The Details
Venue: Wellington, NZ (19:35 NZ)
Date: Saturday 14th February 2009
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (AUS)
Broadcast: 08:30 SA | CSN/SS1
2009 Pre-season Results
Hurricanes (Last year S14 position: 4)
Blues 14-19 Hurricanes
Brumbies 28-14 Hurricanes
Hurricanes 24–38 Chiefs
NSW Waratahs (Last year S14 position: 2)
Waratahs 17-5 Reds
Waratahs 60-0 Fiji Warriors
Waratahs 17-14 Brumbies
The Teams
Hurricanes – TBA
NSW Waratahs
15 Sam Norton-Knight, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Timana Tahu, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Scott Fava, 7 Phil Waugh (c), 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Will Caldwell, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier/Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Jeremy Tilse/Dan Palmer, 18 Chris Thomson, 19 Wycliff Palu, 20 Brett Sheehan, 21 Tom Carter, 22 Daniel Halangahu.
The Statistics
Last result – Away loss for Hurricanes by 17 points
2008 Waratahs (3) 20 – 03 (0) Hurricanes (Sydney)
Previous Results: Hurricanes at home v NSW Waratahs
Played 7 | Hurricanes 6 v 1 NSW Waratahs
Summary: WWWWWWL
Year | Home Team | Tries | Score | Tries | Away Team | Pts diff
2007 Hurricanes (2) 14 v 38 (4) NSW Waratahs (- 24)
2006 Hurricanes (1) 16 v 14 (1) NSW Waratahs (+02)
2005 Hurricanes (3) 26 v 24 (4) NSW Waratahs (+02)
2003 Hurricanes (6) 42 v 26 (4) NSW Waratahs (+16)
2001 Hurricanes (4) 42 v 17 (2) NSW Waratahs (+25)
1999 Hurricanes (2) 13 v 07 (1) NSW Waratahs (+06)
1997 Hurricanes (3) 19 v 03 (0) NSW Waratahs (+16)
All Statistics: Hurricanes v NSW Waratahs
Played 14 | Hurricanes 8 v 6 NSW Waratahs
Summary: LWLWWWLWLWWWLL
Most points for: Hurricanes 42 v 52 NSW Waratahs
Largest winning margin: Hurricanes 25 v 27 NSW Waratahs
Total points for: Hurricanes 322 v 339 NSW Waratahs
Average points for: Hurricanes 23 v 24 NSW Waratahs
Average points difference per game: Hurricanes < NSW Waratahs by 1
The Predictions
Ou Grote: Hurricanes 31 v 19 NSW Waratahs
Hurricanes 31 v 19 NSW Waratahs