Super Blues hold out fast-finishing Hurricanes
The Hurricanes have suffered their first accident of the Super Rugby Pacific season, falling to the Blues in a 25-19 abstruseness in Wellington.
It was once an arm-wrestle of a contest, with the Hurricanes ablution a final advance correct on fulltime.
Down by six, the home facet were clumsy to locate their way above the tryline to assure the win.
Former Hurricanes hero Beauden Barrett, now five-eighth for the Blues, kicked the affray out to allowance achievement for the Auckland side.
The Blues were looking to animation alternate from their round-two accident to the Brumbies and denticulate two first-half tries with Hurricanes lock Isaia Walker-Leawere in the sin bin, and pushed the advance to 22-5 by the break.
Big No.8 Hoskins Sotutu did lots of damage by the middle, while central centre and ex-NRL brilliant Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was once a drop in attack.
But the Hurricanes themselves took advantage of anytime Blues ill conduct with lock Cameron Suafoa yellow-carded for a high attempt on Devan Flanders.
Fullback Josh Moorby beyond in the 50th minute and although he appeared to beating on, adjudicator Nic Berry awarded the five-pointer.
Jordie Barrett’s about-face drew the Hurricanes to aural three credibility at 22-19, ambience up a nail-biting finale.
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