Wellington Hurricanes

Wellington HurricanesAs one of Super Rugby’s foundation clubs in 1996, the Wellington Hurricanes struggled in their first season before rebounding strongly to finish their second year in third position. The Hurricanes then entered a lean period in their history which saw them miss the finals on five consecutive occasions. Since 2003 however, the Hurricanes have been a constant in Super Rugby finals, culminating in their maiden Grand final appearance against the Crusaders in 2006. An inconsistent 2011 season saw the Hurricanes finish ninth overall, and will look to regenerate their lineup in 2012 and beyond.

Hurricanes Articles

Super Rugby Statistical Awards (Pt 1: Defence)

by B-Rock - July 6th 2011 @ 2:24am

It’s time for part one of the inaugural Super Rugby awards based on the statistical performance across the season and finals to date. First up, I will be focussing on the best and worst defensive teams and players in Super Rugby. Hopefully, this confirms some views and challenges others. I have used raw data available [...]

Do more Super derbies equal more tries?

by RuckinGoodStats - June 28th 2011 @ 1:23am

More local derbies to spark interest was one of the features of this year’s Super Rugby competition, but has it lead to more tries than inter-conference matches? Unless you are from stereotypical thinking in the northern hemisphere, rugby is about scoring tries. I wanted to know if the derby format impacted on tries. The concept [...]

Hurricanes fracas a result of NZRU mismanagement

by The Crowd - June 14th 2011 @ 4:59am

The names involved in the Hurricane coach/player fracas are incidental in that they have been caught up in a web of New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) mismanagement that should never have been allowed to eventuate. Tony Smith’s (New Zealand Fairfax journalist) article has a definite agenda and emphasises the positive framing of Mark Hammett. But [...]

Chiefs and Hurricanes draw 18-18

by AP - June 11th 2011 @ 2:41am

Why Ma’a Nonu and Andrew Hore had to go

by Damien - June 10th 2011 @ 6:37am

Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett made a huge statement by sacking All Blacks Ma’a Nonu and Andrew Hore. The message to the team was simple: “No one is above the team”. The Hurricanes have always been the underachievers of Super Rugby, and something had to be done. No one is arguing about the ability of Nonu [...]

‘Petulant’ Nonu prompted sacking, says report

by AFP - June 10th 2011 @ 3:22am

Ma’a Nonu dumped by Hurricanes

by AAP - June 9th 2011 @ 1:55am

Nonu steps up in Hurricanes win

by NZPA - June 5th 2011 @ 6:04am

Super Rugby Round 16 preview panel

by AAP - June 3rd 2011 @ 1:58am

Stannard magical but Force fall short

by Justin Chadwick - May 28th 2011 @ 5:08am