?
68min - Brumbies have a five-metre scrum, Scott looks to break away but Kirifi meets him with force and drives him back over his own tryline with the help of his teammates.
66min - Toole showing silky feet down the left wing, as the Brumbies make their way to the Hurricanes 22m. Ball comes free for Savea and get puts Moorby in space! He spots nobody home and kicks through, but knocks on in the race for the ball.
64min - Roigard looks to catch the Brumbies defence napping with a quick-tap, but he was off the mark. Barrett instead will line up an easy shot to the extend the lead and this time converts.
62min - Roigard does superbly well to get the Hurricanes back on the frontfoot with a clever pass, before the Brumbies are penalised for not rolling away.
60min - Debreczeni drops the ball cold and gifts the Hurricanes a scrum outside the Brumbies 22m. The packs go down and Slipper is pinged. Barrett misses an easy shot at goal.
58min - BRUMBIES TRY - SCOTT
Brumbies win their own lineout and this time are finding success with their maul, they're just a few metres out and they're over! Scott the scorer and the Brumbies hit back.
56min - Rayasi drifts across and is tackled near the sideline, but he's isolated and is penalised for holding on. Debreczeni finds touch inside the Hurricanes 22m.
54min - Barrett puts Aumua through a hole up the middle, before he gives it to Morgan...the first-half is dragged down near the 22m but loses the ball as he came down.
52min - Savea tries to bump off Toole but the Brumbies winger sticks with him, forcing the Bus to try the inside pass and it's intercepted by the cover defence.
50min - Moorby makes a good run into the Brumbies half, before Aumua charges at the defence. Roigard is in two minds and his pass to Rayasi goes forward.
48min - Savea takes a good catch from the restart against heavy pressure, before Roigard's box-kick is taken by Wright, only to turn it over in the tackle.
46min - HURRICANES TRY - ROIGARD
Moorby is tackled just a metre out! Roigard has a crack from dummy after showing the pass and he finds the white line for a Hurricanes try! Clever thinking by the All Blacks hopeful.
44min - Savea drops the ball but luckily it's gone backwards. Hurricanes inside the Brumbies 22m, building the phases, using their big forwards to make good metres.
42min - Brumbies win their own lineout, and Toole almost gets on the outside but for a jersey tackle, and the Hurricanes win the penalty for the Brumbies holding on.
HALFTIME
40min - Hurricanes win the penalty, the first they've been awarded in the entire first half. Barrett will have a shot for the halftime lead...and he makes no mistake! Hurricanes go in front.
38min - Aumua powers through up the middle! Wright does well to act as a speed bump, but Barrett's pass is intercepted and Moorby makes a crucial tackle.
36min - Hurricanes put a big shove in at the scrum, but referee calls for a reset. It finally comes free for the Brumbies to attack but they're on the backfoot.
34min - Lolesio tries a midfield bomb but Moorby takes the easy mark and kicks upto halfway. Brumbies will be disappointed by that, they had good field position.
32min - Toole puts the grubber kick through following the scrum, but Hurricanes are there to regain possession and Morgan clears up near his own 10m.
30min - Rayasi making good metres down the right wing, but Toole reads the pass well to tap it back for Wright. Hurricanes make another error in possession and gift the Brumbies a scrum.
28min - BRUMBIES TRY - FROST
Frost has a double! After a strong Savea run, Morgan tries putting the grubber kick through, but Frost sticks out the boot, picks up the ball and shows great gas to sprint over 60 metres and grab his second try! Completely against the run of play.
26min - Moorby spots space behind the Brumbies defence and puts a nice kick into the corner. Wright returns, steps one, but shanks his kick and gives the Hurricanes a lineout on the 22m.
24min - A thumping tackle from Tua wins a scrum for the Brumbies. White kicks downfield for Moorby to return and he tries running his way out of trouble, before Roigard does kick.
22min - Hurricanes maul defence do well to stop the Brumbies from making any progress. White breaks, finds a charging Valetini who takes two or three Hurricanes players with him over the tryline, but knocks on as he looked to ground it! Close call for the Hurricanes.
20min - Kirifi is penalised for not releasing the ball-carrier, and Lolesio finds touch for a five-metre attacking lineout for the Brumbies.
18min - Wright beats a couple of tackles and he's free up the middle! He's finally brought down after a much-needed ankle-tap and loses the ball as he came down with it.
16min - Kirifi steamrolls the Brumbies catcher, but the visitors somehow manage to get the ball back, before White puts up the box-kick for Morgan to find touch near his own 10m.
14min - HURRICANES TRY - A.SAVEA
Aumua goes short with the lineout and a return pass sees him in space down the wing! He beats one, before finding Ardie Savea on the inside and the skipper strolls in for the try!
12min - Roigard puts the box-kick up and the Brumbies just manage to bring it in. White now puts up the kick and the Brumbies get up to knock it back their way.
10min - HURRICANES TRY - FLANDERS
Moorby beats one and has the Hurricanes just a couple of metres out from the tryline. Hurricanes playing with the penalty advantage, Rayasi sees Flanders alone on the wing and puts a clever grubber kick through and the back-rower scores in the corner!
8min - Brumbies look to clear and find touch, but they were inside their own 22m, and gift the Hurricanes an attacking lineout on the visitors' 22m.
6min - BRUMBIES TRY - FROST
Rayasi's pass is turned over, and the Brumbies look to hit them on the counter quick! They shift left, before Toole gets on the outside of Savea, finds a support runner, before Frost charges onto it and crashes over for the game's first try!
4min - Hurricanes win their first lineout before setting the driving maul. They're not gaining much ground and kick for Muirhead to claim, and he does - just.
2min - Huricanes intent on playing their way out of their own half, but Barrett's pass hits the deck and the Brumbies can counter. Muirhead puts the grubber kick through but it rolls dead.
7pm - Thank you for joining us! The Hurricanes are coming off of a bye week, and are looking to hand the Brumbies just their second loss of the season.
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Kia ora, good evening, and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Hurricanes and ACT Brumbies at Wellington's Sky Stadium.
A refreshed Hurricanes outfit are looking to bounce back from their defeat to the table-topping Chiefs a fortnight ago, but it doesn't get much easier tonight.
The second-placed Brumbies have won seven of their opening eight games, with the only blight being a defeat to the Crusaders.
But the Hurricanes can leapfrog their opponents on the table with a win tonight, with coach Jason Holland opting for continuity in the side.
Isaia Walker-Leawere returns from injury to start in the second row as the only change to the run-on side from the defeat in Hamilton.
Join us at 7pm for kickoff.
Hurricanes: 1-Xavier Numia, 2-Asafo Aumua, 3-Tyrel Lomax, 4-James Blackwell, 5-Isaia Walker-Leawere, 6-Devan Flanders, 7-Du'Plessis Kirifi, 8-Ardie Savea (c), 9-Cam Roigard, 10-Aidan Morgan, 11-Salesi Rayasi, 12-Jordie Barrett, 13-Peter Umaga-Jensen, 14-Julian Savea, 15-Josh Moorby
Reserves: 16-Jacob Devery, 17-Tevita Mafileo, 18-Owen Franks, 19-Caleb Delany, 20-Brayden Iose, 21-Jamie Booth, 22-Harry Godfrey, 23-Kini Naholo.
Brumbies: 1-James Slipper, 2-Billy Pollard, 3-Allan Alaalatoa, 4-Nick Frost, 5-Cadeyrn Neville, 6-Rob Valentini, 7-Rory Scott, 8-Charlie Cale, 9-Nic White, 10-Noah Lolesio, 11-Corey Toole, 12-Tamati Tua, 13-Ollie Sapsford, 14-Andy Muirhead, 15-Tom Wright.
Replacements: 16-Lachlan Lonergan, 17-Fred Kaihea, 18-Sefo Kautai, 19-Darcy Swain, 20-Luke Reimer, 21-Ryan Lonergan, 22-Jack Debreczeni, 23-Ben O'Donnell.
TAB odds: Hurricanes $1.25, Brumbies $3.60
