Hurricanes overcome yellow cards to beat Fijian Drua 38-15 in Super Rugby Pacific
Associated PressSUVA, Fiji — The Wellington-based Hurricanes overcame a poor second half in which they incurred three yellow cards to beat the Fijian Drua 38-15 in Super Rugby Pacific on Friday, stretching their winning start to the season to eight matches and ending the Drua’s unbeaten record at home. That situation was reversed in the second half as the Hurricanes, tiring in the heat, couldn’t hold onto possession and were heavily penalized, though their defense mostly held firm. The Drua reduced the Hurricanes lead with a try to scrumhalf Kitione Salawa early in the second half. But it did show good character, the way we held it together on the line and connected on defense.” The Hurricanes opened the scoring with a try after seven minutes to center Billy Proctor from a speculative in-field kick from Salesi Rayasi.
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