Relive 1 NEWS NOW's live coverage of tonight's Super Rugby match between the Hurricanes and Crusaders at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
FULLTIME - HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 32
The Hurricanes had one last chance to score a try late, but the Crusaders earned themselves a turnover with Matt Todd booting the ball into touch to finish the game. The Crusaders were outstanding tonight with the Hurricanes turning the ball over far too easy. Mistakes killed the Hurricanes' chances of getting back into the match after the visitors got out to 17-8 lead at halftime.
74 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 32
MISTAKE! Another error from the Hurricanes, Ngani Laumape forces an offload down the right side and it goes over the top of his reserve winger Wes Goosen into touch.
72 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 32
THREE! Richie Mo'unga steps up and nails a difficult penalty kick on the angle about 28m out from the goal posts.
71 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 29
PENALTY! Nothing is going the way of the Hurricanes! They butcher a line-out move 5m out from the Crusaders' goal-line, before Mitchell Drummond gets boot to ball. The Hurricanes are back-tracking and the ref blows his whistle, rules the Canes didn't release the ball in the tackle.
63 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 29
NO TRY! The Crusaders looked to be in for their fifth try of the night but Scott Barrett's last pass to Braydon Ennor is ruled to have gone forward.
50 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 29
TRY! Crusaders work it down the right edge before swinging the ball down to the left flank. Ryan Crotty makes a strong run in the middle of the field before he offloads the ball to Whetu Douglas.
Douglas throws a skip pass to Jordan Taufua who sucks in the last Hurricanes defender Jordie Barrett, freeing up Braydon Ennor to score down the left edge. An excellent well-worked try from the defending Super Rugby champions.
Richie Mo'unga misses his first kick from the sideline.
43 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 24
TRY! David Havili goes over to score his second try of the match. It began after a well timed intercept by Crusaders' Whetu Douglas who read Beauden Barrett's skip pass around halfway. After a number of phases down the left the Crusaders decide to shift the ball right.
Havili gets his hands on the ball and beats Ben Lam with a goose step and fend before being tackled by Beauden Barrett and another Hurricanes defender over the try-line.
Richie Mo'unga is on target with his conversion attempt from a tricky angle.
40 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 17
And we are back underway! With Beauden Barrett kicking off high and short to the Crusaders.
HALFTIME - HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 17
The Crusaders have been clinical at set piece and have taken advantage of the Hurricanes' defensive errors. Two crucial mistakes by the Hurricanes have led to two tries for the visitors.
Matt Todd's sinbinning gave the Hurricanes some breathing space and allowed the home team to score their only five-pointer through star midfielder Ngani Laumape.
36 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 17
THREE! Ricky Riccitelli is penalised for an infringement at the breakdown and Crusaders' first-five Richie Mo'unga steps up and fires his penalty kick over between the uprights from 24m out.
32 mins: HURRICANES 8 CRUSADERS 14
TRY! The Hurricanes execute a perfect line-out and Ardie Savea delivers a perfect shot ball to a charging Ngani Laumape who crashes over to score a much needed try for the home team.
Beauden Barrett is off target with his conversion attempt from the sideline.
30 mins: HURRICANES 3 CRUSADERS 14
YELLOW CARD! Matt Todd has been sent to the bin! TJ Perenara tries to go for a quick tap and go after the Crusaders are penalised for a scrum infringement and Todd is in an offside position and interferes with his run to the try-line.
24 mins: HURRICANES 3 CRUSADERS 14
TRY! It is the mistakes that are costing the Hurricanes! The Crusaders put up a bomb and Chase Tiatia knocks the ball on with his opposite David Havili regathering it. There is no Canes players in front of him and he goes over to score the Crusaders' second try untouched.
Richie Mo'unga keeps his 100 per cent record with the boot with another successful kick on a slight angle from the left hand sideline.
16 mins: HURRICANES 3 CRUSADERS 7
TRY! Bryn Hall runs it out from the back of the scrum from halfway before putting in a clever kick in behind Ben Lam. The Hurricanes left winger fumbles the ball backwards towards his own gaol-line and Crusaders winger Will Jordan gets his hands on the ball and scores the first five-pointer down the right edge.
A great chase by Will Jordan to get to the ball.
Richie Mo'unga nails his conversion attempt from the sideline.
11 mins: HURRICANES 3 CRUSADERS 0
NO TRY! The pass from Matt Proctor to Jordie Barrett has been ruled to have gone forward. The Hurricanes had plenty of space to work with down the left edge with Ngani Laumape lurking down the sideline. The Crusaders have a scrum just outside their own 22m line.
5 mins: HURRICANES 3 CRUSADERS 0
PENALTY! The Hurricanes aren't afraid to shift the ball side to side. The Crusaders are penalised for an infringement at the breakdown and TJ Perenara points to the goal posts.
It's a tricky kick from over 42m out and Jordie Barrett steps up and just sneaks it in inside of the right goal post. The Hurricanes now lead 3-0.
HURRICANES 0 CRUSADERS 0
KICK-OFF! Richie Mo'unga gets things started with a deep kick towards the Hurricanes.
PRE-MATCH:
The Crusaders had their four-match winning streak come to an end after going down the Waratahs 20-12 last Saturday in Sydney.
Last month, when the Hurricanes took on the defending champions in Christchurch, the Crusaders came out on top 38-22.
Kieran Read returns to the rugby action after a four-month break due to a back injury, starting at number eight for the Crusaders.
The Hurricanes are bolstered by the return of their All Blacks stars TJ Perenara and Ngani Laumape, with Dane Coles set to return next week as he recovers from a calf strain.
The Crusaders have been unbeaten in their last 10 New Zealand derbies, losing their last match to a Kiwi side against the Highlanders in round five in 2018.
TEAMS:
Hurricanes: 15 Chase Tiatia, 14 Jordie Barrett, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara (c), 8 Reed Prinsep, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Liam Mitchell, 4 James Blackwell, 3 Ben May, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 1 Fraser Armstrong.
Reserves : 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Chris Eves, 18 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 19 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 20 Du'Plessis Kirifi, 21 Richard Judd, 22 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 23 Wes Goosen.
Crusaders: 15 David Havili, 14 Braydon Ennor, 13 Jack Goodhue, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 George Bridge, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 9 Bryn Hall, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Matt Todd, 6 Whetukamokamo Douglas, 5 Samuel Whitelock (c), 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Michael Alaalatoa, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Harry Allan.
Reserves: 16 Andrew Makalio, 17 George Bower, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Quinten Strange, 20 Jordan Taufua, 21 Mitchell Drummond, 22 Brett Cameron, 23 Will Jordan.
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