{"id":10720,"date":"2012-05-26T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/rugby-perenara-sparks-hurricanes-record-breaking-win-over-rebels\/"},"modified":"2012-05-26T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:04:57","slug":"rugby-perenara-sparks-hurricanes-record-breaking-win-over-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-perenara-sparks-hurricanes-record-breaking-win-over-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Perenara sparks Hurricanes&#8217; record-breaking win over Rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Greg Stutchbury<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">WELLINGTON<\/span> May 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Scrumhalf TJ Perenara<br \/>\nemphatically stamped his future All Blacks credentials into the<br \/>\nnational consciousness on Saturday as the Wellington Hurricanes<br \/>\ndemolished the Melbourne Rebels 66-24 in their Super Rugby<br \/>\nmatch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old was widely considered unlucky not to have<br \/>\nmade Steve Hansen&#8217;s extended All Blacks training squad, which<br \/>\nre-assembles on Sunday in New Zealand&#8217;s capital before being<br \/>\nthinned down for three tests against Ireland next month.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday, the lively<br \/>\nPerenara appeared to have a point to prove as he sniped around<br \/>\nthe fringes, set his backline away with crisp passing and<br \/>\nbamboozled the Rebels defence with intelligent kicking as the<br \/>\nHurricanes ran in nine tries.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bonus-point victory kept alive the Hurricanes slim hopes<br \/>\nof making the top-six playoffs as they moved to 40 points and<br \/>\ninto seventh place in the standings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rebels, who had won their two previous games, did not<br \/>\nhelp themselves with terrible ball retention at the breakdown<br \/>\nand an inability to adapt their defensive pattern as the home<br \/>\nside mixed up their attack.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Such was the Hurricane&#8217;s attacking potency, seven of the<br \/>\ntries were scored by the back three, with winger Julian Savea<br \/>\ngrabbing a hat-trick, while fullback Andre Taylor and Alapati<br \/>\nLeiua scored two each.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Loose forward Jack Lam and replacement scrumhalf Chris Eaton<br \/>\ngrabbed the other tries for the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flyhalf Beauden Barrett was flawless converting all nine<br \/>\ntries and slotting an early penalty for 21 points, which gave<br \/>\nhim 158 for the season, surpassing the record 152 that John<br \/>\nPreston scored in 1997 for the Wellington side.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON May 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Scrumhalf TJ Perenara emphatically stamped his future All Blacks credentials into the national consciousness on Saturday as the Wellington Hurricanes demolished the Melbourne Rebels 66-24 in their Super Rugby match. 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