Tuivasa-Sheck stars in controversial Blues win

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The Blues overcame a arguable effort to Hurricanes fullback Josh Moorby to bounce backmost from a disappointing nonaccomplishment to the Brumbies past week.

The Hurricanes fullback appeared to sound connected successful the enactment of scoring successful the 50th minute, but referee Nic Berry was blessed that helium was ever successful power of the shot and awarded the five-pointer.

Jordie Barrett's consequent conversion drew the Hurricanes to wrong 3 points astatine 22-19, but the Blues – inspired by the outstanding Finlay Christie and Hoskins Sotutu – did conscionable capable to adjacent the crippled retired contempt a misfiring lineout.

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Moorby awarded contentious try

The triumph owed to a show of nary small antiaircraft grit arsenic the Hurricanes hammered distant successful the last seconds for the effort that would person won the game.

However, the Blues defended desperately nether their ain sticks – with Sotutu again salient – to crook the shot implicit and unafraid a invaluable win.

The early-season inclination of teams conceding heavy erstwhile they are down to 14 men continued successful the capital, erstwhile the Blues scored 2 first-half tries with Hurricanes fastener Isaia Walker-Leawere successful the sin-bin.

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Hurricanes prop spins to score

The 12-point burst enactment them successful power of a crippled which was comparatively adjacent until that point, and it volition permission Hurricanes manager Jason Holland pulling his hairsbreadth retired aft Ardie Savea's sick subject dominated the headlines this week.

It was an enactment of Blues sick subject that helped the Hurricanes to bounce backmost from a 22-5 halftime deficit. Lock Cameron Suafoa was sent to the misdeed bin for a precocious changeable connected Devan Flanders, and Moorby scored minutes later.

The Blues decided to instrumentality the Hurricanes connected up the middle, and portion it wasn't ever beauteous it was effectual – peculiarly erstwhile Sotutu and No.12 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck got their hands connected the ball.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck of the Blues is tackled. (Getty)

Tuivasa-Sheck continued his bully commencement to the play with immoderate beardown carries, outpointing Barrett successful their idiosyncratic duel with the second astir exclusively assigned to antiaircraft duties.

Rieko Ioane, mindful of blowing a effort past week against the Brumbies, was besides acold much effectual arsenic a distributor erstwhile helium got into space.

BLUES 25 (Patrick Tuipulotu, Caleb Clarke, Hoskins Sotutu tries; Stephen Perofeta 2 con, pen) HURRICANES 19 (Tyrel Lomax, Salesi Rayasi, Josh Moorby tries; Jordie Barrett 2 con) HT: 22-5

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