Hurricanes snap decade-long drought with 55-point thrashing
Ruben Love and Josh Moorby scored two tries each as the Hurricanes laid on a 60-5 thrashing in the Super Rugby final against the Chiefs.
Tries from Moorby, Love, Fehi Fineanganofo and Callum Harkin gave the hosts a 29-0 lead at half time in Wellington and things didn’t slow down in the second half either as the Hurricanes claimed their first title in a decade.
Hurricanes players celebrate the victory. Getty
For the Chiefs, the crushing loss extended their losing streak in Super Rugby finals to four-straight years after their defeats by the Crusaders in 2023 and 2025, as well as the the Auckland Blues in 2024.
Naitoa Ah Kuoi scored the Chiefs’ sole try in the 75th minute.
Moorby, in his second stint with the Hurricanes, said he was playing with a special group of players.
“The culture here is just, it’s one of the best I’ve been a part of and, yeah, being back here this year, I’m just really, really happy,” the winger added.
“We’ve got a lot of boys leaving, I think it’s 12 or 13, and seeing them off the right way, it’s something special that we’ve done tonight.”
Chiefs centre Quinn Tupaea said his side never got the chance to settle.
“Classy side, they killed us straight away,” said Tupaea, who was named Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year this week.
“Tough to come back from that. We didn’t play our game today. We didn’t give up until the end, so, yeah. I don’t know what else to say.”
