Hurricanes vs Western Force

The Western Force will be out to end their NZ road trip on a high as they face the Hurricanes in Palmerston North.

LATE CHANGE: Bryce Hegarty (back) and Toni Pulu are out. 80+5': Kibirige makes it a double as the Force earn a bonus point Hurricanes 45-40 The Hurricanes have taken a 45-42 win over the Western Force

Strong shove from the Force this time. Back for Tiatia who puts the kick high. The Canes gather on the 10 tight to the right touchline. Quick hands infield and ...

A late flurry of tries have allowed a resilient Western Force to snatch a bonus point against the Hurricanes, despite going down 45-42 at Central Energy ...

Chase Tiatia was sent to the sin-bin for the Force and the Hurricanes immediately scored through Hame Faiva, but tries to Siosifa Amone and Jake Strachan reduced the margin, before Kibirige raced away after the final siren to notch his second of the game. Bailyn Sullivan added another Hurricanes try eight minutes after the restart, before a storming run by Bailey Kuenzle set up a Simpson try as the Force reduced the margin to 31-14. It was the Force’s first bonus point of the season and despite being on the back foot for most of the game, they made the most of their opportunities when they presented themselves.

The Hurricanes have been scoring points for fun this season and another five tries saw them outlast a strong-finishing Western Force 45-42 in Palmerston ...

That gave them enough of a cushion to see out a second-half comeback from the Rebels and back up their historic win over the Crusaders in their previous home match in Fiji. The Brumbies, who fell to their first loss of the season against the Crusaders last week, were just happy to get a win after trailing the Waratahs for much of Saturday night in Canberra. The reigning champion Canterbury Crusaders ended the weekend in fourth on 19 points after their injury-weakened team ground out a 25-12 win over a poor Queensland Reds team in Brisbane on Friday.

Force believe they are building something 'special' despite 45-42 loss to Hurricanes in Palmerston North.

"We've been there and thereabouts in our three games so far (in NZ) and it's good to actually finish that off quite strong. "We don't want to be 19 points down at half time. "Look forward to the week off as well, but we'll go hard in the next game as well." We're disappointed with the result, but it's good to take something away from it... [Sunday's 45-42 loss to the Hurricanes in Palmerston North.](http://Force believe they are building something 'special' despite 45-42 loss to Hurricanes in Palmerston North) The loss ends the Force's 0-3 tour of New Zealand on the back of losses to the Highlanders and Blues.

Sloppy final quarter allows Western Australians back into the high-scoring match at Palmerston North.

With errors and penalties hurting the Force, the Hurricanes were first on the scoreboard in the second half with centre Bailyn Sullivan touching down. It is the fifth victory in six games for the home side, now second on the table, after they dominated the Force in the first half but the Hurricanes were guilty of switching off in the second half. The Hurricanes have beaten the Western Force 45-42 in Palmerston North today but may rue a poor final quarter in which they threw away their winning bonus point and allowed the Australians back in the match.