Hurricanes (29) 46 / 30 (16) Kings (Final Score)

The Hurricanes and Southern Kings did battle in Super Rugby at Westpac Stadium, Wellington at 05:35 SA Time (03:35 GMT, 16:35 NZ Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Hurricanes:

• Penalties – Beauden Barrett (2)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Ben May (1), Conrad Smith (1), TJ Perenara (1), Jeremy Thrush (1), Brad Shields (1), Alapati Leiua (1)
  
• Conversions – Beauden Barrett (5)

Kings:

• Penalties – Demetri Catrakilis (3)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Steven Sykes (1), Ronnie Cooke (1), Rynier Bernardo (1)
  
• Conversions – Demetri Catrakilis (2), George Whitehead (1)
  

Teams:

Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Conrad Smith (Captain)/ Alapati Leiua, 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara/ Chris Smylie, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Ben May, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Ash Dixon, 17 Reggie Goodes, 18 Mark Reddish, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Chris Smylie/Samisoni Fisilau, 21 James Marshall, 22 Reynold Lee-Lo.

Kings: 15 George Whitehead , 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss (Captain), 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Devin Oosthuizen, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira.
Replacements: 16 Hannes Franklin, 17 Grant Kemp, 18 Rynier Bernardo, 19 Daniel Adongo, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Waylon Murray, 22 Hadleigh Parkes.

Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
TMO: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)