Hurricanes (15) 38 / Lions (20) 27 (Final Score)

The Hurricanes hosted the MTN Lions at Westpac Stadium, Wellington at 07:30 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

The Hurricanes managed their 5 Log points win to nothing over the MTN Lions.

Scorers:

Hurricanes: 1 Try & 4 Penalties & 3 Conversions Aaron Cruden, 2 Tries Hosea Gear, 1 Try Ma’a Nonu

Lions: 2 Penalties & 2 Conversions Elton Jantjies, 1 Conversion Butch James, 2 Tries Jaco Taute, 1 Try Doppies la Grange

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Teams:

Hurricanes: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith/ Jayden Hayward, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11  Hosea Gear, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Jayden Hayward / Julian Savea, 22 Richard Buckman.

Lions: : 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Dylan des Fountain, 13 Doppies la Grange (captain), 12 Butch James, 11 Deon van Rensburg, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Joshua Strauss, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 David de Villiers, 19 Jaco Kriel, 20 Rory Kockott, 21 Alwyn Hollenbach, 22 Michael Killian.

Referee: Keith Brown
Assistant referees: Mike Fraser, James McPhail
TMO: Richard Kelly

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