Milestones in Rugby-Hurricanes

week’s milestones are as follows:

The Hurricanes record against the Bulls in all Super Rugby matches is P14 W8 L6 D0.
The results are as follows:
Year Venue Won by Score
1996 Pretoria Northern Transvaal 38-20
1997 New Plymouth Hurricanes 64-32
1998 Pretoria Hurricanes 37-19
1999 Palmerston North Hurricanes 37-18
2000 Pretoria Bulls 47-33
2001 Wellington Hurricanes 26-20
2002 Pretoria Hurricanes 37-18
2003 Napier Bulls 46-34
2004 Pretoria Bulls 40-19
2005 Wellington Bulls 21-12
2006 Pretoria Hurricanes 26-23
2007 Wellington Hurricanes 17-9
2008 Pretoria Hurricanes 50-22
2009 Wellington Bulls 19-14

The Bulls were known as Northern Transvaal in 1996 and 1997.
The Hurricanes record at Pretoria in Super Rugby matches is P7 W4 L3 D0.
The Hurricanes have won their last two matches in Pretoria .
Between them the Hurricanes (27) and the Bulls (22) have scored 49 tries in the Super Rugby matches at Pretoria between the two teams.

The Bulls record in all Super Rugby matches is P173 W76 (43.9%) L90 D7.
The Hurricanes record in all Super Rugby matches is P174 W90 (51.7%) L81 D3.
The Bulls record in home matches is P87 W52 (59.8%) L32 D3.
The Hurricanes record in away matches is P90 W37 L52 (57.8%) D1.
The Hurricanes' record in South Africa is P32 W15 L17 D0.

The Bulls have won their last 10 consecutive matches – their best winning sequence ever. (They won the last six matches of 2009 and their first four this year).
The Bulls have won their first five matches of the year only once before. That was in 2009 when their fifth opponent was the Hurricanes.

The results of the Bulls last 20 Super Rugby matches are W17 (85.0%) L3. By comparison the Hurricanes record is W12 (60.0%) L8.

At the completion of Round 5 in this year's competition, the Bulls had scored the most tries (24) and aggregated the most points (199).

The Bulls lowest score in their last five matches is 48 points. The results of those games are as follows: beat the Chiefs 61-17 (2009 Final), beat the Cheetahs 51-34 (Rd 1 in 2010), beat the Brumbies 50-32 (Rd 2), beat the Waratahs 48-38 (Rd 3) and beat the Highlanders 50-35 (Rd 4).

The Bulls are the only side the Hurricanes have twice scored 50 or more points against – in 1997 and 2008.

The last team to beat the Bulls at home in Pretoria was the Hurricanes on 12 April 2008. The Bulls have played a further 14 games in Pretoria since then.

The Hurricanes have played three matches on their South African tour on two previous occasions. In 2006 and 2008 they won two matches and lost the other one both times. They have yet to lose all three matches.

The Hurricanes have not lost any three matches in a row since losing a sequence of four on the trot in mid-2007.

At the completion of Round 5 in this year's competition, the Bulls remain the only side not to have lost a match.

The Hurricanes have conceded three penalty tries to the Bulls – in New Plymouth 1997, Pretoria 2000 and Napier 2003.

The Hurricanes record for most tries against a South African side in South Africa is seven – against the Bulls at Pretoria in 2008.

The Hurricanes highest score against any side in Super Rugby is 64 points – against Northern Transvaal (now known as the Bulls) at New Plymouth in 1997.

The individual record for most tries by a Hurricanes player in a match against the Bulls is three by Tana Umaga at New Plymouth in 1997.

The individual record for most penalties kicked in a match for the Hurricanes against the Bulls is five by David Holwell at Palmerston North in 1999.

The most points by an individual in a match for the Hurricanes against the Bulls is 22 by Jon Preston at New Plymouth in 1997.

The individual record for most tries by a Bulls player in a match against the Hurricanes is two by Theo van Rensburg at Pretoria in 1996, Hannes Venter at Pretoria in 2000 and Frikkie Welsh at Pretoria in 2004.

The most points scored by a Bulls player in a match against the Hurricanes is 26 by Louis Koen at Napier in 2003.

The most penalties kicked in a Super Rugby match by a Bulls player against the Hurricanes is five by Jannie de Beer at Pretoria in 2000 and Louis Koen at Napier in 2003.

David Smith has scored tries in each of the last four matches in succession. The only previous Hurricanes players to have achieved this are: Jason O'Halloran (1997), Tana Umaga (1997), Christian Cullen (1997/1998) Cullen scored tries in each of the last two matches in 1997 and the first two matches of 1998, Cullen again in 2001 and Lome Fa'atau (2006). If Smith scores against the Bulls he will become the first Hurricanes player to score tries in five consecutive Super Rugby matches.

Piri Weepu made his Super Rugby debut against the Bulls at Pretoria in 2004 and Scott Waldrom's first Super Rugby match was against the Bulls at Wellington in 2005.
Piri Weepu has scored 194 points in all Super Rugby matches and is poised to become the sixth Hurricanes player to reach the 200-point milestone.